Silk Masks Offer Greater Protection as Barrier for COVID-19 Prevention
With personal protective equipment still in short supply, researchers at the University of Cincinnati examined what common household fabrics might work best as a...
Loss of Restorative, Deep Slow Wave Sleep May Signal Early Onset...
What would you do if you knew how long you had until Alzheimer's disease set in? Don't despair. New research from the University of...
Preserving Vision and Preventing Degenerative Disorders
Preventing Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Ocular Disorders
By Jim English
The structure of the human eye naturally lends itself to comparison to a living...
Loss of Bone Flexibility Linked to Increased Hip Fracture Risk
A new study reveals that bone flexibility, as well as density, in bone nanostructure is an important factor in assessing the likelihood that someone...
Advanced Research on MCT Oil Supports Brain Preserving Benefits
Medium Chain Triglycerides, also known as MCT oil, have many beneficial, health promoting properties. Unlike most dietary fats and oils, MCTs are rapidly absorbed...
Alpha Lipoic Acid Supplementation Helps Overweight, Otherwise Healthy People Lose Weight
The common dietary supplement Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) has been shown to help otherwise healthy people lose weight in a new clinical trial conducted by Oregon State...
Understanding How The Bacteria Living on Your Eyeballs Helps Preserve Healthy...
By Tony St. Leger
You may be familiar with the idea that your gut and skin are home to a collection of microbes – fungi,...
Lithium in Drinking Water Linked With Lower Suicide Rates
Naturally occurring lithium in public drinking water may have an anti-suicidal effect according to a new study from Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and...
Common Supplements Combat Age-Related Memory Loss, Enhance Cognitive Performance
By Jim English
The human brain is one of the most elegant and complex structures ever conceived. Comprising over ten billion neurons and supportive cells,...
New Blood Test Detects Alzheimer’s 20 Years Before Onset of Cognitive...
Alzheimer's is a debilitating and incurable disease that affects an estimated 5.8 million Americans age 65 and older. Without successful prevention therapies, the number...
The Truth About Niacin: The Safest, Cheapest, Most Effective Lipid-Lowering Substance...
Ward Dean, MD
A 2014 study in the New England Journal of Medicine disparaged the lipid-lowering benefits of niacin and implied that it was actually...
Study Links Loss of Dream-Stage REM Sleep to Higher Risk of...
Spending less time in REM sleep is linked to a greater overall risk of death from any cause, as well as from cardiovascular disease...
