Nearly Everyone with Duplicated APOE4 Gene will Develop Alzheimer’s, Study Suggests
Photo Cred: Billion Photos/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge Researchers at the Sant Pau Research Institute have made a significant discovery regarding the APOE4 gene and its connection to Alzheimer’s disease....
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Certain Gut Bacteria May Help Lower Risk of Heart Disease, Study Finds
Photo Cred: goodbishop/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge New research suggests that microbes in the gut could be related to cardiovascular health. The study, published in Cell, identified specific gut bacteria...
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Q&A: Incorporating MSC Exosomes into Clinical Practice
Photo Cred: Vershinin89/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge Living in all blood vessels, there’s a special type of stem cell called the mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) that sends out signals to...
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Q&A: Long-Term Integrative Treatment Protocols for IBS
Photo Cred: Andrei_R/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge Long thought to originate in the brain, historically, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been disregarded by conventional medicine and treated as a symptom...
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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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