Living Well Study

Mental Wellness

Sustainable Agriculture Program Boosts Well-Being and Business Opportunities for Refugees and Immigrants

14 September 2026

A sustainable farming programme is helping resettled refugees and immigrants improve their mental and physical well-being while developing the skills needed to run their own agricultural businesses, according to new research from the University of…

Eating Disorders Disproportionately Affect Teens from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

13 September 2026

Teenagers from lower-income and less highly educated households may be more likely to experience eating disorders and disordered eating, according…

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Ageing Well

Longer Gaps Between Meals Linked to Faster Disease Accumulation in Older Adults

27 August 2026

Older adults who typically went longer between meals accumulated chronic diseases more rapidly over time than those who had shorter meal intervals, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet published in the Journal of Internal…

Growing Up Gets Easier With Time, New Research Suggests

14 August 2026

As young adults, many millennials were more apprehensive about growing up than previous generations. But those fears appear to ease…

The Key to a Fulfilling Retirement: Staying Social

2 July 2026

Staying socially connected may be one of the most effective ways to protect brain health after leaving the workforce, according…

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Brain Health

New research challenges traditional view of the human brain as a single organ

22 September 2026

For centuries, scientists have viewed the brain as a single, unified organ. But new Stanford Medicine-led research suggests that the human brain develops from two distinct systems with separate origins, challenging a long-standing model of…