January 2024
January 27
My patients used to be hung-ho about the COVID vaccine. What changed?
By Danielle Ofri, The New York Times Jan 27, 2024
Cureus: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines: Lessons learned from the Registrational Trials and Global Vaccination Campaign
Cureus, Published: January 24, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.52876
Boosters do not work in people who have had COVID
By Vinay Prasad, VinayPrasad.com, January 21, 2024
Take the scenic route: Rush hour traffic spikes blood pressure as much as high-sodium diet
By John Anderer, StudyFinds January 5, 2024
New York City mayor declares social media an ‘environmental toxin’
By Emily Shapiro, ABC News January 25, 2024
Cannabidiol acts as molecular switch in innate immune cells to promote the biosynthesis of inflammation-resolving lipid mediators
Cell Chemical Biology, Volume 30, Issue 12, 21 December 2023, Pages 1508-1524.e7
Hospitals pay US News to promote their rankings
By Jennifer Henderson, MedPageToday January 18, 2024
Over 4 hours of smartphone use leads to serious health risks for teens
studyfinds.org December 7, 2023
The pathogenesis and treatment of mycoplasma infections
Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter, Volume 17, Issue 11, November 1998, Pages 81-87
Plant-based sandwiches, salads and pizza are NOT healthier than meat options, study reveals
By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL, January 3, 2024
The White House has a pharmacy-and it was a mess, a new investigation found
By Brittany Trang, STAT News January 23, 2024
January 20
FDA clears AI-powered non-invasive skin cancer detector
By Mike Bassett, Medpagetoday January 17, 2024
Original research article increased LDL-cholesterol on a low-carbohydrate diet in adults with normal but not high body weight: a meta-analysis
Atherosclerosis Volume 279, December 2018, Pages 52-61
Effects of swimming training in hot and cold temperatures combined with cinnamon supplementation on HbA1C levels, TBC1D1, and TBC1D4 in diabetic rats
Nutr Diabetes. 2024; 14: 1.
Dietary protein intake in midlife in relation to healthy aging-results from the prospective Nurses’ Health Study cohort
Am J Clin Nutr, Available online 17 January 2024
Physiological characteristics of a 92-yr-old four-time world champion indoor rower
J Appl Physiol (1985). 2023 Dec 1;135(6):1415-1420. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00698.2023. Epub 2023 Nov 2.
A low dose of daily licorice intake affects renin, aldosterone, and home blood pressure in a randomized crossover trial
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Available online 20 January 2024
COSMOS: Multivitamins linked to improved memory, slower age-related cognitive decline
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 118, Issue 1, July 2023, Pages 273-282
Beetroot juice offers nitrate-packed support for COPD
By Claudia Adrien, NutraIngredients USA January 16, 2024
Molecular mechanisms of exercise contributing to tissue regeneration
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy volume 7, Article number: 383 (2022)
January 13
Do omegas help with depression in patients with high inflammation?
J Clin Psychiatry. 2009;70 Suppl 5:12-17
Natural compounds derived from soy and other plants reduce breast cancer recurrence and improve survival
JNCI Cancer Spectrum published Jan. 10
Quercetin in early COVID
Front. Pharmacol., 13 January 2023 Sec. Ethnopharmacology, Volume 13 – 2022
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin treated for prostate cancer, severe infection: Pentagon
CNBC, January 9, 2024
An evaluation of the timing of surgical complications following radical prostatectomy: Data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP)
Arab J Urol. 2020; 18(3): 136–141.
Bottled water can contain hundreds of thousands of previously uncounted tiny plastic bits
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, received January 11, 2023; accepted October 24, 2023
NIH expert says don’t worry about vitamin D this winter
Alliance for Natural Health USA – Protecting Natural Health, 12/21/23
ALS: Blocking inflammation to reduce symptoms
Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2023; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s40478-023-01671-1
Starving Yemen’s drug problem
By Sam Kiley CNN
Researchers discover potential microbiome links to skin aging
Front. Aging, 11 January 2024, Sec. Genetics, Genomics and Epigenomics of Aging, Volume 4 – 2023
January 6
Prostate safety events during testosterone replacement therapy
JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(12):e2348692. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.48692
Psychologists say they can’t meet the growing demand for mental health care
By Rhitu Chatterjee, npr.org December 6, 2023
Pet ownership, living alone, and cognitive decline among adults 50 years and older
JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(12):e2349241. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.49241
Sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages and risk of liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality
JAMA. 2023;330(6):537-546. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.12618
COVID-19 and omega-3: Meta-analysis suggests benefits, but urgent need for large-scale trials
By Hazel Tang, www.nutraingredients-asia.com December 20, 2023
Daily news on nutraceuticals, functional foods, health food and ingredients in Asia and Oceania
By nutraingredients-asia.com
Study spotlights link between gut microbiota and social anxiety disorder
By Nikki Hancocks, nutraingredients.com January 4, 2023
Changes in gut microbiota and lactose intolerance symptoms before and after daily lactose supplementation in individuals with lactase non-persistent genotype
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.12.016
Association of cannabis use disorder with risk of coronary artery disease: A Mendelian randomization study
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Mar, 81 (8_Supplement) 1685
