Blog
Type 2 Diabetes May Accelerate Brain Aging and Cognitive Decline
A large-scale study, recently published in eLife, finds that type 2 diabetes is associated with accelerated brain aging and cognitive decline. The research team analyzed data of more than 20,000 people from the UK Biobank matching people with type 2 diabetes mellitus...
Frequent Nightmares Can Be an Early Sign of Parkinson’s Disease
A new study from the University of Birmingham suggests that frequent nightmares in senior men could be an early symptom of developing Parkinson's disease. For this study, researchers tracked the health of 3,818 older men with typical brain functioning for 12 years and...
Drinking Moderate Amounts of Coffee Linked to Lower Mortality Risk
Recent research, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, suggests that drinking a moderate amount of coffee, both sweetened and unsweetened, is associated with reduced mortality risk. The study included over 170,000 participants without a history of cardiovascular...
A Small Change in Vaccination Strategy May Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine Fatigue
Recently, it was found that people who experience a specific reaction, such as fatigue and aches in the body, to the COVID-19 vaccines have markers in the blood that indicate a more active immune response. Now, a new mouse study suggests a simple way to reduce this...
Why Women Should Exercise in the Morning, and Men at Night
A small study suggests that exercise may be better for women in the morning if they want to burn fat, while men get the same result from working out at night. The study included 27 women and 20 men who worked out four times per week. Around half did so between 6 am...
Bidirectional Link Between Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Depression
A new study from the University of Southern California finds that patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were nine times as likely to develop depression compared with the general population. The study also shows that their siblings who did not suffer...
Moderate-to-Severe COVID-19 Associated with Thyroid Dysfunction
In a new study from the University of Milan, Italy, researchers found a link between thyroid dysfunction and moderate-to-severe COVID-19. The study was presented at the 24th European Congress of Endocrinology in Milan, Italy. In the current study, a team of...
Eating More Fruit and Vegetables May Relieve ADHD in Children
Recent research, published in Nutritional Neuroscience, suggests that a diet rich in fruit and vegetables may relieve symptoms of inattention in children diagnosed with ADHD. The study analyzed data for 134 children diagnosed with ADHD and emotional dysregulation...
Study: Whey Protein May Help Control Type 2 Diabetes
A new study from Newcastle University in the United Kingdom finds that drinking a small amount of whey protein before meals may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar. In the study, 18 people with type 2 diabetes consumed a small drink (in a 100 ml...
7 Healthy Habits Linked to Lower Dementia Risk Even in People with Genetic Risk
Recent research that appeared in an online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, finds that seven healthy habits, such as being active, eating better, losing weight, not smoking, maintaining healthy blood pressure, controlling...
Prolonged Exclusive Breastfeeding Decreases the Odds of Childhood Asthma
According to a new study, published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, a longer period of exclusive breastfeeding was associated with lower relative odds of children having asthma or asthma-related outcomes. The study comprised three studies in order to get...
Study: 1 in 6 Deaths Worldwide Linked to Global Pollution
A new study, published in the American Thoracic Society’s (ATS) journal, finds that more than 9 million deaths worldwide, or 1 in 6 deaths, are associated with global pollution. For the study, Dr. Dean Schraufnagel, from the ATS, and his team used 2019 data from the...
