Health & Wellbeing
On these pages you'll find everything from devices designed to give you a better night's sleep to the latest work being done to tackle the obesity epidemic. Live long and prosper!
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Adjustable-angle Bedvee makes any bed electric
October 18, 2023Sleeping in an inclined position may help with problems such as poor circulation, back pain and heartburn, but electric adjustable-angle beds can be expensive. That's where the Bedvee comes in, as it brings such functionality to users' existing beds. -
Downing non-alcoholic beverages leads to a drop in excessive drinking
October 16, 2023A new study has found, for the first time, that consuming beverages that taste like beer or cocktails but contain no alcohol can significantly reduce alcohol intake, which may be an effective strategy for helping excessive drinkers cut back. -
Mild long-term lack of sleep can increase women’s heart disease risk
October 15, 2023A new study has found that healthy women risk future cardiovascular disease by reducing their sleep time by as little as one-and-a-half hours a night over the long term. The finding reinforces an important message: make sure you get enough sleep. -
Calorie restriction stimulates muscle health & healthy aging genes
October 15, 2023A new study has investigated the biological mechanisms brought about by calorie restriction and found that a moderate reduction in calorie intake can improve muscle health and activate biological pathways important for good health. -
Hand osteoarthritis symptoms relieved by an affordable existing drug
October 12, 2023A study has found that methotrexate, a widely available and affordable drug that’s usually prescribed as a first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, is effective at reducing the pain and stiffness suffered by people with hand osteoarthritis. -
Renting ages your cells faster than unemployment or being an ex-smoker
October 10, 2023A study has found that renting privately is more strongly associated with faster biological aging than unemployment or being an ex-smoker. The findings highlight the important link between housing and health. -
Exposure to light at night found to increase risk of depression by 30%
October 09, 2023A study has found that nighttime exposure to light increases the risk of mental illness, while daytime light exposure reduces it. The findings offer a simple and effective, non-pharmacological means of improving mental health. -
AI offers improved civility for polarizing online conversations
October 05, 2023Researchers have used AI to create a way of improving the quality and civility of online discussions regarding polarizing topics by providing users with suggestions for rephrasing their comments before they post them. -
SmartSocks designed to help keep dementia under control
October 05, 2023People suffering from dementia not only get confused, they can also become highly anxious and even aggressive. In order to catch such behaviors before they escalate out of control, a British scientist has developed a pair of sensor-packin' socks. -
Earbud-integrated sensors analyze both brain waves and sweat
September 28, 2023Earlier this year we heard about the ear-EEG, a special earbud that reads electrical activity in the brain. Well, scientists have now developed add-on sensors that allow regular earbuds to do so, and to analyze sweat to boot. -
National food prescriptions would save US lives & billions of dollars
September 26, 2023A new report suggests that implementing medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions nationally in the US would not only improve health and be highly cost-effective but would also save healthcare costs by addressing diet-related chronic illness. -
South Australian seaweed found to have anti-skin-aging properties
September 25, 2023Bioactive compounds in brown seaweed were found to have more effective anti-skin-aging properties than commercially available anti-aging agents. The finding paves the way for more effective, natural health and skincare products. -
Suppressing negative thoughts reduces post-traumatic stress & anxiety
September 20, 2023A new study has challenged the commonly held belief that consciously suppressing negative thoughts is bad for our mental health, finding that people who did so had lower levels of post-traumatic stress and anxiety and less vivid intrusive thoughts. -
Where in our bodies do we feel love (and other emotions)?
September 19, 2023Researchers have mapped where and how strongly we experience different kinds of love, covering everything from romantic love to love for strangers. The findings shed light on how context and the object of love affects our subjective feelings of it. -
Stress and high effort/low reward work doubles men’s heart disease risk
September 19, 2023A study of white-collar workers has found that men who experience work stress coupled with a job that requires high effort for low reward are at double the risk of developing heart disease, having a similar impact on heart health as obesity.
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