Circulating tumor cells can acquire the ability to penetrate the walls of lymph or blood vessels. The tumor cells can then circulate throughout the bloodstream to other body sites.... Read More
Breast Cancer Mortality Drops
Breast cancer incidence is highest in regions that are better off economically, but transitioning countries have a disproportionate share of breast cancer deaths.... Read More
Ultra-processed Foods and Health
Ultra-processed foods include colorants, flavorings, modified starches, hydrolyzed proteins, hydrogenated oils, artificial sweeteners, and bulking agents. And I would be very remiss if I didn’t include my bete noir, high fructose corn syrup.... Read More
Morning versus Evening Exercise
We have a master circadian clock in the brain, with this timekeeper synchronizing and controlling our cycles. The sun’s light and the dark cycle resets our circadian clocks. ... Read More
Sleep and Eye Health
Normally, our eye’s fluid (or aqueous humor) flows out of the eye through a mesh-like channel. The fluid can build up if the channel is blocked (or if the eye produces too much fluid). Unfortunately, we don’t know the cause of the blockage, but one can inherit risk.... Read More
Psilocybin and Depression
Subjects who received 25 milligrams of psilocybin had a much greater reduction in depression for at least three weeks compared with the control groups (those receiving ten versus one milligram of the drug).... Read More
Love Hormones and Dementia
A DERIVATIVE OF OXYTOCIN (THE “LOVE HORMONE”) delivered via nasal passages improved memory in cognitively impaired mice. Today we explore the relationship between love hormones (oxytocin) and dementia. While the study did not... Read More
Is Ivermectin Effective?
IVERMECTIN DOES NOT WORK FOR COVID. That is the finding of the ACTIV-6 study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Today we examine the question: Is ivermectin effective?... Read More