What Blue Zones Can Tell Us About Healthy Aging
Photo Cred: Olga S photography/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge “Only about five percent of what we experience as adults in terms of life expectancy and health is monogenic,” according to...
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New Study Reveals Hormonal Cause of Morning Sickness and Potential Treatments
Photo Cred: Prostock-studio/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge Recent research by the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Cambridge identifies the key cause of nausea and vomiting during...
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Polygenic Risk Scores Perform Poorly in Screening and Predicting Common Diseases, Study Finds
Photo Cred: Evgeniy Kalinovskiy/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge A new study finds that polygenic risk scores perform poorly in population screening, individual risk prediction, and population risk stratification, suggesting that...
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Study Finds COVID-19 Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Heart and Other Organs
Photo Cred: CI Photo/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge A recent study showed that COVID-19 can negatively impact the genes of mitochondria, which may lead to dysfunction in multiple organs, including...
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Study Identifies Genetic Variant that Increases Risk of Severe IBD
Photo Cred: sebra/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge A recent study gave new insights into the cause of severe inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), identifying a genetic variant associated with an increased...
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NAD Therapy Offers Anti-Aging Possibilities for Patient Care
Photo Cred: YAKOBCHUK VIACHESLAV/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge A renewed search for longevity has left many patients and integrative practitioners desperate to find innovative interventions to prolong health span. Gaining...
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Telomere Shortening Tied to Alzheimer’s in Brain Scan Findings
Photo Cred: Dedmityay/Shutterstock By Tiarra Mukherjee A recent study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE suggests that Alzheimer’s disease-related alterations in the brain are linked to telomere shortening. Telomeres,...
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High Doses of Selenium May Protect Against Ovarian Cancer
Photo Cred: Yulia Furman/Shutterstock By Tiarra Mukherjee, Tiarra Mukherjee A new study, published in Redux Biology, finds that high doses of selenium have anti-cancer properties. Since the micronutrient can be...
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