Exercise and diet. Yeah, you probably know by now that those are the two most important things for trying to build some muscle. They’re not the only things you can do, however. There are lots of supplements on the market that claim to be ideal for muscle gain. Some of them are talking nonsense, but […]
Aging affects the immune system. We know that. Aging affects pretty much everything. The trouble is that so do lots of other factors. How exactly do we figure out what aging is specifically? What should your immune system look like, and how does it change as you grow older? The 1000 Immunomes Project wants to
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If you’ve read anything about stem cells, you know that this is one of the most rapidly growing areas of interest in medicine. Scientists are constantly trying to find new ways to make the most of these little building blocks of the body. It is now possible to receive new stem cells through a transplant,
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Are you hungry right now? Have you eaten enough? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, it sounds like something’s wrong. After all, if you’ve eaten enough, you shouldn’t be hungry, right? The answer to this may lie in the hormone leptin, which has a direct influence on whether you feel full,
You get up in the morning but you’re still tired and you have no energy. What’s going on? You’re not particularly stressed and you’ve checked out your hormone levels, but none of the usual suspects seem to be to blame. Perhaps you’re having a problem with sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is one of the more
Stem cells are truly fascinating. Their potential seems practically unlimited, and we’ve barely scratched the surface. It’s their ability to change and grow – and potentially treat so many different conditions – that appears almost magical. The problem is that we have fewer stem cells when we’re older than we do in childhood. How do
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Heartburn is really a very descriptive name. The moment you hear the word, you have some idea of what it entails. There’s a pain or discomfort that resembles burning, and you feel it in your chest or abdomen, not far from your heart. It certainly flows a lot more easily off of the tongue than
Something is happening in the world of psychiatric treatments. Decades after drugs like psilocybin (you might know it better as the psychoactive component of magic mushrooms) and MDMA (often taken illegally as ecstasy) were criminalized because they were seen to have no medical use, scientists are researching how they might actually be able to treat
You may have heard of your biological clock, but what about your inflammatory clock of aging (iAge)? As this is a relatively recent idea from scientists, you may not know what it means. It’s a way of measuring the aging of your immune system, your risk of developing age-related inflammation and other illnesses, and how
You probably know many of the risk factors that damage your heart health. Smoking, poor diet and not exercising enough are all things we’re told about regularly. One potential danger that isn’t as obvious but has been the subject of quite a bit of research is the harm that loneliness can cause. Some scientists have
