Switching to vegan or ketogenic diet rapidly impacts immune system
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health observed rapid and distinct immune system changes in a small study of people who switched to a vegan or a ketogenic (also called keto) diet. Scientists closely monitored various biological responses of people sequentially eating vegan and keto diets for two weeks, in random order. They found that […]
Post-COVID Cognitive Deficits Linked With Clotting Proteins
Two distinct blood biomarker profiles predicted cognitive deficits 6 and 12 months after COVID-19, prospective U.K. data showed. Both biomarker profiles featured proteins involved in coagulation, reported Maxime Taquet, PhD, of the University of Oxford in England, and co-authors in Nature Medicine. Among 1,800 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic, […]
Scientists redefine obesity with discovery of two major subtypes
A team led by Van Andel Institute scientists has identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health, disease and response to medication. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Metabolism, offer a more nuanced understanding of obesity than current definitions and may one day […]
‘Where does it hurt?’ predicts chronic pain outcomes, study shows
Pain distribution as reported on a body map, on its own, can be used to assign patients to distinct subgroups that are associated with differences in pain intensity, pain quality, pain impact and clinically-relevant three-month outcomes, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Benedict Alter of University […]