Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a two-day summit in Beijing on May 20, 2026, signing roughly 40 cooperation documents and adopting a joint declaration on a multipolar world order, according to state media reports [1]. The declaration rejects the idea of a single ideological center […]
A study published in Ageing and Society involving more than 15,000 older adults found that a “precarity index” measuring instability in finances, housing, relationships, and caregiving predicted frailty better than income or education alone. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh used data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to track changes […]
A preclinical study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has identified a biological mechanism linking high salt intake to premature aging of the immune system and blood vessels. Researchers at the University of South Alabama found that a high-salt diet triggers an inflammatory immune response that instructs vascular cells […]
Introduction: Sleep and Physical Activity Found to Have Protective Effects A new large-scale scientific review has identified prolonged sitting, insufficient sleep and physical inactivity as significant, modifiable risk factors for dementia in adults. The analysis, which synthesized data from millions of individuals, found that adults who sit for more than eight hours […]
Introduction A group of international scientists has called on United States and European regulators to urgently tighten restrictions on glyphosate, citing what they describe as strong and growing evidence linking the world’s most widely used herbicide to cancer and other health problems. The scientists, who gathered at a symposium at […]
Introduction: Ed Returns with a Vengeance For Jenn Nourse, a 50-year-old emotional health practitioner, a decades-old monster named ‘Ed’ – her personified eating disorder – had been quiet for years. That changed in early 2024 when she began taking semaglutide, a GLP-1 agonist sold as Ozempic or Wegovy [1]. Nourse’s story […]