More Than Just Mothers: Over Half of Children’s Household Exposure to Hepatitis B Risk Linked to Other Family Members

The study included 158,169 children living in 131,800 households, each with at least one other member enrolled in the same healthcare system...

A New “Blue Zone” Discovered in Italy, Where Women Often Live to 100

Researchers examined demographic data from Bolotana, which had an average population of 2,266 during the period under review...

Testosterone Does Not Guarantee Good Health: What a 15-Year Study of Men Revealed

They measured participants’ testosterone levels at age 31 and divided the men into four groups, ranging from the lowest to the highest levels...

KH: Patient in South Korea dies from heart muscle rupture during acupuncture

One of them injured the heart muscle, causing a small tear in the pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart...

JAHA: Long COVID may increase the risk of hypertension for years

Long COVID was identified in 8,365 participants, or approximately 0.7% of the entire cohort...

JAMA: Nasal mebufotenin reduced depression symptoms for up to eight weeks

Cell Stem Cell: Immature neurons function differently in people resistant to dementia

Alzheimer’s disease does not always produce symptoms of the same severity...

JAMA Network Open: Brisk Walking Linked to a 23% Lower Risk of Premature Death

A faster walking pace was associated with a 23% lower risk of death during the study period. A higher step frequency was associated with a 17% lower risk of death...

Sci Rep: Gut Microbiome Composition Linked to a Marker of Aging Rate

At the species level, the model explained approximately 15% of the variation in the marker. Adding chronological age did not improve its predictive performance...

Not Screen Time, but Habits: Scientists Find a Link Between Smartphone Use and Posture

On average, they spent around six hours a day using their smartphones...