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Looking back on two years of the COVID-19 pandemic

It has been two years since the World Health Organization first used the word "pandemic" to describe the global spread of COVID-19. Today, the Hub...

Two doctors explain the mystery of long COVID

Thousands of COVID-19 survivors continue to grapple with symptoms many months after they were first infected. Brain fog, fatigue, even sexual dysfunction are among the...

How fasting may help reverse high blood pressure naturally

In a recent paper, researchers from Pantox Laboratories suggested that fasting may help reverse high blood pressure naturally by breaking metabolic vicious cycles. Although a...

Waste management in the brain plays key role in dementia development

In a new study from Yale and elsewhere, researchers found that a contributing factor in dementia may come down to a double dose of...

How to protect your sleep from insomnia over COVID-19 anxiety

At this point in the pandemic, it may not come as a surprise that the impacts of COVID-19 have included increases in mental health...

Warning signs, causes, treatments of peripheral artery disease

Many people know that hardening of the arteries or plaque buildup, called atherosclerosis, can narrow blood vessels, reduce blood flow and cause a heart...

This diet can lower cholesterol and blood sugar

A healthy Nordic diet can prevent a range of diseases. Until now, the health benefits that researchers had attributed to a Nordic diet primarily...

Scientists find new way to manage inflammation, obesity

In a new study from Trinity College Dublin, researchers found how specific immune cells can work together in fat to cause inflammation that leads...

COVID-19 death risk ‘four times higher’ for slow walkers

In a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity, researchers found slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19...

Professor used his stroke to create an app that helps survivors relearn skills

Mark Brodie was sitting behind his laptop in his home office, grading student papers for a mobile applications class he taught at Simpson College...