At the bottom, Louisiana scored 4.25 with the fewest gyms per 100,000 residents at 2.8, a 39.2 percent adult obesity rate, a ...

Genetic data show that 14 psychiatric diagnoses cluster into five families of shared risk, explaining why conditions like ...

Depending upon the selected set of goods and services used, multiple types of inflation values are calculated and tracked as ...

A family-travel shortlist based on UNICEF’s 2025 child well-being rankings: Netherlands, Denmark, France, Portugal, Ireland, ...

For years, Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway have ranked near the top of the United Nations' annual index of countries based on indicators of well-being and quality of life. Countries with more poverty ...

Moderate video gaming appears harmless, but heavy gaming may take a toll on young people’s health. Researchers found that students gaming more than 10 hours a week had worse diets, higher body weight, ...

A research team led by Profs. Li Jing and Liu Qinhuo from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) has developed the world's first global, ...

Modern smart watches can measure all sorts of health indicators. Step counts and heart rates sit at the simpler end of the array, whereas VO 2 max and blood-oxygen levels are of more interest to ...

A key step to preventing the spread of diseases like COVID-19 or influenza is simple: washing hands. But lack of piped water in parts of rural Alaska has made that simple practice not so easy to carry ...

Since the Nov. 5 deadline passed for states to apply for their shares of the new $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program funding, officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

The gut microbiome has been a rising star in the world of health science over the last several years, garnering interest from both researchers and the general public. This is mostly due to its ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Mental health has become a crucial part of overall wellness, but a groundbreaking study by the University of Houston is revealing stark inequalities in access to care across ...