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Can You Hear Me Now?: Studies Show High Risk of Hearing Loss in Young People

Unfortunately, hearing loss is generally irreversible. Although there are treatments such as hearing aids that can help you continue to communicate, you can’t restore the lost sensitivity. The best way to ensure your hearing follows you into old age is to take measures to protect your hearing today.

Nutrition and Exercise

Take Your Vitamins: Recent Study Links Multivitamins and Brain Health

Researchers have discovered that a certain multivitamin-mineral supplement produced up to a 60 percent slowing of cognitive decline compared to both placebo and cocoa extract groups. Is this the solution for brain decline in elderly folks? Read to learn more.

Mental Health

Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD): Esketamine Therapy

In 2019, the FDA approved esketamine nasal spray for use in adults with treatment-resistant depression. How does this work, and what are the benefits and limitations? We’ve explored esketamine therapy and included insight from a research coordinator who was involved in one of the clinical trials.

Chronic fatigue syndrome/Long Covid

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Often-Overlooked Condition

According to research, around 836,000 to 2.5 million people in the United States are dealing with chronic fatigue syndrome. However, an estimated 90% of people with CFS/ME have not yet been diagnosed and may struggle to get better without timely and appropriate treatment.

Well-Being

This New Year, Resolve to Care for Your Health With Preventative Health Screenings

As we get older, we are at higher risk for a variety of conditions. Fortunately, many of these conditions, such as high blood pressure, heart attacks, diabetes, and cancer, can be mediated—or even prevented—by regular screenings.

News

Fighting Aging: A Paradigm Shift in How We Approach Health

Aging is a natural part of the life cycle that happens universally across most living organisms. It's an inevitable part of the process of life and death. Although aging is inevitable, lifestyle behaviors can immensely impact it. Everybody knows the basic rules for a healthy life, including eating healthy, maintaining

News

Is There a Need to Test New Drugs On Animals? The FDA Modernization Act 2.0

From a murderous cough syrup to a blinding mascara, the importance of pre-testing drugs and other biological products is accepted despite the problems involving pre-testing on animals. Thankfully, a recently passed bill has resolved the issues involving animal testing…or has it?

Other

Pour Some Sugar on Me: Debunking Holiday Sugar Myths

Most holidays are celebrated with some kind of family feast. We think of these meals as a high point of the year, stuffing our faces with all our favorite foods, but sometimes we shame ourselves for that indulgence. Should we be so ashamed, or is our indulgence less harmful than we think?

News

Why the Rise in RSV and How to Stay Safe During the Holidays

RSV is becoming more severe and is resulting in higher hospitalization rates in infants, youngsters, and the elderly. Experts suggest taking preventative precautions and argue that the abandonment of anti-COVID efforts may be to blame. Learn why RSV is spreading and how to be safe over the holidays.

Weight Loss

Big Breakfast or Midnight Snack: How Your Eating Schedule Affects Your Weight

Although the “midnight snack” is a nearly ubiquitous concept in modern society, eating late at night may actually be negatively affecting your sleep, your metabolism, your energy levels, and your appetite, all of which have a direct impact on your ability to maintain a healthy weight.

Research Highlights

New Prenatal Surgery May Treat Spina Bifida More Effectively

Spina bifida is a birth defect affecting the spine. It occurs when some part of the neural tube along the spine does not fuse properly before birth, preventing proper bone growth along the spine. This typically results in damage to the spinal cord and the neural net it protects. Infants

Pet Health

How Dog Clinical Trials Help Us Live Longer and Healthier Lives

Dogs are valuable to our health in ways that go beyond everyday quality of life. Because dogs have over 350 diseases in common with us, including a variety of cancers, incorporating them in studies and clinical trials can provide a unique insight into potential treatments.

Research Highlights

Breaking the Itch-Scratch Cycle: Hope For Babies with Eczema and Allergies

The Stopping Eczema and ALlergies (SEAL) study was designed to find out if treating skin irritation in infants could prevent the development of eczema, allergies, and other related conditions by repairing dry skin before it could be damaged further.

Nutrition and Exercise

How Much Is Too Much? Ultra-Processed Foods and Your Body

Many ultra-processed foods are among the most popular lining grocery store shelves, including frozen goods, junk food, processed meat, bread, and premade mixes. Although these foods often taste good, they bear little of their original nutritients, and overindulging can have serious health effects.

Mental Health

Microdosing Psychedelics Might Improve Mental Health

While results are not yet definitive, preliminary research suggests a positive correlation between the effects of microdosing psychedelic substances and improved mental health.

Mental Health

New Study Findings May Help You Prevent Unwanted Thoughts

Have you ever had a song stuck in your head that you couldn’t get rid of? This is an example of an unwanted thought – a thought that repeats in your head no matter how you try to focus on something else. While some unwanted thoughts can be benign as a musical earworm, others can be more serious.

Pet Health

Hope for Pet Parents: Benefits of Research Learnings in Pets and Companion Animals

Pets are a source of companionship and pleasure for people all over the world, but they also offer a world of benefits to other pets and humans through research. Let's take a look at some of these benefits.

News

What To Know About Monkeypox

As numbers continue to fall, experts warn not to become lax with preventive measures, even as the US records death and brain inflammation from the monkeypox disease. Let's dive in to discover what experts have to say about monkeypox, its recent trends, symptoms, vaccines, and treatments.

Heart Health

Understanding Cholesterol Medicines

High cholesterol can lead to strokes and heart disease. Doctors use several types of drugs to help people maintain optimal cholesterol levels. Knowing about these drugs can help patients talk to their doctors about their health and treatments for health problems.

Other

We Didn't Start the Fire: How To Stay Safe Around Wildfires

The last thing you want is to be the cause of a wildfire. When camping, hiking, or engaging in other outdoor activities, make sure you follow all local fire ordinances. Be aware of burn restrictions, and avoid lighting fires in dry or heavily-wooded areas.

Well-Being

If You're Happy and You Know It... Live Forever? Optimism and Longevity

You might think that anxiety and skepticism are key to survival. Indeed, these traits do help us avoid dangerous situations. However, focusing too much on negative things can actually have a negative impact. Optimism may help you live longer, according to recent studies.

Diversity in Research

Breaking Down Gender Bias in Research and Clinical Trials

The goal of clinical trials is to develop safe and effective treatments for various diseases and medical conditions. Ideally, clinical trials will have participants who represent a large, diverse set of the population. In reality, though, that is oftentimes far from being the case. Many studies have shown a gender

Clinical trials aim to attack the root cause of Alzheimer's — the amyloid

News

Alzheimer's Studies: New Remedies Are Currently Going Through Clinical Trials

Alzheimer's is a cognitive disease that affects memory.The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's. The term dementia refers to loss of memory and a decline in other mental functions that disrupt daily life. Up to 80% of dementia cases are diagnosed as Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is progressing disease; i.

Nutrition and Exercise

A Research Study Gives New Insight Into the 10,000 Steps Per Day Rule

People have been striving to take 10,000 steps a day for decades, based on the belief that this is the magic number to reach to maintain good health. Recent research shows that this number is likely an overestimate, making daily step goals more attainable. The Origins of the 10,

Weight Loss

Sleep Longer to Lose Weight

Scientists now believe if you sleep longer, it's easier to lose weight and keep it off — and if you sleep less, the opposite might be true.