Most forms of memory loss are just attributed to age or some form of dementia but there are other things that happen in our lives that many affect our memory or loss of memory that we have never considered. It’s not always due to senility or Alzheimer’s. We just posted a piece on how prolonged
How many times have you been told to wash your hands after going to the bathroom? Over and over, we are told that one of the best ways to stay healthy and not get sick is wash your hands after using any bathroom, especially a public one. I once worked with a germaphobe. He always
Speaking with a number of older people through the years, it seems that many of them fear losing their memory. It’s bad enough to just forget a name or the right word to use or what the name of that song or restaurant that you liked so well but forgetting more important things like loved
New vaccines, targeting the most deadly forms of cancer in the United States, are undergoing trials across the country and being heralded as promising breakthroughs in the growing field of immunotherapy — immune-based treatments that many in the medical research community believe is one of the most promising ways to treat, cure and prevent cancer.
Losing your hair at any age can be distressing, but even more so when it’s premature or severe. For many people it can be a blow to their self-esteem, and cause them to throw money at just about anything to try and save their hair. The truth is, everyone will develop some degree of hair
Use of the antidepressant mirtazapine (Remeron) was associated with reduced rates of mortality, cirrhosis, and liver transplantation in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients, a registry study indicated. “This protective association of mirtazapine was independent of the role of depression, prescription of other antidepressants, or the use of ursodeoxycholic acid, wrote a group led by Mark
Constantly battling with embarrassing, uncomfortable, unsightly athlete’s foot? The good news is that the fungus that causes nasty skin and toenail infections is headed for extinction. The bad news is it could take millions of years. Scientists analysed samples of Trichophyton rubrum fungus and concluded it may have lost its ability to sexually reproduce as
The Food and Drug Administration has launched a criminal investigation into research by a Southern Illinois University professor who injected people with his unauthorized herpes vaccine, Kaiser Health News has learned. SIU professor William Halford, who died in June, injected participants with his experimental herpes vaccine in St. Kitts and Nevis in 2016 and in
A new study found that night owls—people who like to stay up late—are more likely to die early compared to morning larks, who rise earlier. The new report, published in the journal Chronobiology International, analyzed a study of about half a million people from ages 30 to 73 and followed what happened to them over
What do you think of when you read or hear the term ‘fat cells’? Do you think of globs of slippery gooey, yellow and oily deposits? Do you think of the excess weight of your body? Do you think of high BMI (body mass index) or the many warnings you get from your doctor and
