People who have participated in intermittent fasting in the past might be at heightened risk of binge eating, according to new research published in the journal Appetite. Binge eating disorder is a serious condition that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other health problems. Intermittent fasting, on the other hand, is a popular diet trend that may offer health benefits such as weight loss and improved blood sugar control.

Some 540 million years ago, diverse life forms suddenly began to emerge from the muddy ocean floors of planet Earth.

Ultra-processed foods such as ready meals and breakfast cereals increase the risk of cancer and should be taxed, research suggests.In the largest study of its kind, scientists at Imperial College London looked at the eating habits of 200,000 middle-aged Britons over ten years.

A Harvard University study has pinpointed the precise number of times men should ejaculate each month in order to stave off certain harmful diseases. Research published in the journal European Urology has indicated that high levels of sexual activity can reduce the risk of contracting prostate cancer.

DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence that can solve tasks it has never seen before as fast and as accurately as humans – a possible step towards generally intelligent AI that could master an array of jobs in the real world. The AI, called Adaptive Agent or AdA, works in a 3D virtual world where it is asked to solve tasks that involve navigating, planning and manipulating objects.

Experiencing three or more traumatic brain injuries was linked with lower cognitive function later in life.

A new study on a large sample of mothers and daughters provides evidence that mothers with healthier lifestyles tend to have daughters with fewer depressive symptoms. The link appeared to be achieved through the healthy lifestyles of daughters. But this association was not present in sons. The study was published in Psychological Medicine.

New clinical trial finds inexpensive over-the-counter aspirin is just as effective as an injectable blood thinner, low-molecular-weight heparin, to prevent life-threatening blood clots.

Working from home often pays more than working in an office for jobs in the tech industry, new research has claimed. HR company Remote collected data on more than six million jobs ads from 2022 from employee resource Glassdoor and found that web developer and software engineering roles had the most amount of remote opportunities compared to other professions, making up 37% and 36% of the total remote job market respectively.

A new study has found that children from disadvantaged families tend to sleep less, and that this lack of sleep is linked to reduced cortical thickness in areas related to language, self-control, and movement. Cortical thickness refers to the measurement of the thickness of the cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain. It is often used as an indicator of brain development and maturation, and can be measured using imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Israeli researchers studying the nutrition of Stone Age humans say the species spent some 2 million years as hyper-carnivorous “apex predators” that ate mostly the meat of large animals. The study at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Portugal’s University of Minho, challenges views that prehistoric humans were omnivores and that their eating habits can be compared to those of modern humans, TAU said in a statement.

The United States remains home to more Christians than any other country in the world. By 2070, those demographics could see a shift and the religion that has long been the country’s majority denomination could become a minority, according to a new study.

Bryan Johnson's drive to reduce his biological age is much like a full-time job. He does look like he will stop till he reaches the biological age of 18.

An Emory University study shows levodopa, a drug that increases dopamine in the brain, has potential to reverse the effects of inflammation on brain reward circuitry, ultimately improving symptons of depression.

People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have lower bacterial diversity in the intestine than do healthy people, according to a team of investigators. The investigators believe that theirs is the first analysis to find a clear association between IBS and reduced diversity in the microbiota of the gut.

A report from the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice found that homicides and gun assaults mostly declined in the 35 cities studied and that car thefts rose dramatically. Violent crime rates in some major cities declined last year but have yet to recover from a 2020 surge associated with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Thursday.

People often think they know what causes chronic depression. Surveys indicate that more than 80% of the public blames a “chemical imbalance” in the brain. That idea is widespread in pop psychology and cited in research papers and medical textbooks. Listening to Prozac, a book that describes the life-changing value of treating depression with medications that aim to correct this imbalance, spent months on the New York Times bestseller list.

Mortality statistics show 122,000 deaths in excess of normal levels across 14 countries analysed by the FT

Environment ministers’ decisions spanning 15 years made no difference to amount of habitat destroyed, researchers say