In a new meta-review, researchers found an association between sugar consumption and 45 health outcomes, which included heart disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma, depression, certain cancers and death. Experts recommend reducing added sugar intake to 6 teaspoons per day. Healthy, low-sugar alternatives include sugar-free sweeteners like stevia, fresh or frozen fruit, and lower or zero sugar...
Month: <span>April 2023</span>
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5 Age-Old Health Remedies That Actually Work
Will you get sick if you go out without a jacket? Does eating chicken soup really help? Experts share the generational advice worth following. By Jillian Wilson Apr 7, 2023, 05:45 AM EDT THANASIS ZOVOILIS VIA GETTY IMAGES Some of the health advice your grandparents gave you is worth following, experts say. Many families have...
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Omicron appears more deadly than seasonal influenza, study suggests
by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Adults hospitalized with the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant have a higher death rate than those hospitalized with seasonal influenza, even though omicron is considered less virulent with lower case fatality rates than the delta and alpha strains. This is suggested by new research...
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Astrocytes: The ‘stars’ in the brain may be information regulators
by University of Rochester Medical Center Astrocytic calcium (Ca2+) signaling as an integrator of external and internal information. Credit: Trends in Neurosciences (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2023.03.003 Long thought of as “brain glue,” the star-shaped cells called astrocytes—members of a family of cells found in the central nervous system called glial that help regulate blood flow, synaptic activity,...
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Technology-driven treatment found to be as effective for social anxiety as psychiatric medications like Cipralex
by Tel Aviv University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new clinical trial conducted at Tel Aviv University has demonstrated an effective technology-driven alternative to psychiatric medications for people with social anxiety. The groundbreaking study found that GC-MART (Gaze-Contingent Music Reward Therapy) is as effective in treating social anxiety disorder as drugs from the SSRI family....
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First-in-class treatment delivers major advance for incurable kidney disease
by George Institute for Global Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The latest findings from the PROTECT phase III trial show sparsentan—a novel treatment for IgA nephropathy—significantly reduces proteinuria, or abnormal protein levels in the urine, compared to standard treatment irbesartan. The interim analysis of data from the PROTECT trial was published April 1 in The Lancet and simultaneously...
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Smart watches could predict higher risk of heart failure
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Wearable devices such as smart watches could be used to detect a higher risk of developing heart failure and irregular heart rhythms in later life, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers. The peer-reviewed study, published in The European Heart Journal – Digital Health, looked at data from 83,000 people who had...
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Diet/lifestyle program reverses biological age: a female case series
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC IMAGE: FIGURE 1. PARTICIPANTS’ AVERAGE BIOLOGICAL AGE CHANGE ANALYSIS. *SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WITH P-VALUE < .05. CREDIT: 2023 FITZGERALD ET AL. “[…] these data suggest that a methylation-supportive diet and lifestyle intervention may favorably influence biological age in both sexes during middle age and older.” BUFFALO, NY- April 3, 2023 – A new research paper...
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How do we know if our brain is capable of repairing itself?
NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE – KNAW IMAGE: DIFFICULTIES IN DETECTING HIPPOCAMPAL REGENERATION CREDIT: NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE Is our brain able to regenerate? And can we harness this regenerative potential during aging or in neurodegenerative conditions? These questions sparked intense controversy within the field of neuroscience for many years. A new study from the Netherlands...
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Study finds certain substances in urine, blood can predict kidney disease progression
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE In a new study looking at the long-term effects of hospitalized patients who have acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden but temporary loss of kidney function, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that higher levels of certain biomarkers in urine and blood can predict a patient’s risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD)....