Various Health
Diverse health research and cross-disciplinary studies. General health insights and scientific curiosities.
Everyday Advice
People do not die of old age: aging weakens the body and disease causes death
A common phrase says someone “died of old age.” Medicine says otherwise. Doctors do not certify “old age” as a…
videoMedCircle: mental health interviews with psychiatrists & psychologists
Mental health interviews with world-class psychiatrists & psychologists, providing mental health advice packed with actionable takeaways and clear explanations of…
You should wear sunscreen every day
Wearing sunscreen daily is essential for protecting your skin from harmful UV rays, which can cause premature aging, skin damage,…
Study Findings
Breaking routine with new skills improves memory in older adults
Breaking routine to learn a hard new skill, such as digital photography, improved memory in a 14-week trial of adults aged 60 to 90. More varied days tracked with sharper thinking, but not with memory.
videoHow to slow visible aging in skin, nails, and hair
Harvard professor David Sinclair and co-host Matthew LaPlante discuss methods to slow or reverse cosmetic aging, focusing on skin, hair,…
CBD products ineffective and potentially harmful for pain management
A new study from the University of Bath has found that cannabidiol (CBD) products do not provide effective relief for…
Massage and other touch ease pain, anxiety, and depression
A Nature Human Behaviour review of 137 controlled studies found that touch, mostly massage, eased pain, anxiety, and depression in adults and helped newborns gain weight, with medium-sized effects.
Dancing is just as good for your mental health as any other form of exercise
A systematic review found that structured dance interventions significantly improve psychological and cognitive health, often equaling or surpassing the benefits…
Boiling hard tap water removes up to 90% of its microplastics
In a 2024 lab study, boiling hard tap water for five minutes removed up to 90% of the nano- and microplastics floating in it by trapping them in limescale. In soft water, boiling removed about 25%.
Lab Research
Injectable nanobots could deliver drugs to exact spots in the body
Recent advancements in nanotechnology have led to the creation of tiny robots, or nanobots, that can be injected into the…
Google’s AMIE chatbot beat doctors at diagnosis in staged chats
In a Google test where actors played patients by text chat, the AMIE chatbot named the right diagnosis more often than 20 family doctors and scored higher on 24 of 26 patient ratings.
Writers in Britain, India and China praised only narrow waists
A 2007 study found that all 66 British descriptions of a woman's waist written from 1500 to 1799 praised a narrow one, as did ancient Indian and Chinese poems. It counted texts and did not test men's choices.
Creatine eased long COVID pain and focus problems but not fatigue
In a six-month trial of 12 people with long COVID, 4 g of creatine a day raised creatine in muscle and brain and eased aches, headaches, and poor concentration, but fatigue did not change. A 2026 trial later reported less fatigue at 6 g a day with exercise.
Biogents traps cut tiger mosquito bites by up to 87% in Italy
Biogents' BG-Sentinel traps cut tiger mosquito bites by 64% to 87% at three Italian sites. Its garden model, the BG-Mosquitaire, caught as many mosquitoes as the BG-Sentinel in 2019 US trials, which did not count bites.