Category: Health

Mon 14 September 2026: Amy, a 27-year-old software developer, has struggled with disordered eating since she was a teenager. “But after learning to code, I got much better,” she said in a research interview. “I often code for ten or more hours without stopping.” Her psychiatrist, however, worried that Amy has replaced one compulsive behaviour […]

Thu 10 September 2026: Study Finds More Than 2.7 Billion People Exposed to Tobacco Smoke  Nearly 1.7 million people worldwide died in 2023 from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a study published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health. Secondhand smoke is the smoke inhaled by people near someone using tobacco products. Researchers found that […]

Wed 02 September 2026: Leaving medicines in a parked car during hot summer weather can damage their chemical structure and reduce how well they work, said Prof. Dr. Ismail Tuncer Degim, dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Istanbul’s Biruni University. Taking the right dose at the right time is not sufficient by itself, Degim […]

Fri 21 August 2026: Each time you apply sunscreen to your face, you may inhale somewhere between 10 to 30 milligrams of ethanol, the type of alcohol used in alcoholic drinks. While the ethanol in sunscreen may not give you a buzz, it could make you think about what other chemicals you might be exposed to […]

Tue 11 August 2026: You’ve probably heard that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the key to health and longevity. This magic number feels like a medical rule, handed down by doctors across the globe. But where did it come from? And is it even true? Let’s step back to Japan in 1964 Believe it […]

Sun 02 August 2026: We are riddled with microplastics. It is in our bloodstream, in our lungs, in our liver – pretty much anywhere you look in the human body, you will find minuscule bits of plastic. And there are many ways for us to ingest, inhale or otherwise absorb these tiny fragments. For example, […]