If you think that taking a supplement might be the solution to poor gut health, think again. Sometimes, a cheeky probiotic can cause other issues such as constipation. Supplements and vitamins are supposed to make you healthier. You take a daily vitamin B complex to feel more energised, a zinc tablet to ward off illness and vitamin D to… well, […]
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Just like the saying, ‘when the going gets tough, the tough get going’, elite athletes are known for their stamina and determination. But nearly a third of professional athletes struggle with mental health. Now, a new study from the University of South Australia is exploring the realities of elite sports and stress, finding that dispositional mindfulness—a keen awareness and attention […]
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A new string-like implant can monitor fluctuations in brain chemicals, like a fitness tracker for the brain. Imbalances in brain chemistry are at the heart of many neurologic diseases. These same brain chemicals also play roles in gut health. So, scientists at Stanford invented "NeuroString"-;a soft implantable probe that can interface seamlessly with both brain and gut tissue. They describe […]
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A large-scale study of U.S. children and adolescents has found that participation in a team sport is associated with fewer mental health difficulties, but that kids who are exclusively involved in an individual sport-; such as tennis or wrestling-; may face greater mental health difficulties than kids who do no sports at all. Matt Hoffmann of California State University, U.S.A., […]
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As the number of people reporting persistent, and sometimes debilitating, symptoms from COVID-19 increases, researchers have struggled to pinpoint exactly how common so-called “long COVID” is, as well as how to clearly define exactly who has it or who is likely to get it. Now, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers have concluded that 1 in 5 adults […]
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A study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management finds teammates who thanked each other before performing a high-stress task had a better cardiovascular response compared to teams who did not express gratitude. The enhanced cardiovascular response leads to increased concentration, more confidence, allowing individuals to give their peak performance. Expressions of gratitude are known to […]
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A new clinical procedure to treat women’s infertility, called CAPA-IVM, is being offered in Australia for the first time at The Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney. The improved In-vitro maturation (IVM) technique was developed by UNSW Medicine & Health Professor Robert Gilchrist and Professor Johan Smitz from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Prof. Gilchrist said that today’s announcement is a real […]
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‘Outdoorsy’ Father-of-two, 60, left suffering memory problems due to tick-borne Lyme disease for more than a year after doctors diagnosed him with Alzheimer’s Russell Bell, 65, from North Carolina, began suffering memory problems in 2016 Wife Nicole got him tested for the tick-borne disease suspecting the illness But results came back negative, with the family not trying again for nine […]
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Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a new highly sensitive blood test for tuberculosis (TB) that screens for DNA fragments of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that causes the deadly disease. The test could give doctors a new tool to both quickly identify TB and then gauge whether drug treatments are effective by monitoring levels of DNA from […]
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A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic degeneration of tissue at the base of the heart’s mitral valve. Mitral valve dysfunction was more than twice as prevalent for those patients, who also were at higher risk of all-cause mortality. […]
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