Placeholder while article actions load While “nooch” is a relatively new term, nutritional yeast has been around for decades. According to NPR, the product hit shelves in 1950 and became popular with hippies in the late 1960s and 1970s. Since then, nooch has been a prized ingredient among people who adhere to plant-based diets for … Read more
By Simon Spichak, MSc | August 10th, 2022 Healthy diets seem to prevent dementia. Why is it so hard to prove? It is still challenging to accurately track what people eat over long periods of time. It’s even tougher to link this data to brain health. A panel of experts say the answer may lie … Read more
If you ask me (or pretty much anyone, really), watermelon has to be the best summer fruit… ever. It’s beyond tasty, immensely hydrating, and—as we’ll get to soon enough—super customizable, with countless ways to enjoy it throughout the warmest months of the year. While these benefits likely aren’t too surprising, what you may not know … Read more
Pandemic-era rules around telemedicine have been a huge boost to efforts to prevent opioid overdoses in the US. But those rules are also how controversial startup companies like Cerebral were able to prescribe Adderall and Xanax to huge numbers of people — and efforts to stem that flood of prescriptions could sweep away overdose prevention … Read more
Monkeypox vaccines have almost run out in Brighton less than a week after the city welcomed hundreds of thousands of revellers for Pride celebrations. The local rollout of the modified smallpox jab has been paused until further stocks have arrived — but that might not be for another month. Only people with existing appointments will … Read more
Summary: While more commonly associated with promoting aggressive behaviors, testosterone can also promote social affection and prosocial behaviors in males, a new study on gerbils finds. Source: Emory University Testosterone can foster friendly, prosocial behavior in males, a new animal study finds. The Proceedings of the Royal Society B published the research on Mongolian gerbils conducted by … Read more
A corneal implant created from pig’s skin has successfully restored the sight in 20 blind or visually-impaired people as part of a promising trial. The implant is made from collagen protein from the animal, and resembles the human cornea – the transparent part of the eye that covers the iris and pupil. Scientists at Linkoping University … Read more
A man who drinks his own urine each morning as he believes it is a natural ‘cure-all’ says his bizarre habit led to a bust-up with his housemate – who was sick of the ‘smell’ wafting into the kitchen. The man, who goes by Brother Sage, says he first started the unusual practice almost two … Read more
A seemingly healthy father-of-three recently diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer has warned of the everyday symptoms everyone should know about. Business development manager Mark Ryan, 37, first felt something was wrong when he started to experience abdominal and back pain in January. He said: “Earlier this year, I started to suffer with severe abdominal and back … Read more
A man crosses a main road as pedestrians carrying food walk along the footpath in central Sydney, Australia, August 12, 2015. — Reuters/File Have you ever wondered why are you gaining weight even when you are exercising and not eating much? According to a couple of studies by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators, it was revealed … Read more