Incentivizing daily walking through a mHealth app affects users’ step counts. Credit: Haruka Kato, Osaka Metropolitan University Walking is well known to have significant health benefits, but few people achieve the daily recommended steps. Fortunately, mobile health (mHealth) applications have emerged as promising tools to promote physical activity. These apps track user activities on mobile…
Credit: JAMA (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.12923 The Alzheimer’s Association U.S. Study to Protect Brain Health Through Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Risk (U.S. POINTER) found that certain lifestyle interventions improved cognition in older adults at risk of cognitive decline. U.S. POINTER is a two-year, multi-site clinical trial, one of which is the Baylor College of Medicine’s Alzheimer’s…
Adherence to a combination of healthy lifestyle factors is associated with a lower risk for overactive bladder (OAB), according to a study published online June 30 in Frontiers in Nutrition. Tianjie Li, from The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University in China, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study using data from 20,195 nonpregnant adults…
Researchers reveal that a decline in oral health may increase the risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases. Credit: U.S Pacific Fleet via Openverse repository. openverse.org/image/c8aff06c-ab24-42bf-ba0f-5006df5681cc?q=Japanese+dentists&p=16 The term “oral health” refers to the health of the mouth, teeth, gums, and other related structures, and it is closely linked with our well-being and quality of life. Recently, there…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Studies suggest mindfulness meditation can improve cognition, but few researchers have examined whether virtual mindfulness meditation apps are effective. In a new eNeuro paper, researcher Andy Kim and colleagues from the University of Southern California have assessed attention control in adults following about a month of mindfulness meditation guided by a…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Maintaining a healthy lifestyle—specifically, a diet rich in fiber but light on red/processed meat, regular exercise, not smoking, and sticking to a normal weight—is linked to a significantly lower risk of diverticulitis, finds a large long-term study, published online in the journal Gut. What’s more, these five components seem to offset…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from Aston University has shone a light on the best ways for parents to encourage healthy eating in their children. The paper is published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. The team of academics from Aston University’s School of Psychology, led by Professor Jacqueline Blissett,…
Credit: Tirachard Kumtanom from Pexels Technological advances and the habits of modern life have drastically reduced levels of physical activity around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) now warns that inactivity and sedentary lifestyles are one of the main risk factors for health problems and premature death. It is important, however, to draw a…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Today, we know that individual climate action can yield great benefits for human health, and in discussions about lifestyle, health care professionals have the opportunity to highlight the benefits of a plant-forward diet and physical activity for both individual patient outcomes as well as planetary health. But how are such messages…
Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels A new study offers insight into the health and lifestyle indicators—including diet, physical activity and weight—that align most closely with healthy brain function across the lifespan. The study used machine learning to determine which variables best predicted a person’s ability to quickly complete a task without becoming distracted. Reported in…