A fermented-food diet can reduce inflammation, improve gut health
In a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine, researchers found that a diet rich in fermented foods enhances the diversity of gut...
“Magic mushrooms” may help treat depression, study finds
In a new study from Yale, researchers found that the psychedelic drug psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in some mushrooms, may be as...
Zinc may be key to better diabetes treatments
Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart and circulatory diseases. Around 300,000 adults have been diagnosed with diabetes in Scotland and it is...
Dancing with music can halt most debilitating Parkinson’s symptoms
In a new study, researchers found patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease (PD) can slow the progress of the disease by participating in dance training...
This study shows an important cause of heart failure
Clinicians and scientists have long observed that cells in overstressed hearts have high levels of the simple sugar O-GlcNAc modifying thousands of proteins within...
Why you need a primary care provider
To call you the picture of health is an understatement. Exercise is your middle name, and illnesses tremble when they see your mighty immune...
Obesity may increase survival in this cancer
In a new study from San Raffaele University in Italy, researchers found obese patients with a form of advanced prostate cancer survive longer than...
This finding may help develop new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
In a new study from Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found potential new treatment targets for Alzheimer's disease, as well as existing drugs...
Stroke treatment may backfire if kidneys don’t work well
Stroke and chronic kidney disease are both difficult to handle in their own rights, but having a stroke when your kidneys are already poor...
New method can predict diabetes risk by measuring fat around the heart
In a new study from the Queen Mary University of London, researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is able to...