Have you experienced waking to brilliant morning sunshine feeling refreshed and alert? A major contributor to this energized mood is the intense blue light radiating from the sun. Within the visible light spectrum, blue wavelengths exert the strongest influence on your internal sleep-wake rhythm. Both natural sunlight and artificial sources of blue light can enhance… read on >
The annual dilemma returns: What’s the optimal winter heating temperature? Balancing comfort, expenses, and energy efficiency remains a perennial winter challenge, though this year presents unique complications. La Niña—the climate pattern that, alongside its unruly counterpart El Niño—influences weather patterns throughout North America, is making an appearance this winter. La Niña typically delivers colder, wetter… read on >
Honest dialogue, genuine interest, personal pursuits, and collaboration represent just some approaches for cultivating a healthy partnership. Success also hinges on understanding your requirements and your partner’s. Healthy relationships don’t follow a universal template. We all have distinct requirements. Your specific preferences regarding crucial relationship elements may evolve over time. What allows a relationship to… read on >
Take a peek inside my refrigerator and you’ll see everything crammed toward the front of each shelf and stuffed into the door compartments. I know perfectly well that this arrangement means I’m wasting valuable fridge space, but I’ve never felt compelled to change my ways. My reasoning has always been simple: why push items to… read on >
A midlife crisis can open doors to personal growth and self-discovery. Let’s explore actionable strategies and the fresh perspectives this life stage can offer. The existence of midlife crises has long been a topic of discussion among mental health experts. While “midlife crisis” isn’t an official clinical diagnosis, and studies indicate that only 10–20% of… read on >
After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new framework called “exposomics.” Similar to the way scientists work to map the human genome, this emerging field aims to map the chemical, physical, social and biological elements a person encounters throughout their life. Experts estimate… read on > read on >
A midlife crisis can open doors to personal growth and self-discovery. Let’s explore actionable strategies and the fresh perspectives this life stage can offer. The existence of midlife crises has long been a topic of discussion among mental health experts. While “midlife crisis” isn’t an official clinical diagnosis, and studies indicate that only 10–20% of… read on >
After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new framework called “exposomics.” Similar to the way scientists work to map the human genome, this emerging field aims to map the chemical, physical, social and biological elements a person encounters throughout their life. Experts estimate… read on > read on >
The equivalent of a 4.3-mile trip in a gas-powered car: That’s the amount of greenhouse gas emissions the average person spares the planet each day when they switch to a healthy, low-fat vegan diet, new research shows. “We know whole food, plant-based diets are better for our health and the environment. This analysis shows us… read on > read on >
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Pesticides used on commercial farms, and even your backyard flower bed, could be harming the healthy bacteria that live in your gut, new research suggests. And it’s not only pesticides: British researchers found that other chemicals ubiquitous in modern homes — flame retardants and plastics compounds — may also be toxic to your “microbiome,” the… read on > read on >
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Under current screening guidelines, almost two-thirds of Americans with lung cancer would not have qualified for the CT chest scans that could have spotted tumors early and extended their lives, new research shows. The finding hits home for 38-year-old Carla Tapia, a mother of three from Beltsville, Maryland. She smoked a bit in her youth… read on > read on >
Pfizer’s mRNA flu vaccine worked better than a standard flu shot in a large Phase 3 trial, researchers reported. The results, published Nov. 19 in The New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that mRNA technology may help improve protection in future flu seasons. The Pfizer flu vaccine uses the same type of messenger RNA science… read on > read on >
Most folks with genetics that put them at risk for high cholesterol and early heart disease aren’t aware of their danger, a new study says. Nearly 90% of people carrying genetics that cause dangerously high cholesterol — an inherited condition called familial hypercholesterolemia — were not aware of their risk, researchers recently reported in journal… read on > read on >
Increased use of hallucinogens like psilocybin hasn’t created an increase in ER visits or hospitalizations for bad trips, researchers recently reported in JAMA Network Open. “In fact, after a small rise through early 2020, admissions declined through 2023, with no correlation to decriminalization policies,” senior researcher Dr. Kevin Xu, an assistant professor of psychiatry at… read on > read on >
Common health problems of old age — dehydration, delirium, malnutrition or falls — can become catastrophic if they occur following a major surgery, a new study reports. Seniors who suffer these issues while recovering from surgery are more likely to die within a year, and will require more time in hospitals or nursing facilities, researchers… read on > read on >
Kissing may feel like a very human habit, but new research suggests it has much deeper roots. A team of scientists says the behavior likely began more than 20 million years ago, long before modern humans existed. Researchers from Oxford University in England reviewed decades of studies on primates to understand how kissing may have… read on > read on >
