Health

Celebrating Independence Day with an old-fashioned cookout is as American as apple pie. Unfortunately, the traditional Fourth of July menu wasn’t cooked up with nutrition as a priority.

Is vaping bad for my health? As people who use e-cigarettes and their loved ones pose questions like this, growing scientific evidence shows that the answer is yes. Research studies show that several chemicals found in e-cigarettes and produced when used as intended may harm heart health.

A new study led by researchers at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, with researchers from Boston University and Boston Medical Center, shows that a telehealth navigator program can significantly improve blood pressure control among Black patients with hypertension cared for at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).

Dr. Michael Girardi understood the importance of sunscreen from an early age. When he was a child, his uncle died of melanoma.

A study by researchers at the University of Tsukuba published in the American Journal of Health Promotion found that higher daily step counts were associated with improved work performance through reduced stress responses in Japanese workers with remote work arrangements. The findings suggest that increasing walking and overall physical activity may be a practical strategy for reducing stress and enhancing performance among remote workers.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have found that healthy yet sedentary individuals show a significant, coordinated drop in muscle mitochondrial function that may precede the development of major diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s. The work is published in the journal Clinical Bioenergetics.

Low back pain affects over 600 million people and is the single leading cause of disability worldwide. New research from Boston Medical Center (BMC), the largest essential hospital in New England, suggests that the Optimizing Pain Treatment In Medical settings Using Mindfulness (OPTIMUM) trial, in which an adapted group mindfulness program is delivered through primary care telehealth for patients with chronic low back pain, produced sustained reductions in pain and improvements in patients’ daily lives. The findings, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, highlight a scalable, nonpharmacological approach to treating chronic pain.

Using screens during the first 1001 days of life can lead to developmental concerns for the next generation, researchers warn.

Children and older adults are consistently less likely to live near bike lanes, a new study that mapped cycling infrastructure in three Canadian cities over a decade found.

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered a critical link between the immune system in early life and its function in adulthood. The study, published in Science Immunology, identifies a new role for specialized skin immune cells, called Langerhans cells, in shaping the development of lymphatic vessels—an essential part of the body’s immune network.

Judging by the claims on the bottles, it’s easy to assume a simple zinc tablet is a quick fix for everything from the common cold to low immunity and even male fertility. But do they actually work? And should you be taking them?