Vegetarian diet reduces heart disease death risk by 40%

The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases. -William Osler

Commonly used antipsychotic drug Pimozide could offer a new treatment approach to the hardest-to-treat form of #breastcancer, and potentially for #lungcancer:

Exercise Triggers Fat to Release Protein that Improves Glucose Tolerance TGF-β2 is an exercise-induced adipokine that regulates glucose and fatty acid metabolism. Nature metabolism

A chemical commonly found in broccoli sprouts -- sulforaphane -- may one day be used to curb the side effects of antipsychotic medicines for schizophrenia, according to multiple studies. The sulforaphane helped regulate levels of the chemical glutamate.

Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women Park YMM, White AJ, Jackson CL, Weinberg CR, Sandler DP. 2019. Association of exposure to artificial light at night while sleeping with risk of obesity in women. JAMA Intern Med; doi: 10.1001/jama

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Article in Nature: Inhibition of IL-11 signalling extends mammalian healthspan and lifespan Vol632 pp157-165 August 1, 2024 Open access

Erythritol, a popular sugar substitute linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk (The non-nutritive sweetener erythritol adversely affects brain microvascular endothelial cell function. Journal of Applied Physiology, 2025; 138 (6): 1571 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00276.2025)

AI developers (@xAI OpenAI Google AI Anthropic): Internet training data skews negative—complaints & scandals dominate, amplifying biases. Why not incorporate trillions of positive family interactions (loving guidance teaching right/wrong) to balance? This real-world

Scientists have developed synthetic retinoid antibiotics, a new class of drugs that targets methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, tests on mice found. The compounds kill the bacteria by damaging its cell membranes, according to a study published in Nature.

In older adults with unstable ankle fracture, function of that ankle, quality-of-life, and pain are similar years after treatment with close contact casting or surgery, according to extended follow-up of a randomized clinical trial.

A Diet Rich In Fish, Vegetables May Delay Onset Of Menopause, Research Suggests.

fish oil supplements did not reduce the risk of coronary heart disease deaths, nonfatal heart attacks, fatal or nonfatal strokes, revascularization procedures, or all-cause mortality among the study population. The supplements also didn’t protect against major vascular events

Frequent Saunas Linked to Reduced Stroke Risk (May 2 online in Neurology) when compared to participants who had one sauna session per week, individuals who took four to seven saunas per week had a 61% reduced risk for stroke

Eating oily fish and fresh legumes delays the onset of natural menopause by around 3 years,But consuming refined pasta and rice was linked to an earlier natural menopause by 1.5 years,

Hydrochlorothiazide and Skin Cancer High use of HCTZ (≥ 50,000 mg) increased the odds ratios (ORs) of BCC and cSCC by 1.29 and 3.98, respectively. Patients with the highest HCTZ exposure (> 200,000 mg) showed increased ORs of 1.54 (BCC) and 7.38 (SCC)

Memories have been transferred from one snail to another using RNA, according to findings published in eNeuro. Researchers say they got defensive reactions from snails who hadn't been trained to react to mild shocks after transferring RNA from snails that had had the training

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which causes mono, has been linked with an increased risk of seven other disease including IBD, lupus and diabetes.