In aggregate, the microbes from the microbiome. We need this community of microscopic creatures to help us regulate our immune systems, digest food, protect against other disease-causing microbes, and make vitamins. The last includes the B vitamins B12, thiamine, riboflavin, and vitamin K, the last important for blood clotting).... Read More
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Weekend Drinking: Too Much
YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THAT, IF YOU CONSUME alcohol, you should cap it at seven (for women) to 14 (for men) standard drinks weekly. The descriptor light-to-moderate drinker comes to mind... Read More
Is There an Optimal Time for Exercise
The authors concluded that the time of day one exercises “may be important to optimize individual exercise-induced health and performance outcomes in physically active individuals and may be independent of macronutrient intake.”... Read More
Is Sleeping Separately Better?
Adult partner. Sleeping with an adult partner is associated with falling asleep faster, staying asleep longer, and having less sleep apnea.... Read More
Health Habits and Dementia Risk
One in nine adults (45 or older) report confusion or memory loss. ... Read More
Immunotherapy and Melanoma: Wow!
Symptoms may include a large brown spot with darker speckles; a mole that changes in color, size, or feel, or that bleeds; a small lesion with an irregular border, and sections that appear red, white, blue, or bluish-black; and dark lesions on your palms, soles, fingertips or toes, or on mucous membranes lining your nose, mouth, vagina or anus.... Read More