Health

Alcohol use among U.S. adults has fallen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, though rates remain higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to a new Keck Medicine of USC study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The human body is remarkably good at getting used to the environment around it. You’ve probably experienced this if you’ve ever gone to a matinee and emerged from the dark theater into sunshine. Your eyes sting, so you squint and shield your face until they adjust to the bright sunlight.

A study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that a high adolescent body mass index (BMI) may be linked to accelerated biological aging in adulthood. The findings, published in the International Journal of Obesity, suggest that adolescents with a higher BMI may age biologically faster than others do.

Scroll through social media and you will soon encounter advice about living longer, from fasting plans and supplements to elaborate daily routines. Yet reaching an advanced age tells us little about how healthy or independent those later years will be.

Creatine has become one of the most talked-about supplements for building muscle, boosting performance and supporting healthy aging. New research from Texas A&M University suggests its potential benefits may be especially relevant as maintaining muscle becomes more important with age.

New research being presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept. 28–Oct. 2), suggests that higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) are associated with a substantially lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), particularly among younger adults.

New research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, from Sept. 28–Oct. 2 shows that, with the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, people with type 1 diabetes can complete a marathon safely and achieve finishing times similar to runners without diabetes.

The emerging public health field of food is medicine (FIM) experienced a rapid increase in published research studies and substantial progress in advancing public policy. These trends demonstrate the growing potential for health care-integrated nutrition interventions to improve health outcomes cost-effectively, according to a new report from the American Heart Association’s Health Care by Food initiative.

Scrolling through social media can mean encountering a supplement promising better health, a drink offering quick weight loss or a food promoted as a “superfood.” For people looking for advice on what to eat, distinguishing reliable information from misleading claims can be difficult. On Tuesday, EUFIC and Fundación Maldita.es organized an Infoodmation stakeholder workshop that offered a closer look at these messages, where they appear and who may be particularly vulnerable to them. Supplements and weight loss were the most prominent misinformation topics examined in food-related posts by popular influencers across 16 European countries.

Coffee is best known, and perhaps most valued, for its caffeine and its ability to make us feel more awake and alert. But coffee is much more than caffeine dissolved in hot water.

Chronic stress from people’s everyday lives may be causing lasting structural changes to the heart, harming health and reducing life expectancy.