Health

A recent study suggests that even brief moments of anger can impact how your blood vessels work, potentially increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. This discovery sheds light on why some individuals may face these health issues...

Last week, at a technology event in Beijing, a Chinese company revealed a new brain-computer interface. This interface lets a monkey control a robotic arm just by thinking about it. In a video from the event, a monkey, with its...

Once more, it's that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere when many people contend with hay fever. Pollen.com's allergy map reveals that currently, pollen levels are ranging from medium to high across many parts of the United States. In...

According to 1950s legend on Ikaria island, an 117 year old woman naturally grew seven new teeth and a head of black hair.

According to research presented today at the European Society of Cardiology's (ESC) Preventive Cardiology 2024 congress, in Athens, climbing the stairs is associated with a longer life and reduced cardiovascular disease. "If you have the choice of taking the stairs...

A new study suggests our brains might be growing larger over time. This finding could prove useful in fighting memory loss as we age. Researchers at UC Davis Health found the brains of individuals born in the 1970s were bigger...

A 72-year-old man, diagnosed with a very aggressive type of cancer known as glioblastoma, had brain scans that showed his tumor shrank significantly just days after treatment. Two other individuals with a similar cancer diagnosis didn't have such positive results,...

Growing older is a difficult reality we all must face, with greying hair, sagging skin, and a general lapse in energy, aging can be a dispiriting process; that's why these influencers are spending millions of dollars to try and...

Looking at data spanning 20 years, Greek researchers found that people who consistently followed a Mediterranean-style diet had a lower risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure) than those with the lowest adherence to the diet. According to the Centers...

A team of researchers in Japan found that writing down how you feel about a bad situation on paper and then getting rid of it can help you feel less anger. The head researcher, Nobuyuki Kawai, said, "We expected that...

Ikaria, a beautiful island located in the eastern Aegean, may look similar to any other Greek islands, but there is one vital difference.

Following on from the father-daughter liver transplant three months ago—the first liver transplant from a living donor in Greece—a mother has now done the same for her daughter. The new liver transplant from a living donor, a mother-daughter pairing from...

New research from the American Heart Association's recent event in Chicago suggests that how long we eat each day could impact our heart health. Scientists looked at data from more than 20,000 adults in the United States. They found that...

Loss and grief touch everyone's lives. But what if saying goodbye wasn't the end? Imagine being able to virtually bring back loved ones, have conversations with them, and know how they're doing—wherever they may be. For many, the idea of...

Mastiha, often referred to as the "Tears of Chios" or the "White Gold of Greece," is a product made exclusively on the Greek island of Chios. Since antiquity, this sticky resin, which seeps from the bark of mastic trees,...