by John McMillan | Aug 1, 2025 | Health, Medical Research
Ahmed Elbediwy, Kingston University and Nadine Wehida, Kingston University Green tea and red wine may seem like simple dietary choices – but beneath the surface, they harbour compounds with remarkable medical potential. Scientists are uncovering how these everyday...
by John McMillan | Aug 1, 2025 | Health, Medical Research
Franklin Nobrega, University of Southampton If bacteria had a list of things to fear, phages would be at the top. These viruses are built to find, infect and kill them – and they have been doing it for billions of years. Now that ancient battle is offering clues for...
by John McMillan | Aug 1, 2025 | Aging, Diet, Health
Adrián Carballo Casla, Karolinska Institutet; Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Karolinska Institutet, and David Abbad Gomez Imagine two people in their 70s. Both are active, live independently and enjoy life. But over the next 15 years, one of them develops two or three...
by John McMillan | Jul 25, 2025 | Aging, Health
Jitka Vseteckova, The Open University and Lis Boulton, The Open University Most of us want to enjoy later life feeling strong, connected, and mentally sharp. But how often do we stop to think about whether the things we’re doing right now are helping us get there? A...
by John McMillan | Jul 25, 2025 | Health, Medical Research
Eef Hogervorst, Loughborough University More and more research suggests that the copper in your diet could play a bigger role in brain health than we once believed. A recent study found that older Americans who ate more copper-rich foods did better on memory and...
by John McMillan | Jul 25, 2025 | Exercise, Health
Jack McNamara, University of East London Your fitness tracker might be lying to you. That 10,000-step target flashing on your wrist? It didn’t come from decades of careful research. It came from a Japanese walking club and a marketing campaign in the 1960s. A major...
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