Category: 4. Health

Keeping your hands clean can help reduce the likelihood that you will get sick, whether from a virus or something else. What researchers in the area call “hand hygiene” is best supported by the washing of hands, in particular the frequency and…

When Serena Williams steps onto a court, history tends to follow. Now, she is channeling that same tenacity into a different arena: health equity. This week in New York City, Williams joined Reckitt, the company behind trusted brands…

In March 2024, the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health published a paper describing how regular consumption of apple cider vinegar could help patients lose weight, lower serum cholesterol levels, and help control blood sugar. Patients who drank 15 mL (0.5 ounces) of apple cider vinegar a day for three months reportedly lost an average of 15 pounds.

This dramatic result was reported widely in the popular press. Celebrity advocates and “influencers” promoting apple cider vinegar as…

Now, a study shows, 21% of women and 10% of men in Generation X and the tail end of the Baby Boom generation, now in their 50s and early 60s, meet criteria for addiction to these ultra-processed foods.

That rate…

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation, swelling and pain in joints. It can have a range of impacts, and as of 2019, was thought to impact about 18 million people worldwide. New research has suggested that signs of immune aging are evident in the early stages of the disease, before patients are diagnosed. If this research eventually leads to a test that can be applied in the clinic, it could be very beneficial to those who…

“These are diseases that are growing increasingly common and that have a poor prognosis if detected late,” says Rickard Strandberg, affiliated researcher at Karolinska Institutet’s Department…

More U.S. adults than ever report having serious trouble concentrating, remembering or making decisions.

In 2023, more than 7 percent of adults without depression self-reported this type of cognitive disability. That figure is up from just over 5 percent a decade earlier, researchers report September 24 in Neurology. The uptick started in 2016. The rise is primarily driven by younger adults ages 18 to 39, for whom the prevalence of cognitive disability has nearly doubled to…

The findings, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, could lead to new treatments for bacterial infections – especially urgent since drug-resistant infections already kill more than a million people a year.

Polymyxins were discovered more than 80 years ago and are used as a last-resort…

A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published in Neuron, reveals a unique look at how junk food rewires the brain’s memory hub – leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction. This new research opens the door to early interventions that can prevent even long-term memory loss associated with obesity.

Led by UNC School of Medicine’s Juan Song, PhD, principal investigator, professor of pharmacology, and Taylor Landry, PhD, first…