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summary: DKT, a Japanese herbal remedy containing ginger, black pepper, ginseng and maltose, reduces colitis symptoms in rats, a new study reports. Source: RIKEN Zhengzheng Shi and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan report the effects of a common herbal remedy on colitis, one of two conditions that comprise … Read more

Comment on this story Comment A study published this week in the journal Lancet Psychiatry found an increased risk of certain brain disorders two years after infection with the coronavirus, shedding new light on the long-term neurological and psychiatric aspects of the virus. An analysis by researchers from the University of Oxford and drawing on … Read more

summary: Increasing neurogenesis by deleting the Bax gene in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s improved the animals’ performance in tests measuring spatial recognition and contextual memory. Source: Rockefeller University Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered that increasing the production of new neurons in mice with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) protects the animals’ … Read more

Going for a walk after a meal can help lower blood sugar levels, even if it’s just for a few minutes, suggests new research. The news comes from a meta-analysis, published earlier this year in the journal Play medicineIn which researchers analyzed seven different studies to examine how light physical activity, such as standing and … Read more

story at a glance A team of researchers, primarily from the University of Oxford, looked at 14 clinical guidelines for monkeypox and found that most of them were “low quality”. The researchers said the guidelines lacked sufficient detail on the virus and conflicted treatment recommendations. The lack of standardization of these clinical guidelines could stifle … Read more

story at a glance A team of researchers, primarily from the University of Oxford, looked at 14 clinical guidelines for monkeypox and found that most of them were “low quality”. The researchers said the guidelines lacked sufficient detail on the virus and conflicted treatment recommendations. The lack of standardization of these clinical guidelines could stifle … Read more

A new study finds that rates of late-stage cervical cancer are rising in the US with the fastest increase among white women, although the prevalence of the disease is still highest among black women. An analysis of data from nearly 30,000 women with advanced disease showed that black women had a prevalence rate of about … Read more

A study published this week in Lancet Psychiatry found an increased risk of certain brain disorders two years after infection with the coronavirus, shedding new light on the long-term neurological and psychiatric aspects of the virus. An analysis by researchers from the University of Oxford and drawing on health record data from more than 1 … Read more

While the omicron subvariant BA.5 has revealed itself to be the most infectious and immune-suppressing iteration of COVID-19 yet, scientists have long known that many cases of COVID-19, regardless of variation, are complete. Kind of asymptomatic. But how often the average person was unknowingly contracting COVID was not known for certain. Now, a new study … Read more

You may have heard of MCT oil, a relatively new supplement that takes the form of a colorless oil. MCT oil is not only a passing health trend, but a proven benefit for brain and gut health. MCT stands for medium-chain triglycerides, which are one of the easiest types of fat to digest and break … Read more

Poleomyelitis (or polio.), in short) terrorized America and Europe until the 1960s. It paralyzed more than 15,000 people each year in the US and 8,000 in the UK, mostly children. There is no cure for polio and 5-10% of paralytic cases are fatal. The invention of the vaccine put the world on the path of … Read more

newYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Alcohol, smoking and a high body mass index (BMI) are preventable risk factors for nearly half of all global cancer deaths, according to a new study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The study, published Thursday in The Lancet, examined 2019 cancer cases and found … Read more

New research suggests that viral outbreaks occurring almost exclusively in men who have sex with men are caused by having sex with men. Three new studies, each published within the past month, concluded that evidence suggests that monkeypox is primarily transmitted between males through sexual intercourse, and not by skin contact that occurs during sex. … Read more

This is because Bacteroides fragilis abundance in the microbiome, the source of the neurotoxin BF-LPS, can be controlled by dietary fiber intake. The team concluded that further research on this relationship could potentially lead to new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in the clinical management of Alzheimer’s disease. Gut microbiota is the scientific term for the … Read more