Health

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday denied any direct link between COVID-19 vaccination and reports of sudden deaths in the country, asserting instead that lifestyle and pre-existing health conditions were the key contributing factors. The government’s clarification came a day after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged that an increase in heart attack-related deaths in Hassan…

In the early 2000s the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a large randomized clinical trial, showed that intensive lifestyle modification was better than a medication called metformin at preventing at-risk patients from developing Type 2 diabetes. In a newly completed follow-up study, a team of researchers including Vallabh “Raj” Shah, professor emeritus in The University…

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle-specifically, a diet rich in fibre but light on red/processed meat, regular exercise, not smoking, and sticking to a normal weight-is linked to a significantly lower risk of diverticulitis, finds a large long term study, published online in the journalGut. What’s more, these 5 components seem to offset the effects of inherited…

Pizza Hut is flipping the script on your dreary midweek slump. Starting today, the pizza powerhouse is rolling out Hut Wednesdays – a nationwide weekly giveaway that turns Wednesday into the new Saturday (minus the hangover and inflated brunch prices). Order £15 or more through the Pizza Hut app, and you’ll be rewarded with a…

Adults with poor Life’s Essential 8 scores faced significantly higher atrial fibrillation risk, suggesting that heart-healthy habits could be key to preventing this common arrhythmia. Study: Association of life’s essential 8 score with incidence of atrial fibrillation: The Framingham heart study. Image Credit:Magic mine/ Shutterstock In a recent study published in the American Journal of…

A new study led by Oregon State University found evidence that spending time outdoors isn’t just good for your mood; it’s also essential for mental health, especially during times of crisis. Published in PLOS One, the research tracked how U.S. adults engaged in outdoor recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic and found a clear connection: Those…

China: A recent study published in Frontiers in Medicine highlights a significant relationship between the severity of lower urinary tract symptoms/benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) and lifestyle choices, the presence of multiple chronic conditions, and mental health status among older Chinese men. Conducted by Yifan Wu and colleagues from the Department of Urology, Jiangnan University Medical…

Researchers from The University of New Mexico, US, found that making lifestyle changes lowered the development of diabetes by 24 per cent, while the anti-diabetes drug lowered it by 17 per cent Adopting a healthier lifestyle is more effective than using the anti-diabetes drug metformin, with the benefits persisting over 20 years later, according to…

RECENTLY, I found myself sitting with a blood result I hadn’t expected: high cholesterol. The result surprised me. As a GP with a special interest in lifestyle medicine, I spend much of my time supporting patients in managing their health through diet, exercise, stress management, and sleep. I ticked all the ‘healthy lifestyle’ boxes: I…

Ever felt unable to concentrate or recall things or even plan and execute the simplest of plans? You may be suffering from brain fog. As many would believe, brain fog is not a medical condition. It is, however, a range of different symptoms surrounding cognitive impairment, in which an individual is unable to process thoughts,…