Health / Wellness

Constant exposure to car air conditioning (AC) can lead to a number of health issues, according to new research. UK-based Emissions Analytics research claims that poor filtration systems can expose drivers and those who use air conditioning regularly to the inhalation of hazardous particles. In a statement shared with the ...

Bacon Just As Harmful As Cigarette Smoking! Watch Out For These Adverse Effects Of Bacon On Your Health Scientists have recently confirmed that bacon is just as harmful for human health as smoking cigarettes. Here’s how bacon is likely to harm your overall health. How much do you love a ...

Seeing the same doctor over the years helps people live longer, suggests a new international study “We had nine different countries on four different continents in all sorts of different health systems, so we don’t think it’s a local or cultural effect, we think it’s a human effect,” said lead author ...

Children whose mothers stick to healthy lifestyle practices are less likely to be obese than children of less healthy moms, researchers report “Living a healthy lifestyle can not only help adults to improve their health and reduce their risk of developing chronic diseases, but also can exert health benefits to their offspring,” ...

Air pollution could be responsible for 3.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes every year globally, suggests a new analysis “We estimate that about 14 percent of diabetes in the world occurs because of higher levels of air pollution, that’s one in seven cases,” said senior study author Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly of ...

Do you often feel tired and wish you could be more energetic and able to take better advantage of your time? Read on for Medical News Today’s top tips on how to feel more awake. Who among us hasn’t experienced spells of tiredness or lack of energy, often at the worst possible times, ...

Researchers say if everyone ate a vegetarian diet, one-third of early deaths could be prevented. Experts agree but say switching to vegetarian isn’t that easy. There has long been consensus that vegetarian diets are healthier than diets that rely heavily on meat. But we may only be starting to learn ...

A large new study from the American Cancer Society inventories the risk factors for various types of cancer. Those findings shed much-needed light on the proportion of cancers that could be prevented by making the necessary lifestyle changes. The new research examined a total of 1,570,975 cancer cases, 587,521 of which resulted ...

If raising your arm above or behind your head triggers a stabbing or shocklike pain in your shoulder area, you could have rotator cuff tendinitis. “The pain worsens with activity and could even wake you from sleep,” says William Levine, MD, director of the sports medicine department of orthopedic surgery ...

Tea tree, also known as melaleuca, is well-known for its powerful antiseptic properties and ability to treat wounds. Tea tree oil (TTO), the volatile essential oil derived mainly from the Australian native plant Melaleuca alternifolia has been widely used throughout Australia for at least the past 100 years. And for over ...