Health

Japan’s Sysmex Corp says it has received regulatory approval in Japan for a blood test to detect amyloid beta in the brain, a characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease. The company developed the test with Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co and gained…

By THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY AND NUTRITION (ESPGHAN) . By the time they were 18 months old, infants who began receiving taster portions of the new Nordic diet were eating 46% more vegetables than those…

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but researchers from Aston University have found that eating more fruit may also keep the therapist at bay. Their study finds people who habitually and frequently…

The next Apple Watch will reportedly include a body temperature sensor that will warn you when you’re coming down with a fever, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The Series 8 won’t provide an exact reading, but it could send a…

Barbecue is sometimes promoted as a healthier style of cooking. When compared to cooking methods like frying which have long been considered extremely unhealthy, grilling appears to be less fatty. Along with reducing fat intake, barbecue…

Body dissatisfaction correlates with poor relationship and sexual satisfaction. KEY POINTS “Poor body image” refers to body dissatisfaction and preoccupation with bodily flaws. A new study suggests women dissatisfied with their…

(CNN)"Medicine is nothing more than a misguided miseducation in mortal misery." Western medicine limits the treatment of chronic pain to pills and procedures, Dr. Haider Warraich says.That's not something you'd expect to hear from a…

Drug implants embedded in the body could deliver a dose of medicine at the touch of a smartphone button, ending the need for daily pills, scientists believe. Swedish researchers have invented a new material which can trap the tiny…

There’s a bold new hospital in the waterlogged fields of southwest Bangladesh, where cyclones regularly strike and sea level rise is turning grain fields into salty shrimp ponds. Designed to serve the low-income rural population where…

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said he starts his day off with fasted cardio before eating anything. Johnson runs on an empty stomach but then eats six to seven meals throughout the rest of the day. Research suggests it burns fat…