Sleep expert Olivia Arezzolo said you feel more tired than ever for a reason Your body has been trying to deal with the ongoing stress of COVID-19 Many of us are in the ‘exhaustion phase’ right now with high cortisol levels Olivia’s four-step routine includes taking magnesium and having a bed routine While you may...
What you need to know about Ménière’s disease Treatment Symptoms Stages Complications Diet Causes Diagnosis Summary Ménière’s disease is a condition that causes vertigo, tinnitus, and progressive deafness. There is no cure, but some treatments can ease the symptoms. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), approximately 615,000 people in...
Signalling from the sympathetic nervous system of mice when subjected to stress leads to the depletion of a stem-cell population in their hair follicles. This discovery sheds light on why stress turns hair prematurely grey. Shayla A. Clark & Christopher D. Deppmann It has been said that Marie Antoinette’s hair went completely white on the...
Doctors and researchers are equipped with objective tests to detect and measure many serious illnesses. But when it comes to mental illness, no such tests exist. Nationally, some 20% of the population will experience a mental health disorder during their lifetime, and globally these disorders cost the economy $2.5 trillion every year. Yet there are...
by Beth Newcomb, University of Southern California A new study led by the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology indicates that the negative long-term metabolic effects of fighting off infections could be mitigated by tweaking how a gene called SKN-1 directs cells to respond to stressors. A previous study in Caenorhabditis elegans in the laboratory...
In a surprising finding using the standard animal model of Down syndrome (DS), scientists were able to correct the learning and memory deficits associated with the condition — the leading genetic cause of cognitive disability and the most frequently diagnosed chromosomal disorder in the U.S. — with drugs that target the body’s response to cellular...
by Diabetologia A new study presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 September) highlights the negative health effects of even short periods of physical inactivity and stresses the importance of staying physically active. The research was conducted by Dr. Kelly Bowden Davies,...
by Len Canter Could your genes be keeping you from losing weight? While you shouldn’t use a family tendency toward wide hips or an apple shape as an excuse to stray from a healthy diet, acceptance can help you reassess your personal ideal and make you happier with your body. Hundreds of genes have been...
by Megan Jentz, Emory University Emory University School of Medicine researchers have uncovered an important risk pathway for cardiovascular disease (CVD) by utilizing an oft-cited fear—public speaking—to measure how stress changes the lining of blood vessels in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). While psychological stress is already associated with CVD, the Emory study—published in this month’s...
By Tim Boughton, M.Sc.Reviewed by Dr. Mary Cooke, Ph.D. Fibromyalgia is one of the most common chronic pain conditions, which affects approximately 4 million individuals in the United States, and around 0.2-6.6% of the world’s population. It is more prevalent in women, and most people with Fibromyalgia are diagnosed during middle age. Image Credit: Fizkes...
