Author: healthtost
If you’re starting to notice some sagging along your jawline, an eyebrow that doesn’t sit as high as it used to, or fine lines that weren’t there a few years ago, you’re not imagining it. Collagen production begins a slow decline in the late twenties and the skin’s natural scaffolding gradually loses its spring. There’s no shortage of ways to treat this, from injectables to lasers to surgery. But one of the newest options has quickly gained a serious following and is now available at our Portland clinic! It is called Softwaveand it has become one of the treatments that…
Turning 40 can bring changes that many women don’t expect. Hormonal changes, metabolic changes, gradual muscle loss, and declining bone density can all affect how you feel and how your body responds to habits that once worked for you. Nutrients are the name of the game. The food choices that supported you in your 20s and 30s may no longer provide the same results. This does not mean that you need a restrictive diet or a complete overhaul of your lifestyle. In fact, healthy aging often relies on small, consistent choices. One of the most effective things you can do…
A new oral antiviral drug candidate given either before or after direct contact or airborne exposure to the canine virus, which causes a measles-like disease in ferrets, prevents transmission of the virus and reduces clinical symptoms, according to a study published in the journal. Nature Microbiology by researchers at the Center for Translational Antiviral Research (CTAR) at Georgia State University. The study investigated whether prophylactic (shortly before or after exposure) administration of the newly developed clinical candidate GHP-88310 (described in Science Advances), a broad-spectrum inhibitor of viral polymerase, prevents close contact or airborne transmission of the virus. The results show…
A large US health registry study shows that newer GLP-1 drugs may reduce alcohol-related acute care visits, but the findings remain observational and need confirmation in clinical trials. In a recent study published in the journal BMJ Opena group of researchers evaluated whether newer glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA), including semaglutide and tirzepatide, are associated with a lower risk of alcohol-related emergency department visits (ED) visits or hospitalizations in adults with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) or obesity. Background Excessive alcohol consumption remains one of the most important causes of preventable disease and death in…
Last updated on July 23, 2026 at 8:35 pm When I started buying magnesium supplements, I realized how confusing labels can be. One number appeared on the front, another on the back, and most of the time you needed several capsules to get the advertised amount. That’s when I learned how important elemental magnesium is. So what does it actually mean, how do you find it on the label, and why does it matter? What does elemental magnesium actually mean? Magnesium in a supplement usually doesn’t come on its own. It binds to another substance, such as glycine to magnesium…
Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting about 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes of this disorder is having only one functional copy of the TBX5 gene, instead of two healthy copies, inherited from the parents. However, scientists have struggled to understand why a defective copy of this gene, even in the presence of a second healthy copy, can so drastically derail heart development. Now, researchers at the Gladstone Institutes have shown that TBX5 plays a role in the natural folding of DNA into the architecture that heart cells need to…
A 14-day UK study shows that differences between daytime and weekend sleep hours may be linked to when people use up energy, with the clearest pattern occurring later in the evening. Study: Social jetlag predicts greater evening energy intake in a UK cohort. Image credit: PawelKacperek / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal npj Biological timing and sleepa group of researchers examined whether social jetlag is associated with the timing of daily energy intake during weekdays and weekends among healthy adults in the United Kingdom. Background Nearly half of the general population may experience more than an…
Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk, author, and one of the most influential spiritual voices of the 20th century—a man concerned with solitude, silence, and the demands of the interior life.He is best known for his spiritual autobiography, The seven-story mountainwhich traces his restless youth and eventual conversion to Catholicism.As I mentioned in last week’s Odds and Ends, I recently re-read this book and enjoyed it. It is full of interesting intellectual ideas. But I also caught something else that Merton mentioned: a simple, practical trick for falling asleep.Thomas Merton’s trick to falling asleep when you can’t sleepMerton discovered the…
No one forgets the birth of their first child. For me the blessed event occurred on November 21, 1969. I had done my best to train my wife through the Lamaze breathing techniques we had learned in our childbirth classes. It was now time for her to move into the delivery room to complete the delivery process and welcome our newborn into the world. We were both ready for the last leg of the journey. The nurse turned to me smiling and said; “Okay Mr. Diamond, your work is done now. You can go to the waiting room and we…
I’m not a tennis fan. I said it there. I’ll watch it if it’s on, but I don’t exactly reframe my day around a match or pretend to understand every rule. And yet here I am writing a tennis blog post as someone who wouldn’t exactly call herself a tennis fan. But there’s something about the Wimbledon season that changes everything, right? It gets to the end of June and something changes in my brain. I’m suddenly very interested in tennis. The matches. The clothes. The atmosphere. The strawberries. Like, literally everything about it. So, what is it about…