Smartphone apps are helping to reduce dangerous driving behaviors. Officials with AAA believe apps offering feedback and discounts on insurance premiums could be key in reducing injuries and fatalities on roads, and the research shows.A new study from AAA shows safe driving apps that monitor risky driving habits like hard braking, speeding and rapid acceleration…
More than 40,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the United States in 2023—a sobering toll that, while slightly improved from recent years, remains elevated compared to pre-pandemic levels. The grim statistic reflects a persistent reality: risky behaviors like speeding, aggressive driving, and distraction continue to plague American roads. In response, the AAA Foundation…
In 2022, the American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its nutrition and activity guidelines for cancer survivors, recommending they avoid obesity, stay physically active, eat a healthy diet, and limit alcohol intake. New research by ACS scientists shows a lifestyle aligned with these guidelines is associated with a lower mortality risk among non-smoking survivors of obesity-related…
Getting vaccinated against shingles can reduce the risk of developing dementia, a large new study finds. The results provide some of the strongest evidence yet that some viral infections can have effects on brain function years later and that preventing them can help stave off cognitive decline. The study, published on Wednesday in the journal…
Danish researchers, in collaboration with the Danish Football Association, have released a White Paper that describes football as an effective recipe in the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases. The White Paper entitled Football as Prevention and Treatment – A White Paper Focusing on 10 Non-Communicable Diseases and Risk Factors – compiles and presents research…
Could a simple menu tweak lower China’s salt intake? This real-world study on food delivery apps shows how a default option can quietly drive healthier choices nationwide. Study: Can behavioural nudges promote reduced-salt dish orders on meal delivery apps? Image Credit: Naypong Studio / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Public Health, researchers investigated whether…
Can changing your diet in your 40s protect your brain? This new study shows the MIND diet lifts mood and lifestyle—before cognitive decline begins. Study: The MIND diet, cognitive function, and well-being among healthy adults at midlife: a randomised feasibility trial. Image Credit: Elena Eryomenko / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal BMC Nutrition, researchers…
Gananath Obeyesekere, an anthropologist whose long career and wide-ranging social insights — which drew on Hindu texts, Freudian psychoanalysis and Christian mysticism, among many other ideas — made him a leading intellectual figure in both his native Sri Lanka and the rarefied world of Western academia, died on Tuesday at his home in Colombo, Sri…
Meat sales hit a record high of $104.6 billion in 2024, pounds sold increased 2.3% compared to 2023, and consumers, on average, purchase meat more than once per week (Circana) – keeping meat the largest fresh department in grocery, according to the 20th annual Power of Meat report released at the Annual Meat Conference by the Meat Institute and FMI—The Food Industry…
Just hours after opening its new program for American researchers called Safe Place For Science in reaction to Trump administration policies, Aix Marseille University received its first application. Since then, the university in the south of France known for its science programs, has received about a dozen applications per day from what the school considers…