by Jodi Knapp | Apr 6, 2024
The options for effectively managing neuropathy are limited, often leading patients down a path of trying various medications with varying success and side effects. That’s why the authors of a new study published in the Journal of Pain decided to explore a...
by Jodi Knapp | Apr 5, 2024
Your thyroid gland plays a key role in controlling your metabolism, including how your body handles fats in your liver. A new study in the journal JGH Open uncovers a terrifying connection between hypothyroidism and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Around a...
by Jodi Knapp | Mar 31, 2024
For years, the medical community has been on an unsuccessful quest for effective treatments that go beyond merely managing Parkinson’s disease symptoms. Now we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Because a new study in the journal npj Parkinson’s...
by Jodi Knapp | Mar 27, 2024
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a disabling disease in which our bodies destroy their own brains and spinal cords, has puzzled scientists for years. Why would our immune system overreact to normal body tissue and mistakenly start destroying some of our healthy and...
by Jodi Knapp | Mar 16, 2024
Avoiding, even reversing, osteoporosis is not complicated according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. You could say it’s all about having a 9.8-foot friendly giant within half a mile from your home. Strangely, for a study on osteoporosis, it focused on a...