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Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

November 10, 2015

By Dr. David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM According to the Alzheimer’s association, 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) or some other form of dementia. Given that November...

New Research Could Help in the Fight Against Infection, Cancer and All...

November 9, 2015

New research has uncovered an important mechanism in the drive to understand immunological processes that protect us against infection, allergy and cancer. Researchers from Medicine, Chemistry and Bi...

As Flu Season Returns, so Does the Need for Flu Vaccine

November 6, 2015

Flu vaccine is now available in Texas, and the Texas Department of State Health Services reminds people that there is no reason to wait to be vaccinated. The number of flu cases will soon be increasi...

5 Myths about Kidney Disease Debunked

November 5, 2015

(StatePoint) Think you have the facts about kidney disease? Here are five common misconceptions debunked. Myth 1. Kidney disease is rare. Twenty-six million American adults have kidney disease and mo...

Stressed Parent? New Research Shows Your Children May Be Twice as Like...

November 4, 2015

LOS ANGELES, CA: Prior research has shown that stress is associated with obesity in adults, and now for the first time, research suggests Latino parents who feel high levels of stress are twice as li...

Does Healthier Food Help Low-Income People Control Their Diabetes?

November 3, 2015

To determine whether healthy food could help low-income people better control their diabetes, a pilot study by UC San Francisco and Feeding America tracked nearly 700 people at food banks in Californ...

For Children with Allergies, Reading Food Labels Crucial

October 29, 2015

It is estimated that one in every 13 children in the U.S. has a food allergy. Food allergy reactions can range from a rash to respiratory distress and even death. The uncertainty of how a child will ...

Biodegradable Implant Could Help Heal Broken Bones

October 28, 2015

A plastic derived from cornstarch combined with a volcanic ash compound, Montmorillonite clay, could help heal the bones of hundreds of thousands of patients with orthopedic injuries who need bone re...

Cutting out Processed Sugar Improves Obese Children’s Health, St...

October 27, 2015

In a study published in the journal Obesity, researchers from Touro University prove that just by replacing processed sugar, a group of obese children’s health improved in 9 days. Lustig and Je...

Can You Blame Your Health Problems on Your Grandfather? Possibly

October 26, 2015

If you have diabetes, or cancer or even heart problems, maybe you should blame it on your dad’s behaviour or environment. Or even your grandfather’s. That’s because, in recent years, scientists have ...

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Study finds ChatGPT shows promise as medication management tool, could help improve geriatric health care

Polypharmacy, or the concurrent use of five or more medications, is common in older adults and increases the risk of adverse drug interactions. While deprescribing unnecessary drugs can combat this risk, the decision-making process can be complex and time-consuming. Increasingly, there is a need for effective polypharmacy management tools that can support short-staffed primary care practitioners. [...]

Opioid dependence remains high but stable in Scotland, new surveillance report finds

Opioid dependence in Scotland remains high but largely stable, according to a new University of Bristol-led analysis published in Addiction. The study is the first to estimate the number of people dependent on opioid drugs (such as heroin), and who are in or could benefit from drug treatment, among Scotland's population since 2015/2016 estimates were published. [...]

Health improvements occurred worldwide since 2010 despite COVID-19 pandemic, but progress was uneven: Study

Rates of early death and poor health caused by HIV/AIDS and diarrhea have been cut in half since 2010, and the rate of disease burden caused by injuries has dropped by a quarter in the same time period, after accounting for differences in age and population size across countries, based on a new study published in The Lancet. [...]

Study shows heart failure, not stroke is the most common complication of atrial fibrillation

The lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation (a heart condition that causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate) has increased from one in four to one in three over the past two decades, finds a study from Denmark in The BMJ today. [...]

Antipsychotics for dementia linked to more harms than previously acknowledged

Antipsychotic use in people with dementia is associated with elevated risks of a wide range of serious adverse outcomes including stroke, blood clots, heart attack, heart failure, fracture, pneumonia, and acute kidney injury, compared with non-use, finds a study published by The BMJ today. [...]

Protecting brain cells with cannabinol: Research suggests CBN shows promise for treating neurological disorders

One in every 10 individuals above the age of 65 develops an age-related neurological disorder like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, yet treatment options remain sparse for this population. Scientists have begun exploring whether cannabinoids—compounds derived from the cannabis plant, like well-known THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol)—may offer a solution. A third, lesser-known cannabinoid called CBN (cannabinol) has recently piqued the interest of researchers, who have begun exploring the clinical potential of the milder, less psychoactive substance. [...]

Calorie restriction study reveals complexities in how diet impacts aging

Penn State researchers may have uncovered another layer of complexity in the mystery of how diet impacts aging. A new study led by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development examined how a person's telomeres—sections of genetic bases that function like protective caps at the ends of chromosomes—were affected by caloric restriction. [...]

Guidance on energy and macronutrients across the lifespan

In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of "food as medicine"—a philosophy in which food and nutrition are positioned within interventions to support health and wellness. In the paper "Guidance on Energy and Macronutrients Across the Lifespan," Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Dr. Steven Heymsfield shares the latest clarity and recommendations in the rich and storied history of energy and macronutrient intake. [...]

Effective malaria prevention in pregnant women despite drug resistance

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) retains parasitological activity and remains effective for preventing P. falciparum infection in pregnant women and low birth weight in babies, even in areas with a high prevalence of mutations associated with SP resistance. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted in southern Mozambique and led by the Manhiça Health Research Institute (CISM) and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). [...]

Meningococcal vaccine found to be cost-effective at protecting men against gonorrhea

Protecting men who have sex with men against gonorrhea with the 4CMenB meningococcal B vaccine is cost-effective; Imperial College London study finds [...]