According to a new survey, over half of American adults say they can’t do 10 pushups in a row, and over one-third can’t do five. Gymless.org surveyed over 1400 adults and found that the percentages of adults who couldn’t do 10, or even five, straight pushups was fairly similar across age groups. And while you […]

Chronic inflammation has received a lot of attention recently as an underlying factor in a number of medical conditions, like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, and dementia, as well as the aging process. Fortunately, a study published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity shows that just 20 minutes of moderate exercise, such as walking, […]

Can taking a vacation lower your risk of heart disease? In a study published in the journal Psychology & Health, researchers at Syracuse’s Falk College Department of Public Health analyzed 60 working adults who all had a vacation planned in the upcoming months. They did bloodwork and looked at other indicators of cardiovascular health. The […]

You’ve probably seen people in the gym staring at their phones. Maybe you do it too. But being on your phone can decrease the quality of your workout and increase your risk of injury. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers found that people who ran or walked while texting or talking […]

A new study shows that having people around you who are good listeners can build your cognitive resilience and maybe lower your risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine analyzed data from over 2000 people in the original Framingham heart study that started in the 1940s. They looked […]

Sleep deprivation can cause lasting effects to your mental performance up to a week later. In a study published last week in the journal PLoS One, Polish researchers examined participants between the ages of 20 and 22. Each one slept normally for four days to get a baseline amount of sleep needed each night. Then […]

More than one billion people worldwide have obstructive sleep apnea, a reduction or complete blockage of airflow during sleep. Affected individuals can have excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue, heavy snoring, and non-restful sleep. In a new study in the journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research, Penn State researchers collected data on over 42,000 people across the world. […]

A new study shows kids today are eating more ultra-processed foods than ever before. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers collected data from over 33,000 responses to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey about the foods consumed by children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 19. Today, two-thirds […]

By now, we are all familiar with the plastic barriers to decrease the spread of the coronavirus in stores, schools and even nail salons. Unfortunately, it looks like those didn’t stop the spread of the virus, and it may have made the problem worse. A study published earlier this summer in Science found that desk […]

Maybe you haven’t been infected with COVID-19 yet. Maybe you won’t get it this fall or winter. But you will be infected with the coronavirus sometime. That’s the consensus of over 100 experts surveyed by the journal Nature. Nine out of ten said that it is “likely” or “very likely” that the coronavirus will continue […]