Month: January 2022

No one food is a magic bullet. That being said, eating a wholesome, balanced diet coupled with other health-supportive activities like regular exercise and abstaining from cigarettes and alcohol can be an important aspect of maintaining your health.  "As a dietitian, I’m always telling people to ‘eat the rainbow’ because all those different colors represent different nutrients that help keep us healthy long-term," offers Mackenzie Burgess, a registered dietitian nutritionist and recipe developer at Cheerful Choices. "It’s key to create balance by finding foods you both enjoy and nourish you for a healthy mind and body."  5 HEALTHY RECIPES TO MAKE FOR YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION As Elena Paravantes, a registered dietitian, Mediterranean Diet expert and author of "The Mediterranean Diet ...

It gets even better. A new study finds exercise boosts levels of a protein known to strengthen communication between brain cells via synapses, which may be a key factor in keeping dementia at bay. The protective effect was even found in active older people whose brains showed signs of plaques, tangles and other hallmarks of Alzheimer's and other cognitive diseases. "Synapses are the critical communicating junctions between nerve cells and are really where the magic happens when it comes to cognition," said study author Kaitlin Casaletto, an assistant professor of neurology in the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California San Francisco, in an email. "All of our thinking and memory occurs as a result of these synaptic communications," she added. Prior studies have shown that p...

A woman blows her nose in Dalston as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Study included 52 people exposed to COVID at home Those not infected had fought off common colds Authors suggest new vaccines could mimic this protection LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - High levels of T-cells from common cold coronaviruses can provide protection against COVID-19, an Imperial College London study published on Monday has found, which could inform approaches for second-generation vaccines. Immunity against COVID-19 is a complex picture, and while there is evidence of waning antibody levels six months after vaccination, T-cells are also believed to play a vital ...

A renowned doctor known for updating his Twitter followers on the pandemic admitted that his 'parental emotion' caused him to panic when his 28-year-old son got COVID last week, though the odds of a vaccinated young person dying are 'near-zero.' Dr. Bob Wachter, the chair of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, shared his journey of watching his son fall ill with the coronavirus and recover in a series of 25 tweets on Saturday. He said his triple-vaccinated son is 'generally healthy but overweight, placing him in a moderately high-risk group.'   When he caught COVID after watching a movie with a friend, Dr. Wachter described checking in on him frequently, getting worried when a reply came slowly, and even letting himself into his home to find him 'sle...