How to Boost Your Immune System — Top 19 Boosters
Christine Ruggeri, CHHC via Dr. Axe – We are continually exposed to organisms that are inhaled, swallowed or inhabit our skin and mucous membranes. Whether or not these organisms lead…
Why Life Can Get Better as We Age
Flinders University via EurekAlert – People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may be because older people have the wisdom and time to use mindfulness as…
Is the Coronavirus Outbreak of Unnatural Origins?
Society for Risk Analysis via EurekAlert – Did coronavirus mutate from a virus already prevalent in humans or animals or did it originate in a laboratory? As scientists grapple with…
Screen Time Impairs Children’s Language Skills
Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD via News-Medical Net – A new study looks at the time spent by kids looking at a screen and the development of their language skills. The…
Coronavirus Is Not Mutating Rapidly, Hope for Vaccine Development
Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN via News-Medical Net – Despite the coronavirus infection numbers skyrocketing, there is still good news. A team of scientists found that the novel coronavirus is…
Past Your Bedtime? Inconsistency May Increase Risk to Cardiovascular Health
University of Notre Dame via EurekAlert – Despite increasing awareness of how critical sleep is to our health, getting a good night’s rest remains increasingly difficult in a world that’s…
Wuhan Study Shows Lying Face Down Improves Breathing in Severe COVID-19
American Thoracic Society via EurekAlert – In a new study of patients with severe COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) hospitalized on ventilators, researchers found that lying face down was better for the lungs.…
Best Foods for Your Lungs
Rachael Link, MS, RD via Dr. Axe – There are several factors that can affect lung health, including physical activity levels, genetics and environmental conditions. Diet also plays a key…
Device Could ‘Hear’ Disease Through Structures Housing Cells
Purdue University via EurekAlert – Similarly to how a picked lock gives away that someone has broken into a building, the stiffening of a structure surrounding cells in the human…
Huge WHO Trial of COVID-19 Therapies Begins
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News-Medical Net – As the world reels from the devastating impact and the looming threat of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, researchers around the globe are…
How the Brain Controls the Voice
Goethe University Frankfurt via EurekAlert – A particular neuronal circuit in the brains of bats controls their vocalizations. Bats are famous for their sonar-based navigation. They use their extremely sensitive…
How to Correctly Use Movement and Exercise to Defeat Depression and Loneliness, Reduce Worry, and Eliminate Anxiety with Dr. Kelly Mcgonigal + The Extraordinary Link Between Mindful Movement, Joy, and Human Connection
Dr. Caroline Leaf – We all know that exercise is good for us, but did you know that movement changes us from the inside out, improving both our mental and…
Israelis Introduce Method for Accelerated COVID-19 Testing
ISRAEL21c Staff – Technion and Rambam Health Care Campus scientists present a novel way to test more than 60 patients simultaneously. A method to increase dramatically the current COVID-19 testing…
COVID-19 Appears Less Severe in Children, Says Review in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins via Newswise – Like previous epidemic coronaviruses, “SARS-CoV-2 [seems] to cause fewer symptoms and less severe disease in children compared with adults…” Newswise…
Resolving Inflammation: Could it Prevent Memory Loss in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s?
Medical University of South Carolina via EurekAlert – Individuals with Down syndrome are at a much greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, with inflammation of the brain starting early in…
