by Jodi Knapp | Jul 1, 2023
We often hear that fat is unhealthy, but that is not true for all types of fat. New research presented at the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders World Congress suggests that a specific fat could drastically improve motor symptoms and...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 25, 2023
The occurrence of neuropathy has been rising rapidly in recent decades. However, it’s often overlooked as a disease in itself and just considered an annoying consequence of diabetes. A new study by the American Board of Family Medicine changes this by revealing two...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 24, 2023
Levothyroxine, a drug used to treat hypothyroidism, is prescribed for 23 million Americans every year. In Clinical Chemistry, a Yale scientist warns that up to 90% of it might be completely unnecessary and based on a common cause of misdiagnosis. When more than 10% of...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 21, 2023
Type 2 diabetes is considered a lifestyle disease, meaning that it’s caused primarily by our modern Western lifestyle. What exactly about our modern lifestyle causes type 2 diabetes, and how can we avoid it? That’s the burning question a new study in Nature Medicine...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 18, 2023
Sometimes researchers find the weirdest and most unlikely connections that seemingly have nothing to do with each other. One such connection, which was published in the journal Gastroenterology, was recently made with Parkinson’s and what would seem like a body part...