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COVID-19 vaccines could protect your life regardless of body weight

Scientists from the University of Oxford found that COVID vaccination could protect people regardless of their body weights. The research is published in The Lancet...

Post-pandemic diet shifts could save 26 million lives a year

Scientists from Edinburgh University found that encouraging people to eat more fruit and vegetable post-pandemic could avert up to 26 million deaths every year...

Obesity and aging linked to higher Alzheimer’s markers in the brain

Scientists from Brock University found that when a high-fat, high-sugar diet that leads to obesity is paired with normal aging, it may contribute to...

Heart attack survivors may have lower risk of Parkinson’s disease

Scientists from the Aarhus University Hospital found that people who have had a heart attack may be slightly less likely than people in the...

This type of diet may increase gut inflammation

Scientists recently found that a high dietary intake of animal products, processed foods, alcohol, and sugar is linked to a gut microbiome that encourages...

Scientists show an important cause of dementia in some older people

Scientists from UCLA and Washington University in St. Louis found that traumatic brain injury can be a cause of dementia in some older adults. The...

How a gut infection may cause chronic symptoms

Sometimes the end of intestinal infection is just the beginning of more misery. Of those who contract traveler’s diarrhea, for example, an unlucky few go...

High-fat diet could make you obese and shrink your brain

Scientists from the University of South Australia found that fatty foods may not only be adding to your waistline but also playing havoc with your...

Scientists show the leading cause of vision loss in older Americans

Scientists from the University at Buffalo and elsewhere found that diets heavy in red meat and fatty foods could help spur a leading cause...

People with depression and anxiety may get Alzheimer’s disease early

Scientists from the University of California San Francisco found that having depression is known to increase your risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. They found that...