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If you pride yourself on staying up late to watch TV or catch up on reading and other tasks, you might want to flip your schedule a bit. New research suggests that night owls may be more likely to develop heart disease or diabetes than early birds. People who get up early in the morning … Read more
Exposure to blue light from phones and tablets in childhood can increase production of reproductive hormones and up the risk of early onset puberty and even disrupt future fertility, study finds Blue light exposure can increase a child’s risk of going through puberty early and having fertility issues in the future Researchers found that the … Read more
Health benefits rose with every step, the study found, but peaked at 10,000 steps — after that the effects faded. Counting steps may be especially important for people who do unstructured, unplanned physical activity such as house work, gardening and dog walks. “Notably, we detected an association between incidental steps (steps taken to go about … Read more
Media Advisory Monday, September 12, 2022 NIH-funded results add to growing scientific evidence of negative health effects of cannabis use during pregnancy What Prenatal cannabis exposure following the middle of the first trimester—generally after five to six weeks of fetal development—is associated with attention, social, and behavioral problems that persist as the affected children … Read more