Category: Health
A single juror may prevent a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial as deliberations resume
A deadlocked jury is scheduled to return for a seventh day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial
What your genes can, and cannot, tell us about your personality
A meta-analysis of 46 cohorts involving 611,037 to 1.14 million participants identified 1,260 lead genetic variants associated with the Big Five personality traits, including 824
The four-day week has plenty of fans. Now researchers are testing what it really changes
The Sussex 4-Day Week study is a 14-week UK protocol designed to investigate how reduced working hours affect physical and mental health, wellbeing, sleep, work
Study finds biases in tools predicting dangerous genetic mutations
When a patient has their DNA read, it gets compared against a reference version of the human genome. It allows geneticists and rare disease experts
Cancer-fighting T cells need small amounts of ROS to attack tumors, study finds
New research reveals a promising new target for treating cancer by harnessing a type of molecule previously thought to do more harm than good.
Eight-year study reveals how molecular aging scripts differ individually
Aging does not appear to follow the same molecular script for everyone, according to an eight-year study of 335 women.
As life expectancy rises, healthy aging is more important than ever
Global disease burden is shifting toward aging-related conditions as people live longer, with these diseases now representing the largest expected lifetime health burden for newborns
Semaglutide extended lifespan in older female mice, but that was not the only finding
Late-life semaglutide treatment slowed age-related physiological decline, attenuated multiple molecular hallmarks of aging, and extended median lifespan from 742 to 834 days in aged female
Coffee, tea and dementia risk: Why the amount you drink could matter
A targeted perspective synthesizes epidemiological and mechanistic evidence examining how caffeine consumption during midlife may influence dementia risk later in life. The authors highlight potential
As jurors deliberate the Lindsay Clancy case, here are key moments from the trial
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case are trying to decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three
Transplanted pig kidney works in US man’s body for record 271 days
A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.
5 challenges Congo faces in containing its fast-moving Ebola outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading faster than efforts to track and contain it
New GP and wellbeing hub ‘a major milestone’
The £21m hub brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location.