Many people suffering from hearing loss refuse to get hearing aids because of embarrassment or their refusal to accept the fact that have a disability. About one in 10 people who need such a device actually use them. However, after hearing this news, many hearing-impaired individuals may run to purchase a hearing aid. According to […]
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Obese teenagers have a significantly higher risk of developing early chronic kidney disease (CKD) in young adulthood, according to a large cohort study led by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. The study, just published in the prestigious JAMA Pediatrics under the title “Adolescent Body Mass […]
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It’s well known that adding salt regularly to your food raises the risk of hypertension and the resultant risks of heart attacks and strokes. But now, researchers in New Orleans have found that it also significantly increases the danger of triggering chronic kidney disease. People can get excess salt also from preserved and other foods […]
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Owning a pet – especially a dog or cat – has been linked with slower rates of cognitive decline including verbal memory and fluency among older adults who live alone, while the same protective effect was not found in pet owners living with others. Nearly 8,000 older people were studied by Chinese researchers who published […]
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Female veterans are not seeking mental health support because of problems related to their identity as women, the dominance of male-oriented branding for veterans’ services, and the fear that their needs won’t be addressed, according to research conducted by the Centre for Military Women’s Research (CMWR) at Anglia Ruskin University. The report, entitled “I don’t […]
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Burping in public is not only embarrassing, but people who are unable to release gas from their stomach are unfortunate in other ways. The inability to burp, officially called “retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD),” is caused by the failure of the throat’s cricopharyngeal muscle to relax and allow the outward passage of gas. A burp or […]
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There is hardly a dog owner who doesn’t regard his pet as a member of the family. When they want to go on vacation, many want to take their dog with them. The estimate for dog-friendly travel in the world will be $50.1 billion by 2030, but many hotels and other vacation spots don’t allow […]
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Despite the common expression “crocodile tears” that means a “phony display of emotion,” mice and rats are the only animals that release tears. According to Italian researchers who studied rodent tears three years ago, male mice tears turn female mice on with a specific protein that acts as an aphrodisiac to the females, making them […]
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In a counterintuitive revelation, a recent study challenges the widely held belief that searching online to scrutinize misinformation would decrease belief in false narratives. Instead, the research, featured in the journal Nature, unveils a surprising outcome: the act of online fact-checking paradoxically heightens the probability of believing in misinformation. Led by Kevin Aslett, an assistant […]
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New research underscores the profound impact of childhood trauma on adult health, revealing that physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, along with neglect during childhood, increases the risk of chronic pain and related disability in adulthood. The study, published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology, draws on 75 years of research involving 826,452 adults, emphasizing the […]
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