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Thanksgiving may be a challenge this year. The pandemic has created a unique situation that could prevent you from seeing your loved ones. Of course, this time of year can also be difficult for people trying to manage high blood sugar or type-2 diabetes. There’s a lot of sweets and carbohydrates flying around this time ...click here to read more

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is becoming a global health burden due to aging populations, combined with growing obesity levels. Without a known cure, researchers are beginning to turn their attention towards identifying modifiable risk factors. One such study from the Universities of Oxford, Sydney, and Southampton has identified a relationship between a heavy workload and an ...click here to read more

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it’s tempting to risk a family get-together despite the pandemic. But if you’ve got heart problems, it’s wise to reconsider. COVID-19 and flu season act as a double whammy of risk for people with heart disease. Being extra vigilant about risk and current treatment practices is essential to lower ...click here to read more

If you start your day with a couple of cups of coffee each morning, you could be doing double duty for Parkinson’s prevention. So, drink up! New research published online by Neurology is showing an association between caffeine consumption and Parkinson’s risk. This is not the first time such a link has been found. What ...click here to read more

Managing blood sugar seems easy from a theoretical standpoint: eating less of it and things should level out. But it’s not that easy. New research suggests another possible risk factor for high blood sugar and type-2 diabetes: popular antacids. In a large-scale review featuring over 200,000 participants, researchers found that regular use of proton-pump inhibitors ...click here to read more

There’s a lot of talk going around about immune health. Wash your hands for 20 seconds, wear a mask, and social distancing are all ways you can cut down your chance for a COVID-19 infection. But do you really know how your immune system is doing? A healthy immune system can help you fight illness ...click here to read more

A new study published in the journal Science Immunology suggests cells in the immune system may play an essential role in protecting mental health, including preventing depression. According to the research, an inflammatory autoimmune response within the central nervous system linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) has also been found in healthy ...click here to read more

Your evening routine could use a bit of a shake-up if you’re trying to manage type-2 diabetes. New research is pointing out that sleep cycles could play a huge role in diabetes management. The study goes beyond sleep duration and quality. Instead of looking at how long and how well people slept, it paid attention ...click here to read more

If you’ve always had a healthy bladder and never experienced a bladder infection, you may take your body’s ability to remove urine for granted. So far, you’ve been lucky. But if and when a problem arises, you’ll likely wish you’d paid to bladder health. Bladder complications might be more common than you’d think. Urinary tract ...click here to read more

Cognitive decline has been widely reported in women during the menopause transition. Women often complain about being more forgetful during this phase of life, so a new study presented at The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) aimed to find the association between menopause and cognitive decline. The study looked to identify whether mitochondrial function may ...click here to read more

How do you keep your veins healthy? If you’ve never really thought about it, don’t worry—you’re not alone. Most people don’t think twice, let alone once, about how their veins are doing. Until it’s too late. Once you’ve got a problem, like varicose veins or deep vein thrombosis, they might be all you think about. ...click here to read more

It’s easy to associate pain with old age. There has been more wear-and-tear on the joints, and it’s later in life where people are at a greater risk of being afflicted by chronic health conditions. But that appears to be changing. New research suggests that in America, pain is hitting harder at significantly younger ages ...click here to read more

Taking a long soak in a hot bath may help those with type 2 diabetes reduce risk factors associated with the disease. New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) suggests that regular heat exposure through a hot bath is associated with blood sugar control. This ...click here to read more

Cholesterol is a bad word, right? Any rational person would want lower cholesterol. In most cases, yes. But cholesterol can also be helpful. You actually need it to build healthy cells. Really, cholesterol is all about management. Separating the good from the bad and recognizing that cholesterol can serve various purposes in your body. High ...click here to read more