The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics has found that just 23% of Americans are getting enough exercise in their spare time to stay healthy. CDC researchers reported that just a quarter of Americans are doing enough muscle-strengthening and aerobic exercise to keep their heart healthy. According to official guidelines, adults should get an hour and 15 minutes of vigorous exercise or … [Read more...]

Before the polio vaccine was invented, poliovirus killed people in droves or left them impaired for life. A new study, though, shows that the once-dread virus could help treat brain cancer patients. Scientists found that patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer, could significantly prolong their life if they take a genetically edited form of poliovirus. The new … [Read more...]

There are some foods no nutritionist would ever eat as they are rich in additives, trans fats, and bad carbs. One of the foods you should avoid is hot dogs, regardless of the type of meat used. Hot dogs usually contain processed meat, have lots of salt, and the sauces are laced with cancer-causing chemicals. Hot dogs are some of the poorest food choices you can make. Low-fat peanut butter is … [Read more...]

Recent research suggests that normalizing plus size could make more people underestimate their problems with weight. As a result, more people will no longer seek to ditch the extra pounds. The study appeared in the journal Obesity. Researchers have found that the number of people that don’t have an issue with being severely overweight has increased in recent years to 57.9% from 48.4% for … [Read more...]

Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to no longer consider transgenderism or gender dysphoria a mental health issue. The agency reclassified the mental disorder as “gender incongruence”. As a result, gender dysphoria, a condition that makes the patient believe that he or she was born in the wrong body, will be scrapped from the WHO's International Classification of … [Read more...]

A probe has found that 456 people died at Gosport War Memorial Hospital after medics had prescribed too many painkillers for years. An investigation into the issue revealed that patients received “dangerous” amounts of the drugs. The grieving families are seeking justice, but no doctor has been indicted. In return, the NHS urged its staff to stop the “blame culture” to prevent such incidents … [Read more...]

Experts recommend not beating yourself up over your recurrent depression or PTSD symptoms. If you were diagnosed with PTSD, there is a high chance that you were abused as a child. When people hear about child abuse, they narrow the term down to sexual abuse. Yet, children can be physically and emotionally abused as well. Emotional abuse survivors, for instance, are not even aware that their … [Read more...]

A recent study has found that obese dogs can offer new insights into obesity. Just like us, some canines are more prone to uncontrolled weight gain than others. A group of researchers in Hungary asked volunteers to bring their dogs. Some dogs were average weight while others were obese. Scientists first gave each dog a bowl with a meal that is not very filling for a dog, aka as “low-value” … [Read more...]

New research has tried to explain why we enjoy muffins, doughnuts, Doritos, and French Fries so much despite them being highly detrimental to our health. Researchers at Yale University found that our brains crave foods that contain fats and carbs. The craving is so intense that we tend to pay more for these foods despite their low nutritional content. When the two macronutrients combine … [Read more...]

A group of scientists claims that there’s is more to getting ‘hangry’ than low blood sugar levels. A team at the University of North Carolina found that a mix between biology, emotion, and context makes us angry when we’re hungry. A study was published this week in the journal Emotion. You don't just become hungry and start lashing out at the universe, researcher Kristen Lindquist … [Read more...]