AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, June 30, 2021 — Regularly eating a Southern-style diet may increase the risk of sudden cardiac death, while routinely consuming a Mediterranean diet may reduce that risk, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access journal of the American Heart Association. The Southern...
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A good night’s sleep key for children with autism, study shows
by University of Canterbury Associate Professor Laurie McLay. Credit: University of Canterbury A University of Canterbury (UC) study has found that a reduction in sleep problems for children on the autism spectrum vastly improves those children’s behavior and their parent’s wellbeing. The study’s lead author Associate Professor Laurie McLay says the association between sleep and behavioral...
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Parkinson’s tremor: Definition and how it differs from other tremors
Tremor refers to an involuntary muscle contraction that results in a shaking movement. It is a common movement disorder that can be a symptom of conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonian tremors can affect the hands while at rest and may only appear in one limb or on just one side of the body. Tremors are...
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Carotenoid-Rich Diet Reduces Risk of Developing AMD
A Mediterranean diet – high in fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, olive oil, and oily fish – may prevent the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the leading cause of visual impairment in people over the age of 50. A new study published by researchers from Inserm and the University of Bordeaux at...
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The neuroscience behind why your brain may need time to adjust to ‘un-social distancing’
by Kareem Clark, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain With COVID-19 vaccines working and restrictions lifting across the country, it’s finally time for those now vaccinated who’ve been hunkered down at home to ditch the sweatpants and reemerge from their Netflix caves. But your brain may not be so eager to dive back into your former social life....
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How to Exercise in the Summer Heat
Credit…Ash Ponders for The New York Times By Gretchen Reynolds Published June 23, 2021Updated June 24, 2021 The summer of 2021 came in sizzling, with June temperatures in many parts of the United States shattering records, baking landscapes, and prompting those of us who usually exercise outside to question when, how — and if —...
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Best Way to Age-Proof Your Vision
Reviewed By: Albert S. Jun, M.D., Ph.D. The effects of aging are hardly limited to wrinkles, creaky knees, and gray hair. Just consider the plethora of age-related conditions that can affect your eyes, including cataracts, age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), and glaucoma. What you need to know: Although they are certainly more common in people 50...
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Artificial Proteins Never Seen in the Natural World Are Becoming New COVID Vaccines and Medicines
Rowan Jacobsen Credit: Nick Higgins Late on a Friday night in April 2020, Lexi Walls was alone in her laboratory at the University of Washington, waiting nervously for the results of the most important experiment of her life. Walls, a young structural biologist with expertise in coronaviruses, had spent the past three months working day...
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Apple lists the devices you should keep away from your pacemaker
Jon Fingas·Associate EditorSun, June 27, 2021, 2:08 PM·1 min read It’s not just the iPhone 12 that could play havoc with pacemakers. MacRumors notes that Apple has listed the products whose magnets could interfere with pacemakers and other medical devices. The iPhone 12 and MagSafe accessories are just the starts of the products you should...
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Can the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code?
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are set to become the mainstay of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the year progresses, according to the latest government projections released this week. From September, up to an average of 1.3m doses of the Pfizer vaccine plus another 125,000 doses of the yet-to-be approved Moderna vaccine is expected to be...