In a recent study published in the European Heart Journal, researchers assessed the impact of increased salt consumption on life expectancy. Study: Adding salt to foods and hazard of premature mortality. Image Credit: HandmadePictures/Shutterstock Background The impact of dietary salt intake on human health has always been debated. Recent studies report that sodium intake was inversely related to the risk […]

Hangovers are said to be worse as you get older because people have higher blood alcohol concentration than younger people. This means that as you age you have a lower volume of total body water and slower rates of eliminating alcohol from the body. But a pounding headache, mouth like a desert and general feeling of unpleasantness following a night […]

A new systematic review published today by the scientific journal Addiction has found that, globally, around one in every 400 adults (0.23% of the current general adult population) has sought help for gambling problems, either during the past 12 months or at some point in their lifetime. This review is the first to estimate the global prevalence of help-seeking for […]

Bee sting lips have been ‘in’ for a while now. The name refers to the full, plump lips that look like they have been stung by a bee. The term refers to the pouty look people im for when they pump them with filler. Gwyneth Paltrow even takes it a step further and voluntarily gets stung by bees as ‘therapy’. […]

The percentage of methadone-involved overdose deaths relative to all drug overdose deaths declined from January 2019 to August 2021, according to a new study. Access to methadone, a medication to treat opioid use disorder, was expanded at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to allow more patients to take home doses, rather than visit a clinic daily. These data indicate […]

Results from a randomized controlled trial conducted in China found low-dose benzbromarone to be more effective in lowering serum urate levels than low-dose febuxostat (Uloric), with a similar safety profile, in gout with renal uric acid underexcretion. Benzbromarone is not approved in the United States because of concerns of acute liver injury but is approved in several other countries, including […]

Mitochondria are self-contained organelles (they possess their own mini-chromosome and DNA) residing within cells and are charged with the job of generating the chemical energy needed to fuel functions essential to life and well-being. When stressed, damaged or dysfunctional, mitochondria expel their DNA (mtDNA), oxidized and cleaved, into the cytosol—the fluid within a cell in which organelles float—and beyond into […]

Soaring demand for the monkeypox vaccine caused the appointment system to crash in New York City, one of many places where supplies have been running out almost as soon as they arrive. City health officials acknowledged the frustration over the limited supply of the vaccine and vowed to build a “stable appointment infrastructure” as the vaccine supply increases. Infections now […]

Coronavirus: UK infections are up but does it matter? We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Iron is needed by the body to make red blood cells […]

On a cold day in February, a one-year-old cat was abandoned in a box in the lobby of the ASPCA Adoption Center in Manhattan.  ASPCA staffers named the brown tabby Tatum. Stressed and fearful, he was examined by veterinarians, then placed in a large cat condo with toys, bedding and food. “He didn’t come out of his hidey box very much,” […]