The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative — or WPSI — issued new guidelines for preventing weight gain in women aged 40 to 60 years. The guidelines, which were published in Annals of Internal Medic… [+2573 chars]
A recent article published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) monitored the safety of the second booster dose of severe acute respira… [+5189 chars]
Patients with gout are more likely to experience a cardiovascular event following a flare, according to data published in JAMA. “In addition to traditional cardiovascular risk factors, inflammation… [+4377 chars]
<ul><li>Around 116 million Americans have high blood pressure, many of whom do not have it under control.</li><li>Newresearch shows that cocoa consumption lowered blood pressure in healthy adults, of… [+6351 chars]
Disease of the microscopic blood vessels that feed the white matter of our brain is associated with worse cognitive function and memory deficits in individuals with Alzheimer's, scientists report."Th… [+8444 chars]
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, scientists compared the effectiveness of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 vaccine boos… [+6268 chars]
Since early May, more than 23,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide. This is the largest ever global outbreak of the disease. Cases have now been reported in 78 countries including the… [+5284 chars]
Polish investigators, led by Anna Niedwied, MD, from the Department of General Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, reported that the SARS-CoV-2 virus does not cause a strong l… [+2342 chars]
JERUSALEM, Israel — Israel has detected mosquitoes infected with the deadly West Nile virus at its southernmost border crossing with Jordan, Israel’s health and environmental protection ministries sa… [+1052 chars]
This is part three in a series focusing on cognitive dysfunction and inflammation. The first article can be read here, and the second can be read here. For additional writings on inflammation and Cov… [+8165 chars]
<ul><li>Researchers investigated the effects of different kinds of physical and mental activity on dementia risk. </li><li>They found that activities including frequent exercise, household chores, an… [+5859 chars]
A multidisciplinary study led by Vanja Nagy (LBI-RUD/CeMM/MedUni Vienna) and Josef Penninger (UBC/IMBA) characterized a novel gene, known as FIBCD1, to be likely causative of a new and rare neurodeve… [+5450 chars]
