Death rates rose for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, flu and pneumonia, and three other leading causes of death NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. death rate rose last year, and 2017 likely will mark the third straight year of decline in American life expectancy, according to preliminary data. Death rates rose for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, flu … Read more
Daily egg eaters had an 18% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease Eating an egg a day may lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, a study of more than 400,000 adults in China suggests. Daily egg eaters had an 18% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, which manifests as heart attacks and strokes, … Read more
Cancer Group Recommends Ditching Bacon and Booze Reduce Risk of Cancer: Don’t Drink or Eat Processed Meat The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has bad news for lovers of bacon and booze: Eliminating processed meats and alcohol from your diet may help reduce your risk of developing cancer. The third report from the WCRF’s Continuous … Read more
A simple blood test can pick up early signs of 10 different cancers, including breast, ovarian, bowel and lung cancer A blood test that can detect 10 types of cancer potentially years before someone becomes ill has been described as the ‘holy grail’ of cancer research. Scientists in the US have found a simple test … Read more
Medical News Today: Could anxiety lead to dementia? Anxiety — a risk factor for dementia More and more studies were highlighting a link between mental health problems and late-onset dementia — the most prevalent form of dementia, which affects people around the age of 65. For instance, the authors of the new study write that … Read more
Eating oily fish twice a week is the key to a healthy heart, according to experts. The American Heart Association suggests people eat 250mg of omega-3 fatty acids per day, a target which can be met by eating oily fish twice a week and can cut the risk of dying young. Regularly eating fish such … Read more
Actress Cate Blanchett revealed a shocking beauty secret in a recent interview saying that she is a big fan of a new penis facial cream made in part from the cloned cells from the amputated foreskins of human baby boys. The Thor: Ragnarok actress noted that she and fellow A-lister Sandra Bullock visited the New … Read more
Russian scientists have crafted an AI-based algorithm that uses the activity tracking from smartphones and smartwatches to estimate your lifespan with far greater precision than past models. Researchers can estimate your expected lifespan based on physiological traits like your genes or your circulating blood factor, but that’s not very practical on a grand scale. There may be … Read more
Scientists have identified a ‘master regulator’ in young blood that can mostly reverse aging in the brain. Young blood has rejuvenating, anti-aging properties that scientists are trying to tap into. A new study published in the journal Cell Reports now brings us one step closer to determining what it is in the young blood that age-reversing properties. … Read more
Unlike in humans, the telomeres of long-lived bats do not appear to shrink with age. In 2005, scientists in Siberia captured a live Brandt’s bat, a species found across Europe and Asia, that was 41 years old. A house mouse, by comparison, is about twice as big, but might live to a ripe old age … Read more