Neck pain? Poor posture can cause it, but may not be the only reason why, new research suggests. Lifestyle is a key culprit — particularly long periods of time spent hunched over handheld devices or working on computers. So a team at Texas A&M University set out to learn just how big a part personal… read on > read on >
Everyone has probably heard the expression “you are what you eat,” but do you eat what you want, or do you follow the crowd? New research suggests that what people have at lunch is influenced by the friends or coworkers who they are dining with. And this is true whether they’re making healthy choices or… read on > read on >
Overweight and underweight women have a higher risk of repeated miscarriages than those whose weight is average, a new study finds. Miscarriage is the most common complication of early pregnancy, occurring in 15% to 20% of all pregnancies. Recurrent miscarriage (two or more consecutive early miscarriages) is often attributed to numerous medical factors and lifestyle… read on > read on >
For people who’ve suffered through a bout of COVID-19, their misery is too often not over. New research shows that a wide variety of “long-haul” symptoms are common, and the risk rises along with the severity of their case of COVID-19. In what may be the largest such study to date, “the findings show that… read on > read on >
Extra padding around the belly can spell trouble for the heart, even if you’re not technically overweight. That’s among the conclusions of a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA), where experts lay out the heart risks of being “apple-shaped.” It encourages doctors to dust off those old-fashioned tape measures and make waist… read on > read on >
It’s no secret that too much sugar and saturated fat aren’t good for you, but what food combos put you at greater risk for heart disease and death in middle age? The answer, from a new University of Oxford study, is likely to disappoint a lot of folks. Researchers found that diets heavy in chocolate… read on > read on >
It may not be a good idea to take a daily low-dose aspirin if you’re also taking a widely used class of blood thinners called direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), researchers caution. DOACs include drugs such as Eliquis (apixaban), Pradaxa (dabigatran), Lixiana (edoxaban) and Xarelto (rivaroxaban). They’re used to help prevent strokes from atrial fibrillation or… read on > read on >
Keep flossing: A study just out suggests gum disease can increase your odds for severe COVID-19. Previous research showed that it’s blood vessels, rather than airways, that are affected initially in COVID lung disease. Now, new research finds that high concentrations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva and gum disease (periodontitis) are linked with an… read on > read on >
If you’ve ever scoffed at warnings that too much red or processed meat is bad for the heart while oily fish is good for you, there’s now some visual evidence to support that advice. British researchers used heart imaging to see how these foods affected volunteers’ heart health. The images revealed that those who ate… read on > read on >
Meatpacking plants were the source of an estimated 334,000 COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to a new study. It puts the economic toll stemming from those cases at $11.2 billion. And study author Tina Saitone, a livestock and rangeland economics cooperative extension specialist at the University of California, Davis, said those numbers are… read on > read on >
