Anxiety may be an early predictor of Alzheimer’s in older adults, according to new research. As The Daily Mail reports, in a study of data on nearly 300 older adults, scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that as the proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease built in people’s brains, they tended to become more anxious. …

Bathers were filmed clambering down snow-covered banks to take an icy dip in chilly water while it was minus 65 degrees Celsius outside. The thrill seekers were filmed as they paddled in a stream surrounded by trees heavy with snow in the village of Oymyakon in north-eastern Russia’s Sakha Republic region. A video shows two …

TV presenter and infectious disease specialist, Dr Chris Van Tulleken, gives us the low-down on how popping pills could be doing us more harm than good Recent figures show that around 5,000 deaths are caused in England every year simply because antibiotics are no longer working for infections that they used to cure – so …

In the face of rising global obesity, photographer Gregg Segal traveled around the world to ask kids what they eat in one week and then photographed them alongside the food. In an 8×8 aluminum hut on a construction site outside Mumbai, Anchal Sahni sits down to dinner with her family: homemade aloo bhindo (okra and …

Spending too much time sitting down builds fat around the body’s organs and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. As The Daily Mail reports, a study found people who spent a large amount of time sitting down had higher levels of visceral and total abdominal fat. Visceral fat is unseen and …