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Homeopathy and Chronic Insomnia+

One sleepless night is annoying. For those with persistent insomnia coupled with a comorbidity, such as generalized anxiety disorder, it can be negatively life-altering. In a Cureus case report, a 27-year-old man, suffering from insomnia for over 2 decades, tried...

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Mind–Body Interventions for COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severely impacts the life of patients. What affect can yoga or tai chi have on those with COPD? A study published in Scientific Reports evaluated mind–body exercises and their impacts on stable COPD patients. Using registers and...

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A (Water) Fountain of Youth

Are you and your patients drinking enough water? We all know water is good for us, but did you know proper water intake may play a role in healthy aging? Suboptimal hydration may accelerate aging and increase the risk of chronic diseases and premature death. A study...

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Mindfulness: Improving Pain in Veterans

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine reports the efficacy of telehealth-delivered mindfulness-based interventions (MBI). Over 690 veterans with chronic pain and a psychiatric comorbidity completed a trial of either group or self-paced MBI vs usual care. The...

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Second-Hand Smoke Exposure in Childhood Linked to DNA Changes

Key Findings: A new study from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) found that children exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to show DNA methylation changes that may influence future disease risk. Researchers identified 11 DNA regions...

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Puffer Fish Toxin to Replace Opioids?

Node Smith, ND From Wiley In Japan, puffer fish is considered a delicacy, but the tickle to the taste buds comes with a tickle to the nerves: fugu contains tetrodotoxin, a strong nerve toxin. In low doses, tetrodotoxin is shown in clinical trials to be a replacement...

A Second Patient Cured From HIV?

Node Smith, ND A study of the second HIV patient to undergo successful stem cell transplantation from donors with a HIV-resistant gene, finds that there was no active viral infection in the patient's blood 30 months after they stopped anti-retroviral therapy,...

Breathing is Less Rhythmical in the Brain Than You May Think

Node Smith, ND Breathing propels everything we do -- so its rhythm must be orchestrated by our brain cells, right? Wrong. Every breath we take… Every breath we take arises from a disorderly group of neurons -- each like a soloist belting out its song before uniting as...

Modeling Study on Coronavirus Spread

Node Smith, ND New modelling research, published in The Lancet, estimates that up to 75,800 individuals in the Chinese city of Wuhan may have been infected with 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as of January 25, 2020. Estimates of 75,800 individuals in the Chinese...

NIAID Discussion of Coronavirus

Node Smith, ND The new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marks the third time in 20 years that a member of the large family of coronaviruses (CoVs) has jumped from animals to humans and sparked an outbreak. In a new JAMA Viewpoint essay,...

Seventh-Day Adventists Have Better Health

Node Smith, ND A recent study found lower rates of premature death and cancer in Seventh-day Adventists, a Protestant denomination long known for health promotion, compared with individuals in the general U.S. population. Published early online in CANCER, a...

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How Skin and Immune System Interact

NODE SMITH, ND As the human body's largest organ, the skin is responsible for protecting against a wide range of possible infections on all fleshy surfaces, from head to toe. So how exactly does the skin organize its defenses against such an array of threats? A new...

Microbiome and Neurodegenerative Conditions

NODE SMITH, ND Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS affect millions of adults, but scientists still do not know what causes these diseases, which poses a significant roadblock to developing treatments or preventative measures. Recent...

Cancer Research Breakthrough

NODE SMITH, ND A team of researchers at the Center for Bioactive Delivery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Institute for Applied Life Sciences has engineered a nanoparticle that has the potential to revolutionize disease treatment, including for cancer....

‘Prediabetes’ Is Not a Trivial Thing

NODE SMITH, ND People with prediabetes were significantly more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other major cardiovascular event when compared with those who had normal blood sugar levels, according to research being presented at the American College of...

Long Term Effects of COVID-19

NODE SMITH, ND As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, it has become clear that many survivors -- even those who had mild cases -- continue to manage a variety of health problems long after the initial infection should have resolved. In what is believed to be the...

Guessing When to Pay Attention

NODE SMITH, ND Fast reactions to future events are crucial. A boxer, for example, needs to respond to her opponent in fractions of a second in order to anticipate and block the next attack. Such rapid responses are based on estimates of whether and when events will...

Shift Work Affects Men and Women Differently

NODE SMITH, ND Shift-work and irregular work schedules can cause several health-related issues and affect our defense against infection, according to new research from the University of Waterloo. These health-related issues occur because the body's natural clock,...

Starving Brain Tumors

NODE SMITH, ND Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, funded by the charity Brain Tumor Research, have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumor cells of energy in order to prevent further growth. The pre-clinical research in human tissue samples,...

Cerebellum Over Frontal Cortex for Evolution of Humans

NODE SMITH, ND The cerebellum -- a part of the brain once recognized mainly for its role in coordinating movement -- underwent evolutionary changes that may have contributed to human culture, language and tool use. This new finding appears in a study by Elaine Guevara...

Long Term Effects of COVID-19

NODE SMITH, ND As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, it has become clear that many survivors -- even those who had mild cases -- continue to manage a variety of health problems long after the initial infection should have resolved. In what is believed to be the...

Guessing When to Pay Attention

NODE SMITH, ND Fast reactions to future events are crucial. A boxer, for example, needs to respond to her opponent in fractions of a second in order to anticipate and block the next attack. Such rapid responses are based on estimates of whether and when events will...

Shift Work Affects Men and Women Differently

NODE SMITH, ND Shift-work and irregular work schedules can cause several health-related issues and affect our defense against infection, according to new research from the University of Waterloo. These health-related issues occur because the body's natural clock,...

Starving Brain Tumors

NODE SMITH, ND Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, funded by the charity Brain Tumor Research, have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumor cells of energy in order to prevent further growth. The pre-clinical research in human tissue samples,...

Cerebellum Over Frontal Cortex for Evolution of Humans

NODE SMITH, ND The cerebellum -- a part of the brain once recognized mainly for its role in coordinating movement -- underwent evolutionary changes that may have contributed to human culture, language and tool use. This new finding appears in a study by Elaine Guevara...

Experimental Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease

NODE SMITH, ND Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed an experimental drug that reversed key symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice. The drug works by reinvigorating a cellular cleaning mechanism that gets rid of unwanted proteins by...

Pandemic Linked to Six Unhealthy Eating Habits

NODE SMITH, ND A new probe into the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed correlations to six unhealthy eating behaviors, according to a study by the University of Minnesota Medical School and School of Public Health. Researchers say the most concerning...

Stress Response and Regulatory Protein in Skeletal Muscle

NODE SMITH, ND Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say a regulatory protein found in skeletal muscle fiber may play an important role in the body's fight or flight response when encountering stressful situations. The protein, fast skeletal myosin binding...

Philosophy Can Change Our Relationship with Pain

NODE SMITH, ND Dr. Sabrina Coninx from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Dr. Peter Stilwell from McGill University, Canada, have investigated how philosophical approaches can be used to think in new ways about pain and its management. The researchers advocate not merely...

It’s About Belly Weight Not BMI

NODE SMITH, ND People with abdominal obesity and excess fat around the body's mid-section and organs have an increased risk of heart disease even if their body mass index (BMI) measurement is within a healthy weight range, according to a new Scientific Statement from...

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