Working day and night to metabolize substances of all sorts, the liver is constantly in action. Yet the liver is not infallible, nor is it invulnerable. As a person ages, their liver can accumulate damage that prevents them from operating at full capacity.
After watching someone you know struggle with dementia, the prospect of developing the condition yourself can be terrifying, especially given the fact that effective therapies continue to elude researchers. That’s especially true for those with a family history of Alzheimer’s and other genetic risk factors.
Patients and families have long known about the connection between Parkinson’s disease and the GI tract. That’s because gastrointestinal dysfunction is one of the most common non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, and like so many of these symptoms, it often goes unaddressed.
In the United States, millions of patients and caregivers struggle endlessly with the multidimensional impact of autism. With diverse symptoms like social withdrawal, repetitive behavior, self-injury, stereotyped gestures, and gastrointestinal distress, therapies for autism must impact multiple neurobiological mechanisms to provide benefit to patients.
As people become more health-conscious and increasingly seek natural alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs, those with a wide variety of health conditions are expressing interest in the benefits of antioxidant supplementation.
From major operations to minor outpatient procedures, surgery is ubiquitous in modern medicine. Unfortunately, even the least invasive surgeries are hard on the body.
There’s nothing wrong with having a glass of wine to relax after dinner or occasionally letting loose on a Saturday night. For some individuals, however, the consequences of even a small amount of alcohol consumption can be intense.
Many patients who struggle with anxiety spend years (or even decades) trying to find an approach that truly works to address their symptoms, often without achieving durable relief. Indeed, studies show that the efficacy of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy options can vary considerably, depending on both the nature of the therapy and the individual patient’s response.
There’s no denying that the currently available therapies for Alzheimer’s disease are suboptimal.
Curcumin—the yellow pigment found in turmeric—has long been studied to understand its influence on the biological mechanisms associated with several chronic health conditions.
