About 1 in 7 adults in the U.S. has chronic kidney disease, in which the kidneys are damaged or can’t properly filter blood. This can lead to excess waste remaining in the body, kidney failure and the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant, and raise one’s risk of dying from heart disease and other …

You can live for about three minutes without air, three days without water and about 21 days without food. But in between food and water, there is something else critically essential: sleep. It turns out you can only live about 11 days without sleep. You can give it a try if you don’t believe me, …

Walking more than 4,000 steps a day can improve attention and mental skills in adults 60 and older, according to UCLA research published December 12 in a preprint edition of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Various studies have found that physical activity is important in preventing cognitive decline and dementia in older adults. Cognitive decline …

Gaming disorder is soon to be classified as a mental health condition for the very first time. The International Classification of Diseases is a diagnostic manual that’s published by the World Health Organisation. It was last updated 27 years ago, in 1990. The eleventh edition of the manual is due to be published in 2018, …

Giving your brain new experiences will keep it healthier. Try these mini mental workout exercises to prevent memory loss and sharpen your mind. “Neurobic” exercises are like cross-training for your brain Giving your brain new experiences that combine physical senses—vision, smell, touch, taste, and hearing—with emotional “sense” stimulates more connections between different brain areas, causes …