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Other factors may be at play too. The researchers observed a general adherence to calorie restriction lasting for 17.5 hours between dinner and the following lunch. The frequency of consumption was also high for cereals, vegetables, fruits, and legumes; low for meat, processed meat, and eggs; and negligible for sweets. What's more, subjects were physically active throughout life. The researchers concluded: "Our results support the importance of a daily caloric restriction lapse, hampering nocturnal postprandial stress and optimising metabolic response, associated with high consumption of plant-based foods and physical activity for the longevity of centenarians from Abruzzo."

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As COVID cases ramp up at the same time as spring allergies, doctors say it's important to know the difference between the two because the symptoms are similar. "I think it's like the weather changing. A lot of my friends are sick. It's pretty bad this year," said Alfonso Zamarra, a student at St. Joseph's University. "I think I can tell if it's going to be allergies or COVID. I mean my allergies are like stuffy nose, runny nose, stuff like that," said Jamai Vann from Overbrook. As trees bud and flowers bloom in the City of Brotherly Love, doctors say it may be easy to write off COVID symptoms as allergies, and it's something they're seeing. "We've had patients who have come in saying to us 'I have allergy symptoms.' But based on their description of the symptoms, ...

In the first year of the pandemic, at least four people in Michigan were infected with a version of the coronavirus observed mostly in mink, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Monday. The cluster, which previously included just three cases, represents the first known instance of possible animal-to-human transmission of the virus in the United States. Two of the infected were employees of a Michigan mink farm that experienced a coronavirus outbreak in October 2020. The other two had no known links to the farm, suggesting that the mink variant may have been circulating more widely among area residents at the time. Samples of the virus collected from all four people contained two mutations that scientists have hypothesized may be signs of adaptation to mink, Dr. Cas...

“There’s just no possibility, no rational way this could happen,” he said. Elisabeth Bik, a leading expert in image manipulation, became aware of the company last summer after short sellers filed the F.D.A. petition. In a series of twitter posts, posts on her blog and on the website PubPeer, Dr. Bik has pointed to signs that she said show some results had been copied and pasted from other experiments. “Those were of severe concern,” she said in an interview. Based on the pattern of irregularities in images in multiple papers, she believes “it is highly likely that there was some manipulation going on.” Charles Spruck, a cancer researcher at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in San Diego, who has more than 25 years of experience with the Western blot method, said he be...

Within two years it’s expected that the number of people living with dementia in the UK will exceed one million — up from the current 920,000. Those affected may experience not only memory loss but confusion, mood changes and difficulty with everyday tasks such as counting money and remembering when to eat and drink. But why are cases rising so fast? The fact that we are living longer is often cited as the principal reason, but it isn’t that simple. According to the Alzheimer’s Society, around four in ten cases of dementia may be prevented by addressing lifestyle factors such as eating a balanced diet, staying physically and mentally active, keeping blood pressure and cholesterol in check and not smoking. All these can help keep our brains healthy. Within two years it...

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A heatbroken mom has told how she is losing her little girl to childhood dementia. Florence Swaffield was diagnosed with the devastating disease just months after walking down the aisle at her parent’s wedding. The three-year-old is now living with CLN2 Batten’s disease, a very rare condition. It has no cure and tragically gives a life expectancy of between six and 12 years. She is losing the ability to talk, walk, eat or drink independently – she has already lost almost all the words she had learnt. But despite this, her mom says Florence is cheeky and funny with “the most infectious belly laugh.” Phoebe, a government worker for the Department for Transport from Coventry, West Midlands, said: “Our world has been split into two chapters – pre-diagn...

A cancer diagnosis is scary. Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word. Cancer cells develop in nearly all prostates as men age, and most prostate cancers are harmless. About 34,000 Americans die from prostate cancer annually, but treating the disease can lead to sexual dysfunction and incontinence. Changing the name could lead more low-risk patients to skip unnecessary surgery and radiation. “This is the least aggressive, wimpiest form of prostate cancer that is literally incapable of causing symptoms or spreading to other parts of the body,” said University of Chicago Medicine’s Dr. Scott Eggener, who is reviving a debate about how to explain the threat to worried patients. The words “You have cancer” have a profound effect on patien...

Lindsay Polega’s two-year odyssey with long covid shows how the medical system fails many patients (Jin Xia For The Washington Post) Two years, three bouts of covid and 11 doctors later, no one seems to know why Lindsay Polega is still so ill. She’s only 28 years old and was the picture of health before her infections. Polega, who graduated from law school last year, is now suffering from chest pain, hypertensive spikes, hand numbness and numerous other symptoms. Her life has become a series of doctor’s appointments crisscrossing the towns around her home in St. Petersburg, Fla.: Her primary-care physician sent her to an immunologist. The immunologist referred her to a cardiologist. The cardiologist sent her to a nephrologist and an endocrinologist. The endocrinologist thought s...

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