How our Emotions can Influence the Pain We Experience
Our emotions and performing complex demanding tasks can reduce neurological pain activation and the pain we feel!
Hypermobility: What Does it Mean if Your Joints are too Flexibile?
Hypermobility affects approximately 20% of the population. The most common thread for many of these people is a genetic disorder that influences how their bodies make collagen which is the main structural protein that we are made of.
Latest Ground-Breaking Innovations in the Treatment of Cancer
For the first time in 2022 a new exciting technology called CART Cell Therapy was used with a modified gene editing technique called Base Editing to treat cancer.
First we had Probiotics, then Prebiotics. So What are Postbiotics?
First came probiotics with the introduction of seemingly beneficial bacteria in the form of supplements. Then there were prebiotics, or the foods these bacteria need to thrive. Now, there is another candidate called postbiotics.
What you Eat and Drink in Early Life Reduces Your Risk of Dementia
A new study shows the direct association of alcohol consumption and brain atrophy. Another new study also shows that high levels of good cholesterol (HDL) and low blood glucose levels between the ages of 35-50 leads to a lower risk of dementia.
How Viruses Can Help Protect our Food
As we are fast running out of options with antibiotics interest in a group of viruses called bacteriophage is now intensifying. Given their ubiquity and specificity, it is no surprise that science is now very interested in harnessing their abilities.
Epstein-Barr Virus: A Virus That Nearly all of Us Have, Yet Few of us Know About
The Epstein-Barr Virus, as emerging evidence is beginning to suggest, has a key role in many autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, and cancers.
Nutritional Values on Food Labelling are not as Accurate as you Think!
Many of us clearly do rely on food labelling to give us information that helps determine our food choices. A food label will after all give us a simple list of nutrients. So, it must be right?
You can’t be Serious! Cheese is Good for Your Health!
New research strongly suggests that a specific type of fatty acid present in milk products (called odd chain saturated fatty acids or OCFAs) is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
