Category: Health

Eleven Million Days of Fitbit Data Reveal the Value of Long-Term Activity Tracking

A study of 29,303 adults and 11 million Fitbit-recorded days found that year-long step patterns...

Pain After Age 80 Shows Stark Inequalities Across the World

An analysis of 6.1 million people across 118 countries finds pain rises differently across the...

Antibiotic Resistance Signals in Sewage May Trail Prescriptions by Three Months

A study combining five years of antibiotic prescriptions with wastewater sequencing found resistance signals can...

Mobility Data Helped Explain COVID-19 Spread Across 122 Countries

Researchers compared epidemic and mobility data from 122 countries, finding movement patterns helped explain COVID-19...

Food Assistance Linked to Higher Cigarette and Cannabis Co-Use in US Survey

A PLOS One study of 50,481 adults across 10 US states found that economic hardship...

Western Cape School Mental Health Programme Retains 84% of Teen Participants

A seven-week emotional coping and physical activity programme for 85 Western Cape adolescents achieved 84%...

Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Faces a Reimbursement Gap

A global audit of cardiac rehabilitation programmes found that fewer than one-quarter of respondents reported...

Guided Nature Mindfulness Showed No Clear Advantage Over Walking

A two-week randomised trial found larger average well-being and stress improvements with guided outdoor mindfulness,...

Cancer Screening Knowledge More Than Doubled After Community Workshops

In a UK study of 169 Muslim women, peer-led cancer screening workshops were followed by...

Swedish Twin Data Weaken the Link Between Screen Time and Mental Health

A study of 21,797 Swedish twins found links between heavy screen use and mental health...

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