Claudio Franceschi, a world-renowned scientist, professor at the University of Bologna (Italy) and head of the Research Laboratory for Systems Medicine of Healthy Aging at Lobachevsky University, together with other members of an international research team, has described the mechanisms underlying chronic inflammation and identified several risk factors leading to disease. As noted in the […]
Millions of Americans are vaping, and some are getting sick. Since June 2019, 2,711 have been hospitalized and 60 have died due to EVALI (e-cigarette-associated lung injury), the devastating lung disease linked to e-cigarettes. Five million users are middle and high school students. Some are as young as 11, although it’s illegal to sell vaping […]
Researchers from King’s College London have shown that cannabidiol (CBD) alters the brain activity in people with psychosis during memory tasks, making it more similar to the activation seen in people without psychosis during the same tasks. Published in Psychological Medicine, the research used fMRI scans to examine the brain activity of 13 people with […]
Hundreds of Americans and Japanese escaped the quarantined Chinese city at the centre of a coronavirus epidemic aboard charter flights on Wednesday, as the death toll soared to 132 and confirmed infections neared 6,000. The scale of the deepening crisis was emphasised with the new infection number on the Chinese mainland exceeding that of the […]
Blood pressure naturally goes up and down throughout the day and night and it’s normal for it to go up while one is moving about. It’s when the overall blood pressure is consistently high, even when resting, that a person needs to do something about it. High blood pressure puts a person at risk of […]
The coronavirus could affect a person and they may not know they have the infection but still be able to spread it. A new coronavirus that has spread to more than 2,000 people is infectious in its incubation period before symptoms show making it harder to contain, Chinese officials say. With the virus becoming a […]
Bradley Walsh, 59, is a familiar face on the small screen, appearing on Dr Who and hosting ITV game shows The Chase and Cash Trapped. In the past, viewers have picked up on the star having “pink eye”. But the presenter later revealed his symptoms were in fact linked to a medical condition known as […]
Libby Clegg is etching new ground by being the first blind person to compete in the ice skating competition. The 29-year-old was born with a degenerative genetic condition called Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy. The rare eye disorder hasn’t hindered her life achievements, she really does have a lot to aspire to. In 2008 she represented Great […]
More than two decades of research have proven potassium-rich foods can help lower blood pressure readings. Eating two bananas (each consisting of about 420mg of potassium) everyday has shown to lower blood pressure by 10 percent within a week. The study was conducted back in 1999, in Manipal, southern India and involved human participants from […]
• Poor diet and inactivity made Antonio Gutierrez’s weight climb to more than 300 pounds. • He combined the keto with intermittent fasting to take control of his diet. • He also added weight training and cardio to fuel a more than 100-pound weight loss transformation. Antonio Gutierrez still remembers the day he came home […]
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Claudio Franceschi, a world-renowned scientist, professor at the University of Bologna (Italy) and head of the Research Laboratory for Systems Medicine of Healthy Aging at Lobachevsky University, together with other members of an international research team, has described the mechanisms underlying chronic inflammation and identified several risk factors leading to disease. As noted in the […]
