Health

Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

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School meals could unlock major gains for human and planetary health - EurekAlert!

Global study maps how bacterial communities shape the health of lakes and reservoirs - EurekAlert!

HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The move is an escalation in the agency’s clash with the medical group, which is suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.

Mxene-based e-tattoos harvest energy and monitor health in real time - EurekAlert!

What Your Sleep Profile Reveals about Your Health

Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health

Bees' honey contains clues to their health, with 98% of honey samples testing positive for at least one bee pathogen, according to analysis of 679 (honey) samples across Italy - EurekAlert!

In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing. Children who played in greener or soil-enriched environments had fewer harmful skin bacteria and healthier gut microbiota.

Connection and protection boost health in coral reefs - EurekAlert!

Inside the gut: What our poo could tell us about our diet, gut microbes and health - EurekAlert!

The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health

Stop treating your pet like a fur baby – you're damaging its health

Night workers face inequalities in pay, health, safety and dignity - EurekAlert!

How Long Poop Stays in Your Body Could Impact Your Health, Study Finds

What your sweat can reveal about your health - EurekAlert!

Study shows quitting smoking completely is best way to protect your health - EurekAlert!

Changing the sweet taste of someone’s diet has no impact on their sweet tooth or health, study suggests - EurekAlert!

Researchers find Atlantic gray seal milk to be more chemically complex than human breast milk; additional sugars in seal milk could boost human immune and gastrointestinal health

Norwegians among the least lonely in Europe. The welfare state, health, and culture explain a lot, according to researchers.

Microplastics disrupt gut microbiome and fermentation in farm animals: Study reveals new risks to animal health and food safety - EurekAlert!