Author Archives : Emily Lunardo

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a seasonal influenza vaccine containing adjuvant called Fluad. The new vaccine contains three influenza strains and is intended to prevent influenza in those over the age of 65. Fluad is egg-based and contains adjuvant MF59. Adjuvants are added to vaccines to enhance or direct immune response in ...click here to read more

When it comes to healthy blood pressure, you need to balance your intake of sodium and potassium. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is when the pressure of blood flow pushes against veins. High blood pressure can contribute to other major heart events and even stroke. High blood pressure can be symptomless and if not monitored ...click here to read more

Even with strong efforts to fight obesity, the obesity rates still continue to grow within the U.S. As of 2014, roughly 38 percent of Americans were obese, rising from 35 percent in 2012. Although the rise may seem small, health experts suggest that it is actually quite significant. Marion Nestle, Ph.D., from New York University, ...click here to read more

In today’s busy world, problems such as sleep deprivation, low energy levels and fatigue are just part of a modern lifestyle. Sleep pertains to an actual phase in which both the body and mind are allowed to rest. During sleep, a person is generally inactive and thus, not aware of his or her immediate surroundings. ...click here to read more

Researchers from the University of Nottingham have identified the top priorities in regards to hearing loss – a condition that affects 10 million people in the UK alone. The top 10 research priorities to tackle mild to moderate hearing loss aim to re-focus hearing loss research to areas that can have the biggest impacts, to ...click here to read more

Sleep eating – nocturnal eating syndrome – is a sleep disorder, but it is different from a sleep-related eating disorder. Sleep-related eating disorders are linked with insomnia and nocturnal eating syndrome is associated with parasomnia. In nocturnal eating syndrome (NES) the individual can eat once, twice or even more throughout the night while they are ...click here to read more

The triatomine bug – known as the kissing bug – is spreading a deadly infection of Chagas disease across America. Damage caused by the Chagas disease can affect the heart, and health officials say it has already spread across more than half of the U.S. states. The name “kissing bug” was given to the triatomine ...click here to read more

“Skunk-like” cannabis – a highly potent cannabis – has been found to cause damage to white matter in the brain – a crucial part of the brain responsible for communication between the two hemispheres. The study came from King’s College London and Sapienza University in Rome. Previous findings suggest that long-term cannabis use is associated ...click here to read more