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People with depression or anxiety are twice as likely to get health benefits from regular exercise, study finds Massachusetts General Hospital scientists tracked exercise regimes of 50,000 Doing 150 minutes exercise a week cut risk of heart attack by 17%…

The major ingredients of a heart- and brain-healthy diet are fairly well-established: fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, fish and low-fat dairy. Research shows people who stick to this eating pattern are less likely to get sick and more…

A study presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting found that Black patients were less likely than white patients to be completely satisfied with the process of care following knee or hip replacement. Socioeconomic…

The federal mask mandate on public transportation, including flights, is set to end on April 18, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)—but health experts have mixed feelings on the changing guidelines, with some worrying that national case counts should…

Talking points The chair of Mental Health Australia will launch a campaign calling on the federal government to set a national target to reduce suicide by 25 per cent by 2025. In 2020, there were 3139 deaths by suicide in…

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The COVID-19 death rate among people who got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was more than double the rate of other vaccinated Americans during the Omicron…

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spreads primarily through droplet infection. Breathing, coughing, and singing can cause droplets of water vapor with suspended viral particles to be inhaled by another individual. To prevent this, governments around the world…

Learning a complex skilled movement like tying your shoes or playing an instrument takes practice. After repeating the same movements over and over, people often develop a formulaic way of performing the task, and may not even have to think…

A preliminary study to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April), suggests that people living with HIV who are on antiretroviral treatment (ART) with protease inhibitors (PI), may…

Welcome to Stylist’s Sleep Diaries, where we’re taking a deep-dive into one of the most important (and elusive) factors in our day-to-day lives: sleep. To help us understand more about it, we’re inviting women to track their bedtime routines over…