Healthy lifestyle factors such as abstinence from smoking and drinking, low body mass index, and exercise correlated with decreased cancer incidence, even in individuals with a high genetic risk, according…
Category: Lifestyle
Moderate drinking associated with lower risk of heart attack and death in those with CVD
Drinking up to 105 grams of alcohol per week—equivalent to 13 UK units of alcohol, less than six pints of medium-strength beer or just over a bottle of wine—may be…
High percentage of positive portrayals of vaping on TikTok
Positive portrayals of e-cigarettes and vaping are freely available without any age restrictions on TikTok—the video sharing platform—and have been viewed many times, finds research published online in the journal…
Distinctive gut microbiome unrelated to diet may characterize children with autism
Children with autism seem to have a distinctive and underdeveloped range and volume of gut bacteria (microbiome) that isn't related to their diet, suggests a small study published online in…
Biomarker could help diagnosis schizophrenia at an early age
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have discovered how levels of a protein could be used in the future as a blood-based diagnostic aid for schizophrenia. The activity of the protein,…
Is it possible to deliver a knockout punch to HIV?
With a global focus on strategies to curb expansion of a fast-moving coronavirus pandemic, the question again has arisen: What more is being done about HIV, a scourge that has…
New breakthrough to help immune systems in the fight against cancer
New research has identified potential treatment that could improve the human immune system's ability to search out and destroy cancer cells within the body. Scientists have identified a way to…