Adrián Cordellat

3 weeks ago | english.elpais.com | Nuño Domínguez |Adrián Cordellat

A healthy heart beats approximately three billion times throughout its lifetime. This happens thanks to a small ‘brain’ of 40,000 neurons and other nerve cells that generate electric pulses that contract the heart in order to pump blood to the rest of the body. When this system fails, the heartbeat becomes irregular, which can cause a cardiac arrest in a matter of minutes, or trigger other health conditions, like a stroke, over the years.

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | Facundo Macchi |Adrián Cordellat |Manuel Ansede

There are figures that leave no room for doubt, and this is one of them: over 600 million people worldwide suffer from low back pain. And the situation is only going to worsen. It is estimated that by 2030, the prevalence of lower back problems will surpass 800 million people, or 10% of the global population. Treatments aimed at addressing this pain — the leading cause of disability worldwide — are numerous.

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | Adrián Cordellat |Daniel Mediavilla

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. According to an opinion piece published in early March in the prestigious scientific journal The BMJ, thousands of these deaths could be prevented. How? By providing all citizens over 50 — including many who wouldn’t typically be classified as at risk — with a polypill that combines a statin and three blood pressure-lowering medications.

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | Adrián Cordellat |Rodrigo Santodomingo |Jessica Mouzo

According to data from the latest report from the State Observatory of Unwanted Loneliness (SoledadES), corresponding to the year 2024, one in five people in Spain suffers from loneliness, and of these, almost 70% say they have been in that situation for more than two years. The feeling of loneliness is especially common among young people. The prevalence is 34.6% in people between 18 and 24 years of age, and 27.1% in the age group from 25 to 34.

2 months ago | english.elpais.com | Marla Broadfoot |Enrique Alpañés |Adrián Cordellat

Everyone has heard that it’s vital to get seven to nine hours of sleep a night, a recommendation repeated so often it has become gospel. Get anything less, and you are more likely to suffer from poor health in the short and long term — memory problems, metabolic issues, depression, dementia, heart disease, a weakened immune system. But in recent years, scientists have discovered a rare breed who consistently get little shut-eye and are no worse for wear.