This exercise habit may slash dementia risk and help you live longer, study finds

The laboratory findings point to a possible reason APOE2 carriers have lower Alzheimer’s risk, but researchers caution the work is not yet a treatment and was not tested in living patients

A small University of Rochester phase 2 trial found the clearest cognitive gains with home exercise, while ibuprofen showed more limited signs of benefit

A small Nature Medicine trial found adults who took pasteurized Akkermansia regained less weight than those given a placebo, though researchers noted limits

Researchers say many people in a US-UK study were short of flavanols even when they ate plenty of fruit and vegetables, but heart experts urge caution

A Nature study in mice found specific gut microbes were linked to stronger inflammation and worse survival, but experts caution the findings cannot yet be applied directly to people

New South Wales health officials say thousands of people treated at Dr William Tam’s Strathfield clinic may face a low risk after poor infection-control practices