The Apple Drink That Boosts Weight Loss
The drink can boost weight loss without exercise or changing diet. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
An Alarming Sign Of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
B12 deficiency early in life can lead to these cognitive problems. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide
After Being Selected by Leading PBMs, Benefits Navigators, and Health Plans as the Virtual Cardiometabolic Provider of Choice, 9amHealth Increases the Round’s Total to $25M
9amHealth, the leading virtual provider for cardiometabolic health, announced it has raised $9.5 million in a Series A extension round today. The financing round was led by The Cigna Group Ventures, with additional support from existing institutional investors, including 7Wire Ventures, Define Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, and Founders Fund.
A recent survey conducted by 9amHealth found that 48% of Americans are on or want to be on a GLP-1 medicati...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 15, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 7Wire Ventures 9amHealth Craig Cimini Define Ventures Founders Fund Frank Westermann Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Leaps by Bayer The Cigna Group Ventures Source Type: blogs
Is the Aging Hippocampus Particularly Vulnerable to Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction?
The hippocampus in the brain is vital to cognitive functions involving learning and memory. In today's open access paper, researchers review the evidence for the hippocampus to be particularly vulnerable to damaging mechanisms, including those involved in aging. It is tentatively suggested that physiological and biochemical differences in the hippocampus point to a greater fragility of the hippocampal blood-brain barrier as a common thread underlying pathological changes observed in aging and Alzheimer's disease. The blood-brain barrier is a specialized layer of cells that wrap blood vessels passing through the central ner...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 13, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
The Spice That Boosts The Immune System
A pinch of this spice puts your immune system on guard. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 13, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
What could we do if GLP-1 weight loss drugs were free? Would our obesity epidemic be solved for good?
By CECI CONNOLY and SAMI INKINEN
Unless you have been living under a rock, you likely have heard the names Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro. Or perhaps been humming the jingle. Rarely has a class of drugs (in this case, GLP-1s) achieved such widespread attention in popular culture and the media, which has people clamoring for them in every doctor’s office in the nation.
And for good reason. What we know is that the efficacy and safety profile of these medications is substantially better than any weight loss drug in the past, while our obesity epidemic has only ballooned. As organizations committed to sound science and h...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy ACHP Ceci Connoly GLP-1s Obesity Sami Inkinen virta Source Type: blogs
Science Snippet: Examining Enzymes
Structure of a pyruvate kinase, an enzyme that adds a phosphate group to adenosine diphosphate (ADP) to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Credit: PDB 7UEH.
Every day, our cells must produce all the various molecules they need to stay alive. But the chemical reactions to create these molecules can’t occur without help—which is where enzymes come in. Enzymes are biological catalysts, meaning they speed up the rate of specific chemical reactions by reducing the amount of energy needed for the reaction to occur. Most enzymes are proteins, but some RNA molecules can also act as enzymes.
Thousands of different enzymes ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 13, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Cells Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Cellular Processes Proteins Science Snippet Source Type: blogs
Simple Prebiotic Supplementation Improves Cognition in Older Individuals
Researchers here report that a small trial in humans showed that modulation of the aged gut microbiome via dietary supplementation with a prebiotic produced modest benefits to cognitive function. It is interesting that a prebiotic strategy, generally a weak form of intervention characterized by short duration of effect and small effect size, managed this outcome. There was no improvement in physical performance in the study group, only cognitive function. One might contrast this with what is known of the effects of fecal microbiota transplant from a young individual or flagellin immunization on the gut microbiome, meaning ...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 11th 2024
In conclusion, this Mendelian randomization study found that Streptococcus was causally associated with Bioage acceleration. Further randomized controlled trials are needed to investigate its role in the aging process.
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Considering the Mechanisms of Vascular Calcification
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/03/considering-the-mechanisms-of-vascular-calcification/
Harmful calcification of structures in the cardiovascular system proceeds alongside the development of the fatty lesions of atherosclerosis. Both disease processes are accelerated by chronic inflammation, but d...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 10, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Cognitive Decline Can Be A Sign Of This Vitamin Deficiency
Up to one-in-eight people may have this vitamin deficiency. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Stomach Bloating: One Simple Tip To Avoid Swelling
Stomach bloating affects one-third of adults in the US. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
This Simple Diet Linked To Higher IQ
The reason people with a higher IQ also tend to be healthier could be down to their diet. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Intelligence Source Type: blogs
Vitamin D Deficiency: 6 Common Signs That Are Easy To Miss
Vitamin D is vital for regulating the levels of phosphate and calcium in the body. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
The Familiar Drink That Lowers Blood Pressure
People do not get enough of this in their diet. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Heat Stress Produces Lasting Cellular Resilience via Formation of Tetraspanin Webs
In this study, we use a robust thermal stress paradigm in C. elegans to uncover causal mechanisms by which transient stress may exert lasting impacts on organismal resilience and longevity. We show that transient heat exposure at 28°C during late larval development activates the gene tsp-1, which encodes a C. elegans homolog of the evolutionarily conserved tetraspanin protein family. Tetraspanin 1 (TSP-1) proteins form tetraspanin web-like structures and are essential for maintaining membrane permeability, barrier functions, and heat-induced organismal resilience and longevity. Initial induction of tsp-1 by heat requires ...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 6, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
