Patients Beyond Borders Announces Top 10 Cities for Medical Tourists in 2020
Patients Beyond Borders via Newswise – America’s rising healthcare costs, in tandem with 82 million uninsured or underinsured medical consumers, have given rise to a…
Weight Loss and Health Improvements with Mediterranean, Fasting & Paleo Diets
University of Otago via Science Daily – There were some weight loss and health benefits for overweight adults who followed the Mediterranean, Intermittent Fasting and…
8 Tips to Help You Become Comfortable with Uncertainty & Use It to Your Advantage
Dr. Caroline Leaf – Uncertainty is one of the only things we can be certain of in life, so we need to learn to become…
Should You Start Drinking Olive Oil Every Day?
Dr. Don Colbert – Drinking olive oil every day offers many health benefits both in theory and in practice. Drink it straight, or add a…
Clinical Trial: Vitamin D Supplementation Linked to Potential Improvements in Blood Pressure in Children
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh via Newswise – Overweight and obese vitamin D-deficient children who took a relatively high dose of vitamin D…
Antiviral Compound Offers Hope Against Deadly Flu, Coronaviruses
Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan via Newswise – What keeps most infectious disease researchers up at night aren’t infamous viruses like Ebola. Instead, influenza,…
Solving a Biological Puzzle: How Stress Causes Gray Hair
Harvard University via Science Daily – Scientists have found evidence to support long-standing anecdotes that stress causes hair graying. Researchers found that in mice, the…
Gut Bacteria May be One Culprit for Increase of Colorectal Cancer in Younger People
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center via Newswise – A bacteria typically linked to periodontal disease, Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nuc), could play an important role in…
Israeli Researcher Develops Molecule to Block Lupus
Naama Barak via Israel21c – Israeli, American scientists discover way to prevent the leakage of DNA and proteins associated with autoimmune diseases. Israeli researchers and…
Discovery of Potent Immune Cell That Can Destroy Multiple Types of Cancer
Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN via News-Medical Net – The immune system is the body’s defense against harmful pathogens that may enter the body. Immune…
New Study Debunks Notion that Salt Consumption Contributes to Weight Loss
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center via Newswise – Well-controlled study of more than 400 participants supports reducing salt intake as an important public health strategy…
DNA Damage to Breast Cells from Chemicals in Some Cosmetics and Sunscreens
University of Massachusetts Amherst via Science Daily – A new approach to studying the effects of two common chemicals used in cosmetics and sunscreens found…
Parkinson’s Disease Could Be Prevented by Gut Microbes
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News-Medical Net – One common gut organism that helps us digest food better could also be a powerful instrument in…
With These Neurons, Extinguishing Fear Is Its Own Reward
Picower Institute at MIT via EurekAlert – The same neurons responsible for encoding reward also form new memories to suppress fearful ones, according to new…
Gut Microbiome Linked to Behavioral Problems in Children
Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN via News-Medical Net – Children with behavioral problems may have different compositions in their gut microbiome, with parents playing a…