Chemists Say This Acne-Fighting Essential Oil Is Actually Effective
Dermstore, Amazon, Sephora Dermalogica conditioning body wash, 100% tea tree oil and Briogeo scalp revival. If you give a skeptical side-eye to any essential oil, you may have written tea tree oil off as a gimmick. But cosmetic chemist Jane Tsui says the ingredient actually has some scientifically-backed uses. “This essential oil is known to […]
What Happens To The Brain And Body When You Feel Suicidal
Justin Paget via Getty Images The body goes through both mental and physical changes when someone is thinking about self-harm. Here’s how, and what we can all do to help. If you’ve ever felt alone in experiencing suicidal ideation, please know you’re not. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12.2 million adults […]
Why Are My Boobs So Itchy?
Basically, anywhere on your body can sometimes feel itchy, but some places are a little more unsettling than others. If you’ve ever experienced itchiness, or irritation on your breasts or even your nipples, you know the frustration of needing to scratch a place you can’t easily access in public. Unfortunately, there are various reasons and […]
MRI-Guided RT Reduced Acute Toxic Effects in Men With Localized Prostate Cancer
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) guided by MRI for localized prostate cancer resulted in fewer toxicities and an improvement in quality of life compared with CT guidance, according to the randomized phase III MIRAGE trial. At 3-month follow-up, incidence of acute grade 2 or higher genitourinary toxic effects was 24.4% with MRI-guided SBRT versus 43.4% with […]
Grb10 offers a potential new approach for treating obesity
For many people, keeping a healthy body weight can be a challenge. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among adults 20 years-old and over, the prevalence of obesity is 42% in the U.S. Obesity-related conditions, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, are among the leading causes […]
Child body weight has limited effects on mood and behavioral disorders
Childhood body mass index is unlikely to have a big impact on children’s mood or behavioural disorders, according to a study published today in eLife. The results suggest that some previous studies, which have shown a strong link between childhood obesity and mental health, may not have fully accounted for family genetics and environmental factors. […]
6 Everyday Activities That Naturally Release Dopamine In Your Brain
Dopamine is one of four feel-good hormones in the brain. Essentially, it makes you happy. And your body releases it with certain activities and behaviors ― many of which you already do every single day. “Whenever we participate in activities that are considered essential from our body’s point of view, our brain releases a large […]
Circadian clocks play a key role in fat cell growth
Disruption of the circadian clocks that keep the body and its cells entrained to the 24-hour day-night cycle plays a critical role in weight gain, according to a pair of studies by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. One study, published June 27, in Cell Reports revealed that stress caused by chronically administering glucocorticoid stress hormones and […]
People with low BMI aren’t more active, they are just less hungry and ‘run hotter’
To date most research on obesity has focused on studying those with a high body mass index (BMI), but a research group in China is taking a different approach. In a study published July 14 in the journal Cell Metabolism, the scientists looked at individuals with a very low BMI. Their findings reveal that these […]
Balancing protein in your diet could improve water quality: Eating too much protein adds to nitrogen pollution in US waters
Balancing how much protein you eat with the amount your body needs could reduce nitrogen releases to aquatic systems in the U.S. by 12% and overall nitrogen losses to air and water by 4%, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. Protein consumption in the United States, from both plant and animal […]