progscrape: health

Voting is linked to living longer. Among older adults, voting predicts a lower risk of mortality for up to 15 years.

26 days ago sp2.upenn.edu health

Eccentric exercises such as chair squats, heel drops, and wall push‑ups can build muscle strength and size with less energy, without painful or exhausting workouts, and have been shown to deliver meaningful health improvements in as little as 5 minutes/day

23 days ago ecu.edu.au health

Excessive Napping May Be a Warning Sign of Underlying or Developing Health Conditions in Older Adults

29 days ago massgeneralbrigham.org health

Babies exposed to high amounts of air pollution in the womb show slower signs of development (worse language and motor development) at 18 months than those exposed to lower levels

20 days ago kcl.ac.uk health

Obesity leaves a lasting memory in immune cells. This ‘tagging’ is likely to last between 5-10 years after people successfully lose weight

22 days ago birmingham.ac.uk health

Mortality from alcohol-induced hypertension has risen drastically in the U.S

20 days ago tandfonline.com health

Coffee may help protect the body from aging: new research suggests that compounds in coffee may work, in part, by activating a receptor in the body known as NR4A1 — a protein increasingly recognized for its role in aging…

19 days ago stories.tamu.edu health

Filtering a protein out of a pregnant person’s blood may help ease the dangers of early preeclampsia

22 days ago sciencenews.org health

Suicide deaths in U.S. teens and young adults fell after 988 launch

27 days ago sciencenews.org health

Flu vaccine reduces severe illness in kids, but coverage remains low

21 days ago cidrap.umn.edu health vaccine