Sleep More, Snack Less

Who knew our sleep and snack habits were so intertwined? It turns out sleep influences two key hormones that are linked to appetite. Ghrelin makes you feel hungry, and poor … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

How Health Risks Affect Our Healers

In America, we place a great deal of weight on the concept of care. As is the case in other developed countries, it’s a word that gets thrown about a … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

What to Know About MicroRNA, the Nobel-Prizewinning Discovery

Two scientists have been award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNA. Victor Ambros, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, received the prize for revealing how … Read more

Having Trouble Quitting Vaping? You’re Not the Only One

Years ago, Dr. Mark Eisenberg, a cardiologist at McGill University in Canada, recommended that one of his patients—a smoker who’d tried everything to quit but still couldn’t—try vaping instead. It worked; his patient kicked the smoking habit. But recently, the same patient came back to Eisenberg’s office with a new problem. “Now he’s addicted to … Read more