TV watching linked with potentially fatal blood clots
Take breaks when binge-watching TV to avoid blood clots, say scientists. The warning comes as a study reports that watching TV for four hours a day or more…
Men who worry more may develop heart disease and diabetes risk factors at younger ages
Middle-aged men who are anxious and worry more may be at greater biological risk for developing heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, also called cardiometabolic disease, as…
Granddaughters and great-granddaughters of men who start to smoke before puberty, have more body fat than expected, research shows
A new study, led by the University of Bristol and published in Scientific Reports, has reported increased body fat in females whose grandfathers or great-grandfathers began smoking before…
Mediterranean diet associated with a lower risk of mortality in older adults
A greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet which had been assessed through an index made with biomarkers during a 20-year scientific monitoring is associated with a lower mortality…
Without appropriate technical updates, patients are at risk of inappropriate shocks from their defibrillators
Fewer than 25% of patients with certain Abbott pacemakers or defibrillators have updated device firmware that guards against potential cyberattacks, increasing the likelihood of inappropriate shocks and potentially…