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The brains of cognitively healthy older adults grow more new neurons than their peers, according to a study from UIC, Northwestern University and the University of Washington. The researchers found that the brains of the super-elderly – octogenarians with unusually nimble minds – were the most neuronally fertile, while those with Alzheimer’s had negligible new growth. This is a big step forward in understanding how the human brain processes knowledge, forms memories and ages. “Determining why some brains age more healthily than others can help researchers develop treatments for healthy aging, cognitive resilience, and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease…

It’s February American Heart Month.A few weeks ago, as I was completing my physical, my doctor asked me, “When was the last time you had an echocardiogram?”I had an extremely stressful year and didn’t want to think about doing anything more. But my family has a history of heart disease and I knew that getting this simple test was the right thing to do for my health. I went downstairs to the radiology department, script in hand. When the radiologist called me without much of a wait, I thought I’d at least get out of there quickly. But the echo…

You don’t need a perfect nursery to be baby-ready in the second trimester. What you need are a few small systems that reduce the mental load and make daily tasks run more smoothly. The second trimester is a sweet spot for low-lift preparation: your energy can be more steady, big decisions less urgent, and you can move at a comfortable pace. Think checklists you can complete in an afternoon, containers you can reuse, and spaces that support rest and recovery. These 10 ideas help you gently and practically prepare your home so you can head into the third trimester feeling…

Purified vs. Restructured Water: Summary This episode, Purified vs Restructured Water, hosts Tim, its founder ChemicalFreeBody.comwho has previously taught multiple classes to FDN coaches. Tim recounts deteriorating health that began in his late 20s after years of processed foods: weight gain, eczema and other skin problems, chronic acid reflux, anxiety and rectal bleeding. He suffered a severe bout of appendicitis and surgery, which Tim credits as life-saving crisis care, while criticizing Western medicine’s approach to chronic illness. Tim says his fear of the disease worsening grew after seeing friends and loved ones die, including his younger brother who died in…

If you had told me 20 years ago that I would be recommending creatine to women over 50, I would have laughed. Back then, creatine had a bad reputation. We were told that we would gain five kilos of water weight and “spill over”. No thank you. But at age 59, after 35+ years of educating women through menopause and beyond, I decided to try Create Creatine Gummies for myself. Eight months later? I still get them. Creatine is a natural compound that helps your muscles produce quick energy during strength training—and that’s even more important after menopause. How did…

SOLASCURE Ltd (SolasCure), a biotechnology company developing a novel treatment to transform chronic wound healing, today announced the successful completion of its second Phase II clinical trial, CLEANVLU2. The study showed that its investigational product, Aurase Wound Gel (AWG), heals chronic wounds at a faster rate than the current standard of care, providing clinical validation of its ability to provide continuous enzymatic cleansing while simultaneously activating wound healing. Image credit: SolasCure AWG combines a proprietary hydrogel formulation with the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) tarumase. Following a previous Phase IIa clinical study, CLEANVLU, which proved the concept and demonstrated a strong…

Public health officials in England have announced that they have identified a new combined type of mpox in a person who recently traveled to Asia. No information has been released about the patient or his condition, but tests show the virus was a unique mixture of the two known types of mpox. Experts worry about what this means for the future spread of the virus.Mpox virusMpox is related to the smallpox virus. The first symptoms are usually fever, headache, muscle aches and back pain. The infection can also cause the lymph nodes to become swollen and runny. A few days…

Here we are: at number three of this four-part series on the ancestral mismatch. You can read, watch or listen to parts one and two here: Here, in three quick tips, I’m going to give you some basic nutrition strategies that don’t involve a big detour to your local overpriced hippie grocer to buy wild salmon dipped in unicorn tears, and fill you in on the most amazing nutritional changes you can make right now, without necessarily breaking the bank. First, avoid highly fried foods. If you were to walk up to me at the county fair and offer me…

ChatGPT Health, a widely used artificial intelligence (AI) tool that provides health guidance directly to the public — including advice on how to seek emergency medical care — may fail to properly direct users to emergency care in a significant number of serious cases, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The study, fast-tracked in the February 23, 2026 online issue Nature Medicine [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04297-7]is the first independent safety assessment of the LLM-based tool since its launch in January 2026. It also identified serious concerns about the tool’s safeguards against suicidal ideation. “LLMs have become patients’…

Inviting adults to colon cancer screening at age 60 shifts diagnoses to earlier stages without reducing short-term mortality rates, highlighting both the promise and trade-offs of population-based cancer screening. Study: Colonoscopy and faecal immunohistochemistry versus usual care in the diagnostic screening of colorectal cancer: the SCREESCO randomized controlled trial. Image credit: Jo Panuwat D/Shutterstock.com A recent one Nature Medicine study conducted a large-scale SCREESCO randomized trial to assess whether colon cancer (CRC) screening at age 60, administered through primary colonoscopy or stool immunoassay (SUITABLE), provides greater benefits or harms than usual care in adults aged 60 years. Variability in International…