A simple drug regimen to diminish stress and inflammation reduced the risk of developing metastases after surgery to remove cancerous tumors, according to a recent study. The study found that 5 years after surgery, nine of the 18 patients who received a placebo (50 percent) developed metastatic cancer, compared with only two of the 16…

Long-held beliefs that a second COVID-19 infection is less likely to be more severe than the first are being shattered thanks to new research recently published in Nature Medicine. These findings applied to those patients who had received vaccines and boosters, and those who were unvaccinated. “Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the risk of both acute…

Blackheads, whiteheads, and cystic pimples—oh my! When our pores clog and acne aplenty rear their uncontrollable heads, what’s the best way to treat them? Fel will be our helper, mentor, and guide as she shows us the ropes, explaining three reasons why we might be seeing those all-too-familiar inflamed bumps. Plus, she’ll share her personal…

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the company’s COVID-19 vaccine will be “free for all Americans” because insurance companies and other groups will pay the cost, although critics have said his claims aren’t true. “Americans will see no difference,” Bourla told STAT Summit last week. STAT is a healthcare publication. The vaccine, he added, will “be free…

Turmeric has been revered in India and China as both food and medicine for thousands of years, but the West has been very slow to embrace it. The ancient Greeks through Marco Polo were familiar with turmeric, but to them it merely served as a source for yellow dye. Up until the last few decades, even…

If you’re experiencing any matter of health symptoms, from depression and fatigue to high blood pressure and inflammation, your magnesium levels could be the culprit. Here’s an outline of the power of 10 magnesium compounds, from magnesium taurate for staving off diabetes to magnesium chloride for easing constipation and heartburn. Find out which magnesium variant…

Did you know that your gut health and your digestive tract are closely tied to your immune system? A lot of us don’t know but there is a strong link between the two. The digestive system is a long tube-like muscle composed of a lining that filters toxins out of our digestive system and into…

Low grade, persistent inflammation is identified as one of the biological hallmarks of aging in humans, as well as a risk factor for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer, reported researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging—Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in a September study. “If you have a constant activation of immune cells, this can…

Most of us get heartburn from time to time. It may come as a burning sensation in the chest or a bitter taste in the back of the throat. Heartburn is one word people use to describe reflux. It happens when stomach contents come back upwards. Reflux is sometimes painless: You may have trouble swallowing or…

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited illness that ravages the lungs and many other organs in the body. Fifty years ago, children with CF generally died by about age 10. But wide-ranging research has led to dramatic improvements in treatment. Today, the life expectancy for CF patients in the U.S. has risen to about 37…