A Lyme disease vaccine could be available soon, Axios reports. Earlier this month, Moderna announced two new development candidates for mRNA vaccines against Lyme disease. Pfizer and Valneva also have a vaccine candidate — VLA15 — that’s already in late-stage clinical trials, but many of their clinical trial participants, including children as young as 5 … Read more
New data further points to a connection between poor sleep and Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. The FDA-approved insomnia pill known as suvorexant (under the brand Belsomra) was seen to reduce harmful proteins associated with the disease in subjects who took it before bed, the … Read more
Scientists at MIT have unlocked a major breakthrough in the battle to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease — one that shows “dramatic reductions” in neurodegeneration, a report stated. The exciting achievement came about after researchers were successfully able to interfere with an enyzme typically found to be overactive in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. … Read more
Maybe our parents did have a point when they told us to eat more vegetables. A new study showed that broccoli contains certain molecules that can protect and promote gut health as well as inhibit disease, further supporting the evidence that the vegetable really is a superfood. Scientists at Penn State University tested on mice … Read more
Neil Diamond is opening up about living with Parkinson’s disease. The 82-year-old announced his diagnosis in 2018 and has now revealed that he’s only recently started to come to terms with it. Diamond shared that he was in denial and couldn’t accept his condition for the first year or two after his diagnosis with Parkinson’s … Read more
Adding some crunch to your menu could save your ticker. Scandinavian researchers found that eating a small amount of nuts and seeds every day can reduce the risk of a heart attack and strokes, according to a new study published in the Food Nutrition Research journal. “If you eat a handful of nuts every day … Read more
A chemical widely used to dry clean clothes has been linked to the rise in Parkinson’s disease, the world’s fastest-growing brain condition. The connection between Parkinson’s disease and trichloroethylene, or TCE, has been suspected for decades, but a new report delivers damning evidence against the product, which has dozens of military, industrial, commercial, medical and … Read more
Women who follow the Mediterranean diet have a nearly 25% lower chance of heart disease and early death, according to a new analysis. Research from a team at the University of Sydney published in the journal Heart looked at data from 16 studies done between 2003 and 2021. The participants in the studies were mainly … Read more
Diets similar to the popular Keto diet may be linked to a higher risk of heart disease, new research has found. The study, which has not been peer reviewed, was presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology. The findings showed that people on n low-carb, … Read more
Most people may not consider sexual orientation a risk factor for heart disease — but a recent study suggests that bisexual women may have poorer cardiovascular health (CVH) than heterosexual females. Researchers analyzed data from 12,180 people with an average age of 39. About half of those people were female. The data was culled from the National … Read more
Using marijuana every day increases the risk of developing heart disease, a study presented by the American College of Cardiology found. People who used marijuana on a daily basis were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease versus those who had never used cannabis. “We found that cannabis use is linked … Read more
It was all in vein. After doctors reportedly told Jade Cooke three times that her heart palpitations were anxiety, she was shocked to learn she actually suffered from a life-threatening condition. The 35-year-old Brit said she did yoga up to five times a week — until she started having trouble breathing in early 2019. Despite … Read more
The days of pulling all-nighters might be over. Teens who don’t sleep enough could be at risk for a life-threatening illness, a new study suggests. Researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden discovered that teenagers who get less than seven hours of zzz’s every night are 40% to 50% more likely to later develop multiple sclerosis … Read more
Alzheimer’s disease could be diagnosed 3.5 years earlier, thanks to a simple blood test. A study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College in London found a blood test that can potentially predict the risk of developing the deliberating disease years before a clinical diagnosis is made. … Read more
It’s sobering news for the rosy-cheeked drinker. If you’ve knocked back a few and feel a warm flush creep up your face and ears, you’re not alone. While often thought of as more annoying than dangerous, alcohol flush may be a sign of something more serious brewing beneath the surface, a new study suggests. Roughly … Read more
A group of researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health evaluated the American Heart Association’s recently expanded metric — which now includes sleep as it relates to cardiovascular disease risk. The study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association provided evidence that sleep plays an important role when it comes to heart health. “Our … Read more
“Abbott Elementary” star Tyler James Williams picked up a Golden Globe this week, five years after his body “crashed” following a massive flare-up from Crohn’s disease — a condition he says he didn’t know he had. Williams, 30, recently told Men’s Health he pushed his body “to the limit” in an effort to build muscle, … Read more
A man in India is constantly gawked at due to a rare affliction that has left his face looking like it’s melting off — but says he’s loved and respected nonetheless. “People make fun of me and call me different names but I did not bother about them,” Govardhan Das, 52, told Jam Press. The … Read more
A woman has revealed the shocking moment doctors discovered that she had left her tampon in for two years. Author Melanie Galeaz took to TikTok to raise awareness about the dangers of Toxic Shock Syndrome after revealing her experience with tampon use. The content creator explained that when she was a teenager, she began experiencing pain and … Read more
NAFLD describes the presence of fatty cells inside the liver, which affects most individuals at varying degrees. Problems arise when these fat cells prevent the organ from functioning properly by causing a build-up of toxic waste in the body. The greater the extent of this damage, the less likely the organ is to recover, which … Read more