Zoomer Report

Researchers analysed data from an annual survey of 5,000 households, to measure overall job satisfaction and overall satisfaction with life before and after the changes in working hours. They found putting in fewer hours had no effect on job or life satisfaction, for either men or women.

A compound in this much-maligned vegetable has been found to stop or at least slow down the most common form of arthritis.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota find having a organized workspace seems to encourage positive, generous actions, while an untidy office may stimulate creative thinking and promote new ideas.

An American study finds that in addition to the increase in life expectancy in recent decades, people are now also healthier later in life. The authors of the research out of Harvard say people are generally in better shape than they used to be, except for the year or two just before death. And where it was common to find people who were very sick for the last 6 or seven years of life, the period of time in which we’re in poor health appears to have been compressed.

A study from the U.S. national Institute on Alcohol Abuse finds that we eat more and make more unhealthy choices when we drink.

A study out of Harvard finds men who skip breakfast have a 27 percent higher risk of suffering a heart attack or heart disease than those who start the day with something in their stomach.

The latest findings from Taiwan show that getting as little as 15 minutes of physical activity a day can make you live longer.

Currently, physical activity guidelines from authorities like the World Health Organization recommend that people exercise 30 minutes a day, five days a week, a benchmark that’s tough for many of us.

One of the many benefits of exercise is staving off dementia. Now a study by the Ontario Brain Institute confirms that exercise reduces both the onset and the devastation of Alzheimer's disease, and it's put some impressive numbers on that.

A study of Spanish dieters on a 20 week programme found those who ate their main meal, which is lunch in Spain, before 3pm lost more weight than those who ate it later.

Chiropractors find improper gardening techniques make this prime time for degenerative joint and disk problems, muscle sprains and strains, especially in the lower back, and repetitive strain injuries of the wrist and elbow.