Self-care is super important, but it’s easy to get too caught up in day to day life to prioritise yourself. From taking care of your skin to making sure you have time for a little R&R, a wellness treat is sometimes very much needed. This week’s Fit List is filled with new launches and favourites that will help you give […]

Biogen Inc. on Wednesday published the full efficacy results from two late-stage studies of its Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm in a lesser-known medical journal, nine months after U.S. regulators cleared the treatment. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Biogen had been under pressure to divulge the full details from the trials, which ultimately produced conflicting results after being halted early. One study suggested that […]

In individuals with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease, the immune cells of the brain—the “microglia”—start exerting a protective effect up to two decades before the first symptoms appear. A team from Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München draws this conclusion based on a study of more than 200 volunteers, which they report in the journal […]

In a recently published study, researchers investigated the reasons behind neuropathic symptoms in long COVID. They found that neuropathic symptoms in long COVID may arise from immune system dysfunction. Larger studies can build on these findings to help scientists better understand the underlying mechanisms. More than half of the individuals who recover from SARS-CoV-2 experience long-term disability, including mental health […]

A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server determined the humoral responses against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in vaccinated hospital workers. Study: Three separate spike antigen exposures by COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection elicit strong humoral immune responses in healthcare workers. Image Credit: Komsan Loonprom/Shutterstock Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a global health […]

Jessica Alba celebrated International Women’s Day with a rare glimpse of her two daughters and an inspiring message about ending gender bias. The Honest Company founder took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a powerful photo of herself with daughters Haven, 10, and Honor, 13. “As a mama of two daughters, I am constantly fighting to leave this world better than […]

The research group of internal medicine at the University of Oulu, Finland, has discovered a previously unknown blood pressure-regulating circuit. This finding is particularly related to high blood pressure due to overweight and obesity, and will open new doors in the field of blood pressure research. Image Credit: University of Oulu The study focused on a nuclear receptor that senses […]

REVEALED: The virtual reality game a top clinic hopes will help anorexia patients fight their fear of food as eating disorder surges among children and teenager during pandemic Psychologists are trialling virtual reality (VR) treatment for anorexia sufferers It is hoped the new therapy to familiarise patients with foods that frighten them Researchers from Maudsley Hospital in South-East London have […]

Whether they need a knee replaced, a hernia stitched up, a cataract in their eye removed or their gall bladder taken out, a new poll shows many older adults harbor concerns about scheduling elective surgery. But once they’ve had it done, most are glad they did. The new findings from the National Poll on Healthy Aging focus on elective surgery, […]

Kate Middleton is carving a new path when it comes to her children’s privacy. The Duchess has been stepping behind the camera to snap candid pictures of her kids for a very good reason: so she can pick and choose what images are shared. “The Duchess of Cambridge is a very good photographer,” Kensington Palace curator Claudia Acott Williams told […]