Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers. The term texting thumb can ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. On social media, people are trying “pinky time” as a ...

A BBC Morning Live doctor has revealed that a finger exercise sweeping TikTok could be a surprisingly powerful weapon in the fight against dementia. The trend, dubbed 'pinky time', involves crossing ...

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What if protecting your brain from dementia was as simple as wiggling your little fingers a few seconds each day? That’s the promise behind “pinky time”, a viral TikTok trend that claims a simple ...

Pinky time is a hand exercise that’s trending on social media as a way to slow cognitive decline. Some evidence suggests hand exercises can stimulate the brain, but there’s no research pointing to ...

As India grapples with one of the world’s largest diabetes burdens, doctors are reporting a less-recognised consequence of the disease — a rise in orthopaedic conditions ranging from frozen shoulder ...

How often do you stop to think about your pinky fingers? Probably not much. How often do you actually exercise them? Probably less than not much. Maybe it’s time to give that a try, though. According ...

If your pinky can move this easily, TikToker Ana Lučić says, it’s “a sign your brain is in great shape," because "loss of fine motor control often mirrors cognitive decline.”@glucose.speaks/TikTok ...

A viral finger exercise called “pinky time” is being promoted online as a brain-boosting hack, but neurologists say the reality is a bit more complicated. A 'Godzilla' El Niño is coming. Here's how it ...

Your hand is a starfish. Trace all around it while taking deep breaths to practice spatial words. Pretend your hand is a starfish. Hold it up, with your fingers spread wide. Take your other hand and ...