Category: HEALTH

Long-term intermittent fasting may not only help you in weight loss but also help fight heart-related complications caused by Covid, even in patients who have both Covid and heart problems already, finds a study.

Just 11 minutes a day (or 75 minutes a week) of brisk walking, dancing, riding a bike, playing tennis, or hiking would be sufficient to lower the risk of death caused by diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and a number of cancers, according to...

Going sleepless for just one night can make your brain look years older, finds a study.

The Covid-19 virus leaked out of a laboratory in China, according to a report by the US Energy Department.

An international team of clinicians has identified a severe form of mpox -- formerly known as monkeypox -- with high mortality in people with advanced HIV who have weaker immune systems.

The AI classifiers trained on audio recordings cannot accurately predict whether someone has Covid-19 by analyzing the sound of their coughs, according to a study led by the UK's Alan Turing Institute.

Smoking tobacco and vaping electronic cigarettes may increase the risk of developing severe Covid illness among healthy young people, a new study has revealed.

No new Covid-19 variants have emerged in China during the recent surge in infections since the country ended its zero-Covid policy, according to an analysis of cases in Beijing published in The Lancet.

Hearing personal experiences of someone who got sick with Covid-19 or died from the disease are twice as likely to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, a new study has shown.

The two-day national convention of cardiologists and heart specialists ended here on Sunday, expressing deep concern over the alarming rise in the incidence of heart ailments, and claiming that advanced technological interventions can be life saviors for heart patients.

A team of US researchers and their collaborators have identified genes that play key roles in the development of coronary artery disease, the top cause of death worldwide.

Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods such as fizzy drinks, mass-produced packaged bread, many ready meals, and most breakfast cereals, may be linked to an increased risk of developing and dying from cancer, a new study has shown.

Long Covid patients are susceptible to developing only seven health symptoms for up to a year following the infection, a new study has revealed.

In people with multiple health conditions, a booster (third) dose of a Covid vaccine was associated with a 90 percent reduction in death when compared to two doses, a new study has shown.

The human body's immunity to Covid-19 appears to gather strength with more time between vaccination and infection, a new study has shown.

The number of people dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the US escalated during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, from 874,613 CVD-related deaths recorded in 2019 to 928,741 in 2020, a new study has revealed.

Recreational running provides numerous physical and mental health benefits -- but, some people can develop exercise dependence, a type of physical activity addiction that can lead to health issues, a new study has shown.

Having insufficient and disturbed sleep during the teenage years may increase the subsequent risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study has shown.