progscrape: health

An 8-week study of adults over 55 found eating Greek yogurt daily successfully boosted protein and calcium levels, but it caused only minor and mixed changes in bone health and inflammation markers, suggesting that a longer timeframe is likely needed to see significant improvements

20 days ago mdpi.com health

Analysis of 100,000 adults links common preservatives—specifically nitrites and potassium sorbate—to higher risks of prostate cancer and type 2 diabetes

16 days ago bmj.com cancer diabetes health

Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries

3 days ago theguardian.com ai google

A machine learning-derived polygenic risk score reveals that healthy lifestyle counteracts obesity-related mortality

19 days ago pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov health

Eating a fresh mango every day for six months improves blood sugar control, insulin sensitivity, and body composition in adults with prediabetes.

20 days ago mdpi.com diabetes health

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"

4 days ago arstechnica.com ai security

A randomized clinical trial of 59 men with opioid use disorder found adding yoga to standard buprenorphine treatment accelerated withdrawal stabilization by 4.4 times, reducing the median recovery time from 9 days to 5 days compared to medication alone.

15 days ago jamanetwork.com health trial

A large-scale study challenges the assumption that social media and gaming drive teens’ mental health problems

5 days ago academic.oup.com media psychology

Shingles vaccine linked to slower biological aging in older adults: Along with protecting against the painful illness, shingles vaccination correlates with lower inflammation, slower epigenetic and transcriptomic aging, and slower overall biological aging in Americans age 70 and older.

7 days ago gero.usc.edu health vaccine

A new study links common 'forever chemicals' to a higher risk of liver disease in adolescents: PFAS may triple the chances of adolescents developing a metabolic associated liver disease (MASLD)…

20 days ago keck.usc.edu disease health