The Barcelona Institute for Global Health has developed the Healthy Urban Design Index (HUDI) to measure city health and well-being. The results show that smaller cities tend to have better
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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) start to yawn if they see a human-looking android yawn, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The study shows chimpanzees will yawn and
Depression is linked with a higher risk of dementia later in life, according to a study published in the journal eClinicalMedicine. “Our study shows that depression is linked to an
Researchers call for more regulation to prevent the use of donated sperm with a cancer-causing genetic mutation, according to results presented at the annual conference of the European Society of
A positive mindset helps older people after a fall, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The authors from Imperial College London and Coventry
Emphasis on self-reliance and trade barriers could make it more difficult for people to eat a healthy and sustainable diet, according to a study published in the journal Nature Food.
There are no differences in normal loss of cognitive functions over time in older people who have autistic traits and those who are neurotypical, according to a study published in
Body mass index (BMI) greatly overestimates overweight and obesity in athletes, according to a study at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May). The team from
New system to reduce the number of unnecessary surgeries to prevent strokes and heart attacks
A new scoring system to assess the risk of stroke and heart attacks in patients with narrowed arteries could prevent unnecessary surgical procedures, according to a study published in The
A simple combination of drugs could prevent thousands of heart attacks, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). The team from Lund