Mice exposed to COVID-19 through the nasal passage, researchers noted a rapid and escalated attack on the brain by the virus that triggered a more severe outcome of the infection, even after the lungs were cleared of the disease. Researchers also found…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Positive Messaging Plays a Key Role in Increasing COVID-19 Mask Compliance
Positive messages about unity and togetherness are more effective at getting people to mask up and protect against COVID-19 than messages based on fear.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Sunbathing After Menopause May Be Harmful
Menopausal women who frequently sunbathe have increased levels of gonadotropins and lower levels of estrogen than their peers who are not active sun worshipers. Low estrogen levels and higher levels of other hormones increase the risk for a number of h…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: SARS_CoV_2 Can Infect Neurons and Damage Brain Tissue
SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can directly enter the nervous system. The virus can infect the brain, causing alterations in blood vessels and directly disrupt oxygen supply to the organ.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Including Unhealthy Foods May Diminish Positive Effects of an Otherwise Healthy Diet
Adding more foods associated with the Western diet may impede the cognitive benefits of the Mediterranean diet.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How COVID-19 Is Likely to Impact the Brain
Using over a century of data from other pandemics, and applying knowledge about the current COVID-19 infection, researchers predict the long term effects coronavirus will have on the brain and nervous system.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Vaping Combined With Smoking Is Likely as Harmful as Smoking Cigarettes Alone
Mixing traditional cigarettes with vaping products is as detrimental to health as smoking cigarettes alone, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Six Ways to ‘Reboot Your Brain’ After a Hard Year of COVID-19
Neuroscientists present six scientifically proven ways to help improve brain and mental health.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Making Music Good Medicine
Researchers explore the health and wellbeing benefits of music, from improving creativity to helping boost mood.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Potential New Treatment Strategy for Stroke
Treatment with LAU-0901, a synthetic molecule that blocks pro-inflammatory platelet-activating factor, in addition to aspirin-triggered NPD1, reduced the size of damage areas in the brain, initiated repair mechanisms, and improved behavioral recovery f…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Neuroscientists Isolate Promising Mini Antibodies Against COVID-19 From a Llama
Researchers have isolated a set of antibodies from a llama which show promise for the treatment of COVID-19. The NIH-CoVnB-112 nanoantibody bound to ACE2 receptors up to ten times stronger than other lab-produced antibodies. The nanoantibody stuck dire…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Why People Make Healthy Claims but Indulge in Unhealthy Behaviors
When asked questions about sensitive behaviors, such as alcohol consumption or over-eating, people tend to respond in ways they consider socially correct, while downplaying their personal negative behaviors.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: COVID-19 Virus Enters the Brain
The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 can pass through the blood-brain barrier of mice. The protein likely causes the brain to release cytokines and spark neuroinflammation. The findings add to growing evidence that COVID-19 can enter the brain of those infe…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Water May be an Effective Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome
Drinking water can suppress the vasopressin hormone receptor, mitigating obesity and metabolic syndrome in mice.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: An Avocado a Day Keeps Your Gut Microbes Happy
People who eat avocados daily have a greater abundance of gut microbes that break down fiber and promote gut health. They also had greater microbial diversity than those who consumed avocados less frequently.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dogs and Their Owners Share a Risk of Developing Diabetes
Dog owners whose pets are diabetic are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those with healthier pets. The study supports the hypothesis that pet owners may share certain behaviors, such as physical activity level, with their pet.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Hydrogen Peroxide Keeps Gut Bacteria Away From the Colon Lining
An enzyme in the colon lining releases hydrogen peroxide to help protect the body from gut microbes.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Laughing Is Good for Your Mind and Your Body, Here’s What the Research Shows
Researchers investigate how laughter improves both mental and physical well-being.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: What Do Slight Arm Movements Reveal About Our Breathing and Health?
Minimal arm movements that occur during sleep are better predictors of respiratory rate than ECG wrist monitors, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Loneliness in Parkinson’s Disease May Lead to Worsening of Symptoms
People with Parkinson’s disease who have less social interaction are at greater risk for developing more severe symptoms of the disease than those who are less lonely.
