Following the “green” Mediterranean diet helps burn fat three times faster than typical healthy eating, a new study shows. Research published in the BMC Medicine journal found that eating a plant-based Mediterranean diet allowed the body to burn a dangerous type of body fat at triple the rate compared to those on a generally “healthy” … Read more
Scientists have developed a “smart” bandage that can heal a serious wound 25% faster than the average bandage. The battery-free flexible device monitors the injury and simultaneously delivers targeted healing treatments, a paper published in Nature Biotechnology reported. “In sealing the wound, the smart bandage protects as it heals,” lead researcher Yuanwen Jiang, a professor … Read more
Summary: Researchers shed light on why the life expectancy and aging gap is narrowing between men and women. Source: University of Jyväskylä In the Western world, life expectancy rapidly increased in the twentieth century, but women still have longer life expectancy than men. In Finland, women live on average five years longer than men. The … Read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — High blood pressure, or hypertension, often causes people to feel perpetually stressed out or angry. Now, researchers from the University of Michigan say people with hypertension may also experience a faster deterioration in their cognitive abilities (thinking skills, decision making, memory) in comparison to those with normal blood pressure. The team performed … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Loneliness may make our biological clock tick faster. Being lonely and feeling unhappy can accelerate the aging process more than smoking, according to a recent article published in Aging-US. “We demonstrate [that] psychological factors, such as feeling unhappy or being lonely, add up to one year and eight months … Read more