Minimal Effort Required: A Ten-Minute Run Can Boost Brain Processing
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba show that increased activation of the bilateral prefrontal cortex accompanies improvements to mood and cognitive function after only a brief bout of…
Young people recover quickly from rare myocarditis side effect of COVID-19 vaccine
Most young people under the age of 21 who developed suspected COVID-19 vaccine-related heart muscle inflammation known as myocarditis had mild symptoms that improved quickly, according to new…
E-cigarette use may be detrimental to bone health in adults
A novel study published in the American Journal of Medicine Open found that electronic cigarette use was associated with a higher risk of fragility fractures in American adults, from young…
Researchers find new link between a disrupted body clock and inflammatory diseases
New research from RCSI has demonstrated the significant role that an irregular body clock plays in driving inflammation in the body’s immune cells, with implications for the most…
Health misinformation ‘should be tackled head-on’
With the world in the grip of a global pandemic, health misinformation has become a matter of life or death. But using audio dramas delivered on WhatsApp to explicitly address…