High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Impacts Memory & Navigation
Research reveals high-fat, high-sugar diets impair spatial navigation and memory by impacting the hippocampus, linking diet to cognitive decline. Nutritional changes can improve brain health.
Kennedy’s Health Agenda: Trump’s Shadow & Vaccine Controversies
RFK Jr.'s HHS role faces challenges: balancing Trump's priorities with his MAHA agenda, vaccine skepticism, & internal conflicts. Key issues: COVID vaccines, fluoride, & seed oils. Vaccine misinformation.
NGS Data Security: Protecting Next-Gen Sequencing from Cyber Threats
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) revolutionizes medicine but faces cyber threats. Study highlights potential for data breaches, demanding enhanced biosecurity and interdisciplinary collaboration to protect genomic info.
Myofunctional Therapy: Sleep Apnea Relief & Face Muscle Training
Discover how myofunctional therapy can alleviate sleep apnea symptoms by retraining face, throat, and tongue muscles, reducing airway obstruction and improving nighttime rest. Learn about exercises and professional help.
Music & Brain: Opioid Release, Pleasure, and Pain Relief
Research shows music triggers opioid release in the brain, linked to pleasure & pain relief. More opioid receptors equal stronger brain response. Music may help manage pain & mental health.
Sauerkraut Benefits: Gut Health & Digestion
Sauerkraut may protect gut health and aid digestion, according to a new study. Fermented cabbage metabolites show promising results for intestinal cell protection. Further human trials are planned.
Rosacea: Causes, Triggers & Probiotic Relief
Rosacea stems from genetics, environment, inflammation, and mites. Probiotics and prebiotics help balance gut microbes, reducing skin inflammation and redness. Simple skincare is key.
988 Hotline: Mental Health Crisis, Funding Cuts & Impact
Lynette Isbell's experience highlights the need for improved mental health crisis response. Funding cuts threaten 988 hotline progress in Indiana, impacting citizens access.
Even under stress, male-female pairs had each other’s backs
"This clever and well-designed study offers a new way to measure how animals synchronize their fear responses -- and shows that males and females do it differently," said Vadim Bolshakov, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and at McLean Hospital, who was not involved in the research.
Titanium particles are common around dental implants
July 24, 2024 Ultrafine particles, UFPs, the smallest contributors to air pollution, hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows.
India, China, and the US will drive global diabetes burden by 2050, study finds
Overall, these results warrant the need to increase public awareness of diabetes, address socioeconomic disparities, improve equity in healthcare resource distribution, and implement preventive measures, early screening, and lifestyle interventions to reduce the burden of DM.
Early education impacts teenage behavior
"Building upon previous research which found that day care in Japan improves noncognitive skills of very young children around age 3, my colleagues and I wished to investigate whether these benefits persist over time and if early childhood education can genuinely change behavioral outcomes later in life," said Professor Shintaro Yamaguchi from the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Economics.