Yoga, meditation and other mindfulness practices may help people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar — nearly to the degree that standard medications like metformin do, a new analysis suggests. That does not mean people should swap their medication for meditation. The trials in the analysis all tested body-mind practices as an addition… read on > read on >
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Childhood trauma, especially physical abuse, might increase the risk of heart failure later in life, according to new research. Past studies have found a connection between traumatic experiences in childhood and cardiovascular disease and other health problems. But there’s been little research on a specific link… read on > read on >
Australia is experiencing its worst flu season in five years, and that doesn’t bode well for the United States, federal health officials warned Tuesday. America’s flu season often mirrors what unfolds in Australia, where winter spans April through October. Making matters worse, only 49% of Americans plan to get a flu shot during the 2022-2023… read on > read on >
More than half of sightless children in the United States did not have to lose their vision, according to a new study. The findings suggest the need to prioritize addressing preventable vision loss in all children in America, said study co-author Dr. Scott Lambert, a professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University in California. He recalled… read on > read on >
A new study has found no evidence that COVID-19 shots increase the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome, according to researchers. “This is important because we can say that there is no significant increased risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome in the population,” said study first author Mustafa Jaffry, a medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in… read on > read on >
A leading group of U.S. tummy doctors wants Americans to get used to talking about their bowel symptoms, at least with their physicians. People are hesitant to discuss digestive trouble with a medical professional, with one in three saying they would mention it only if their doctor brought it up first, according to the American… read on > read on >
Amyloid-beta plaques have long been linked to Alzheimer’s disease, with some scientists theorizing that the plaques actually cause the degenerative brain disease. But a new study suggests that the plaques are actually a symptom of what’s going on in the brain, rather than the cause of Alzheimer’s. Instead, decreasing levels of the “normal,” water-soluble form… read on > read on >
Thoughts of suicide are often a first reaction to a diagnosis of dementia before age 65, a new study suggests. Suicide risk is highest in the first three months after the dementia diagnosis and if the patient already has a psychiatric disorder, British researchers found. For those younger than 65, suicide risk was nearly seven… read on > read on >
Could key differences in the trillions of bacteria found in the human gut actually affect the risk of becoming infected with HIV? A small, new study suggests the answer may be yes. The intriguing possibility stems from a detailed analysis of the gut bacteria (“microbiomes“) of 55 men, all of whom indicated they have sex… read on > read on >
When men become parents, a lot changes in their lives — less sleep and more time devoted to taking care of their children come to mind — but new research now suggests that distinct changes also unfold in a new father’s brain. Researchers scanned the brains of new fathers to discover and study those changes… read on > read on >
