A new study is the first to establish a link between working memory, physical health, and lifestyle choices. Mount Sinai researchers discovered a positive relationship between the brain network associated with working memory and healthy traits such as higher physical endurance and better cognitive function. As Psych Central reports, working memory is defined as the …

An innovative approach – blood-based precision medicine test – can be helpful in detecting early symptoms of heart disease in older outpatients. Accorrding to researchers, a blood-based precision medicine test incorporating age, sex and gene expression score (ASGES) was helpful in evaluating older outpatients with symptoms suggestive of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). As Zee …

It has long been dismissed as an old wives’ tale that morning sickness signals a healthy pregnancy. But experts now say it is probably true – giving encouragement to sufferers, who famously include the Duchess of Cambridge. As The Daily Mail reports, more than four in five women battle nausea in the first 12 weeks …

Modern birth control pills that are lower in oestrogen have fewer side effects than past oral contraceptives. But a large Danish study suggests that, like older pills, they still modestly raise the risk of breast cancer, especially with long-term use. Researchers found a similar breast cancer risk with the progestin-only intrauterine device, and they couldn’t …

While ginger is used as a culinary spice in cuisines from around the world, its health properties are steeped in ancient Indian traditions since time immemorial. As Zee News reports, from treating common ailments like indigestion, menstrual pain and lowering cholesterol levels to major health problems preventing cancer and protecting against Alzheimer’s disease, ginger has proved to …