- Compound derived from walnuts and pomegranates may boost mitochondrial and muscle health.
- Not getting enough sleep increases common cold risk.
- Drinking tea may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death.
- Fiber-rich diets may reduce the risk of all causes of premature death.
- Retinas predict biological age and risk of premature death.
- Specialized cells in the gut differentiate between sugar and artificial sweeteners.
- Memory reactivation during sleep enhances ability to recall faces and names.
- Having "mono" increases risk for multiple sclerosis later in life.
- Exercise reverses aspects of brain aging.
- Goji berries increase carotenoid density in the eye, but supplements don't.
- Exercise preserves connections in the brain, providing protection against Alzheimer's disease.
- Compounds produced during ketosis may slow prostate cancer growth.
- Defensive compounds in plants may protect against Alzheimer's disease.
- Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages increases risk of death from any cause among women with breast cancer.
- Bedtime light exposure supresses melatonin levels in pre-school children by as much as 98 percent.
- Doubling choline supplementation during pregnancy improved children's attention at seven years of age.
- Shorter sleep duration promotes the intake of added sugars and carbohydrates.
- Meditation helps the brain detect and respond to mistakes.
- SARS-CoV-2 infection may cause autoimmune disease, especially in men.
- Breastfeeding reduces maternal risk of cardiovascular disease later in life.
- Recovered COVID-19 patients carry T-cells that might promote long-term immunity.
- Omega-3 fatty acids decrease oxidative stress and affect biomarkers of aging.
- Exercise improves blood flow to the brain and cognitive function in older adults.
- Magnesium intake associated with reduced risk of coronary artery calcification.
- Low magnesium levels associated with impaired vitamin D metabolism.
- Aerobic exercise counters the harmful effects of consuming sugar-sweetened beverages on the endothelial function.
- Aerobic exercise induces changes in blood flow in brain regions involved in memory.
- Regular physical exercise reduces the incidence of dementia in a dose-dependent manner.
- Exercise reduces risk of breast cancer recurrence and mortality among women.
- Consumption of dairy products - especially high fat products - linked to lower risk of developing diabetes and high blood pressure.
- Spices dampen pro-inflammatory response to a high-saturated fat, high-carbohydrate meal.
- A human monoclonal antibody shows promise against COVID-19.
- Majority of COVID-19 patients found to be vitamin D deficient.
- Gut bacteria use flavonoids to prime the body's immune response and protect against influenza.
- Assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness using submaximal exercise testing predicts 5-year mortality risk beyond conventional risk factors.
- Greater brain connectivity observed in cognitively intact adults over the age of 95 years.
- Blood glucose control in type 2 diabetes influences COVID-19 related mortality.
- Delayed clearance of SARS-CoV-2 in males likely due to high ACE2 expression in testes, which serve as viral reservoirs.
- Current options for addressing cardiovascular complications of COVID-19.
- Vitamin D can suppress cytokine storms in COVID-19 patients, reducing mortality.
- Herpes simplex virus I promotes formation of amyloid-beta plaques in brain cells.
- Poor vitamin D status was prevalent among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- Betacoronaviruses as a group, including SARS-CoV-2, produce antibodies that can either confer immunity or cross-react with other viral family members.
- People with COVID-19 are at higher risk of complications associated with thrombotic events.
- Omega-3 fatty acids added to intravenous feedings decrease infection risk and shorten hospital stays.
- Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation improves behavior in children aged 8 to 16 years.
- Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation benefits people with depression.
- A gut-brain axis specific to glucose drives sugar preference, potentially explaining sugar cravings.
- Zinc reduces the duration and incidence of the common cold.
- Zinc acetate and zinc gluconate lozenges were equally effective at reducing duration of the common cold. (80-207mg/day)
- Higher zinc status reduced incidence and duration of pneumonia among nursing home residents.
- Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation decreased tobacco cravings in smokers.
- Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, when used in combination with metformin, increased risk of death in mice.
- Exercise might protect against deadly COVID-19 complication (Acute respiratory distress syndrome - ARDS).
- A 2008 article by Dr. Anthony Fauci identifies pneumonia as the primary cause of death for 1918 pandemic victims, raising alarms about future pandemics.
- Daytime intermittent fasting for 30 consecutive days was associated with many health improvements.
- Experimental antiviral drug (EIDD-2801) effective against COVID-19 in mice.
- Recombinant form of ACE2 reduced SARS-CoV-2 infection in cultured cells.
- SARS-CoV-2 replicates in the throat, making it more contagious than other coronaviruses.
- Cardiac injury commonly occurs in patients with COVID-19, increasing the risk of death among patients with preexisting cardiovascular disease.
- Exercise improved cognitive function in overweight children.
- Seasonal variation in Nrf2 antioxidant pathway influences winter depression-like behavior in fish.
- Subgroups of children could be at greater risk of COVID-19, especially those who are younger, have respiratory problems, or are immunocompromised.
- Some COVID-19 patients report loss of smell and taste, potentially signaling SARS-CoV-2 infiltration of the central nervous system.
- Treatment with intravenous vitamin C reduced death rates in patients with sepsis and severe acute respiratory failure.
- Large doses of vitamin C up to 8 grams per day might reduce duration of the common cold.
- Vitamin C might reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients.
- Vitamin C reduces C-reactive protein among some groups of people.
- Vitamin C increased the bioavailability of the catechins present in green tea.
- Evidence suggests vitamin C substantially reduces bronchoconstriction caused by exercise.
- Large doses of vitamin C might mitigate the body's stress response, thereby improving immunity. (200mg/daily for mice)
- Vitamin C deficiency impairs fatty acid oxidation ("fat burning") during exercise.
- An open-label pilot trial found that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine may be useful in the treatment of COVID-19.
- Phase 1 clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins.
- Potential targets for immune responses to novel coronavirus have been identified, a crucial step in vaccine development.
- US military scientists working to develop a therapeutic strategy against SARS-CoV-2
- More than 10 percent of people with COVID-19 are infected by someone who has the SARS-CoV-2 virus but is asymptomatic.
- Case report suggests that SARS-CoV-2 is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to their infants.
- Brain aging emerges in a person's late 40's but dietary ketosis increases overall brain activity and stabilizes functional networks.
- Diet-induced thermogenesis is higher after breakfast than after dinner.
- Mental stress and lifestyle can predict lifespan.
- Exercise benefits men about to undergo prostate cancer treatment.
- Chronic sleep deprivation impairs immune function.
- Healthy lifestyle reduces risk of disease and death.
- Athletes who engage in indoor sports may be at risk for vitamin D deficiency.
- Eating earlier in the day promotes lipid oxidation (fat burning).
- Drinking a high flavanol cocoa beverage reduced symptoms of peripheral arterial disease.
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet for one year promotes gut bacteria linked to healthy aging in older adults.
- Extra virgin olive oil maintains its health-promoting properties when used for cooking.
- Dietary olive oil may improve healthspan and delay aging by switching on the activity of sirtuins.
- Obesity promotes diversity and virulence of influenza virus.
- Antidepressant discontinuation triggers agitation, headaches, and flu-like symptoms.
- The negative effects of obesity mimic the aging process.
- Sugar-sweetened beverages linked to lipid imbalance, which increases cardiovascular disease risk.
- Excess visceral fat promotes inflammation and drives cognitive decline.
- Global air pollution shortens people's lives on a scale greater than warfare, other forms of violence, infection, and more.
- Consuming diet drinks along with carbohydrates may have negative effects on the brain and metabolic health.
- Brain tissue levels of iron during adolescence influence cognitive abilities.
- When healthy, lean individuals ate a Western-style diet for one week, their hippocampal-dependent learning and memory and appetite control declined. (High refined carbs, added fats, sodium, low grains/veg/fruit).
- Low maternal vitamin D levels in early to mid-pregnancy were associated with an increased risk for offsprint ADHD.
- Sauna use reduces pneumonia risk in healthy, middle-aged men.
- Weight loss and health improvements with Mediterranean, intermittent fasting, and Paleo diets.
- Six months of aerobic exercise improved brain glucose metabolism, improved executive function, & increased cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults.
- Many dietary supplements may be contaminated with heavy metals or microbes or may contain synthetic drugs or ingredients not listed on their labeling.
- Japanese sake yeast supplementation improves sleep quality in a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial.
- Breast milk components affect infant growth and help prevent obesity in early childhood.
- Children of women exposed to parabens during pregnancy are at greater risk of being obese.
- Physical inactivity and sedentary behavior may be early risk factors for depression in adolescence.
- Sulforaphane from broccoli sprout extract improves fasting glucose and HbA1c in obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.
- High and low exercise intensities elicit different effects on brain function.
- Yoga increases brain levels of the neurotransmiter GABA to reduce symptoms of depression.
- Abdominal obesity is associated with fatal heart attacks and strokes independent of other risk factors.
- Stress caused hair to turn prematurely gray in mice by activating noradrenaline.
- Intranasal oxytocin spray decreased repetitive behaviors and improved social interaction in men with autism.
- Alcohol and cigarettes may accelerate brain aging.
- Exposure to influenza viruses during childhood may provide partial lifelong protection against distantly related influenza.
- Sleep duration may influence children's mental health.
- Lithium may halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
- Increasing stem cell populations improves learning and memory in old mice.
- Eating a low-fat diet may reduce testosterone levels in men.
- Preliminary findings suggest that women taking oral contraceptives have a smaller hypothalamus.
- Fish oil supplementation provides protection against fine particulate air pollution.
- Brake dust air pollution may have the same harmful effects on immune cells as diesel exhaust.
- One night of sleep deprivation in healthy young men caused increased blood levels of tau, a protein that forms tangles in the brain.
- Disrupted glucose metabolism may be a major contributing factor to Alzheimer's disease.
- Fasting reduces the numbers of circulating monocytes in healthy humans and mice without compromising immune function.
- Drinking tea at least three times a week is linked with a longer and healthier life.
- Students who smoked were two to three times more likely to develop depression than students who never smoked.
- Early life bacterial exposures influence immune health.
- Alterations in gut microbial fermentation module the efficacy of exercise for diabetes prevention and management.
- Decreasing the insulin signaling pathway and the TOR pathway increased lifespan of worms by 500 percent.
- Meta-analysis finds that quercetin significantly lowers blood pressure.
- Higher cardiorespiratory fitness associated with increases in gray matter volume.
- More abdominal fat drives loss of fluid intelligence whereas more muscle mass protects against loss.
- Exercise mitigates muscle mass losses during severe energy deficit by inhibiting the induction of autophagy.
- Boys whose mothers were overweight or obese during pregnancy scored 5 or more points lower on IQ tests at age 7.
- Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation increases blood levels of anti-inflammatory molecules for up to 24 hours after ingestion.
- Low levels of omega-3 fatty acids are associated with early-onset coronary atherosclerosis.
- Biological "aortic age" of the heart reduced by approximately four years in first-time marathon runners.
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy reduces symptoms of social anxiety disorder and improves biomarkers of aging.
- Higher physical activity halves risk of depression in a large study of more than 395,000 adults.
- A vaccine developed to prevent tuberculosis, now also used to treat bladder cancer, reduced the incidence of Alzheimer's disease four-fold.
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy demonstrates efficacy in treating symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
- Stressed mitochondria leak DNA fragments that induce inflammation.
- Yoga increases the volume of a brain region involved in learning and memory and changes several brain regions involved in emotional regulation.
- More than half of people suffer withdrawal effects when trying to come off antidepressants.
- Effects of hyperthermic baths on depression, sleep, and heart rate variability in patients with depressive disorder.
- Increasing gamma rhythm activity in the brain can affect the pathology and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
- Depression and suicide linked to air pollution.
- Ketamine disrupts memories to help heavy drinkers cut back.
- Early epigenetic changes in mice regulate voluntary exercise behaviour.
- Post-workout ice baths may hinder muscle protein synthesis.
- High glycemix index diets may trigger insomnia.
- Fish oil supplementation may improve night vision.
- FDA approves use of drug (Vascepa) to reduce risk of cardiovascular events in certain adult patient groups. (reduces triglycerides)
- Immunization against flagellin provides protection against chronic inflammatory disease in mice.
- Sustained weight loss in women over 50 reduces breast cancer risk.
- IQs of children whose mothers consumed fish during pregnancy nearly 5 to 10 points higher than those of children whose mothers did not eat fish.
- Maternal dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids has beneficial effects on infant brain development.
- A new, more accurate test finds that human urine samples contain BPA levels up to 44 times higher than measurements by the FDA.
- A group of proteins identified in human plasma predicts both chronological and biological age.
- A compound that blocks a key inflammatory pathway in the brain reverses cognitive decline in mice.
- Time-restricted eating may help reduce weight and prevent diabetes and heart disease in people with metabolic syndrome.
- Supplementation with Akkermansia muciniphila improves metabolic parameters in overweight and obese people.
- Obese adolescents have decreased white matter in a brain region that connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain (compared to healthy teens).
- Aerobic exercise combined with frequent sauna use has a synergistic effect on lowering mortality risks.
- After bone marrow transplant, man's semen contains only donor's DNA.
- Prostate cancer was completely eliminated in 80 percent of men treated with MRI-guided ultrasound (transurethral ultrasound ablation).
- Inflammation may play a causal role in diminishing certain cognitive functions.
- Increased physical activity may significantly reduce the risk of depression, even among people who are genetically predisposed to depression.
- High-intensity interval training improves memory in older adults.
- Supercentenarians (110yo+) have high levels of cytotoxic CD4 T cells, which can kill cancer cells.
- Mild hearing loss - when hearing is still considered normal - is linked to cognitive decline.
- Gut bacteria may alter the aging process of the human brain.
- Fecal samples from people with colorectal cancer transplanted into mice caused precancerous lesions.
- Diets high in ultra-processed food linked to poor cardiovascular health.
- Sugar binges increase risk of inflammatory bowel disease.
- Mice fed a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet were better able to combat the flu virus and had better survival rates than mice fed a normal diet.
- Screen time exposure begins in infancy and increases with age.
- A single night of sleep deprivation increased anxiety levels by 30 percent in healthy young adults.
- Waves of Fluid Bathe the Sleeping Brain, Perhaps to Clear Waste (glymphatic system)
- Running associated with lower all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality.
- Time-restricted eating may be linked to greater motivation to engage in voluntary exercise.
- Study demonstrates that exercising before eating breakfast burns more fat, improves insulin sensitivity, & increases glucose uptake into muscle.
- New data suggest the human heart adapted to ensure regular bouts of sustained moderate-intensity endurance exercise and is partly dependent upon it.
- Metformin supplementation prevented gains in lean muscle mass in healthy people 65 years and older who engaged in resistance training.
- When mothers were more interactive with their infant during a play activity, epigenetic changes occurred in the infant's DNA.
- Human longevity was associated with decreased levels of genes involved in neural overactivity.
- Infants given formula containing milk fat globule membranes (found in human breast milk) scored better on tests of cognitive, language & motor skills.
- Eating an avocado a day lowered small, dense LDL particles and lowered oxidized LDL, both of which are associated with heart disease.
- A new drug (Trikafta) may extend the lifespan of people with cystic fibrosis.