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Once a top hedge fund manager on Wall Street, Jason Karp’s life was defined by speed, stress, and success. But in his early 20s, things took a sharp turn. Despite thriving professionally, his health was deteriorating. Doctors handed him grim diagnoses: multiple autoimmune conditions and a degenerative eye disease that would supposedly leave him blind by 30.

Self-hypnosis may sound like a suspicious concept, but according to David Spiegel, M.D., a Stanford psychiatrist and co-founder and chief scientific officer of Reveri, who’s been studying hypnosis for over 40 years, it’s actually an incredibly powerful and therapeutic tool if you know how to use it. 

The heat around asylum seekers in temporary hotels is being felt by doctors treating vulnerable patients, as Sally Howard reportsIn recent months the UK has seen a wave of anti-immigrant protests outside hotels used by the government to house refugees and asylum seekers.Healthcare workers treating asylum seekers have told The BMJ that the febrile political climate is provoking fear among people who already face high barriers to receiving healthcare. Furthermore, doctors and others treating them are being targeted with harassment.The protests have spread after a flashpoint at the Bell Hotel site in Epping, which houses 138 male asylum seekers awaiting…

Demand for joint health solutions is growing among younger consumers wanting to live an active lifestyle for longer. This demand is partly driven by new technologies that help consumers track mobility and recovery. In response, the nutrition industry is exploring solutions that meet the demands of healthy, active young adults and an aging population. Nutrition Insight explores how nutraceutical businesses target diversifying consumer segments with convenient and efficacious offerings with Balchem, OmniActive Health Technologies, and Giellepi. Jessica Arnaly, senior marketing and business development manager at Balchem Human Nutrition & Health, says the rise of “agelessness” is shaping the whole nutrition industry,…

After age 60, many people experience lapses in memory and attention.Antioxidants, omega-3 fats, vitamins and minerals may help preserve cognitive function.Get them from fatty fish, blueberries, leafy greens, cruciferous veggies, eggs and pistachios.  As we enter our 60s, it’s completely natural to experience changes in cognitive functioning, which includes your ability to think, learn and remember. For instance, you might notice that you (or a loved one over 60) have difficulty multitasking, finding words, remembering names or even paying attention. It’s frustrating, but it’s a normal part of getting older. That doesn’t mean you have to just accept it, though.…

A novel strategy developed by scientists at Rice University allows scientists to zoom in on tiny segments of proteins inside living cells, revealing localized environmental changes that could indicate the earliest stages of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and cancer. The study results could offer promise for drug screening that targets protein aggregation diseases. The research team engineered a fluorescent probe known as AnapTh into precise subdomains of proteins, creating a tool that monitors microenvironmental shifts in real time. Unlike conventional techniques that provide only broad signals, this approach reveals how distinct regions of the same protein behave differently during…

Rocks in a Martian crater held minerals that microorganisms produce, offering a potential biosignature for former life on the red planet.Image credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSOn the rocky, dusty surface of Mars, life and liquid water are absent as far as scientists can tell. However, researchers suspect that, long ago, rivers and lakes of liquid water covered the Martian surface, and they have been eager to determine whether life lived within them.Since such life would likely have been microbial, scientists can’t look for fossils. Instead, they study the mineral makeup of the rocks left behind in ancient riverbeds to hunt for molecular clues of…

Dairy foods in the DASH diet support healthy blood pressure and heart health.Yogurt’s nutrients may help lower stroke risk when eaten regularly.Boost nutrition by adding yogurt to meals, dips, or as a sour cream swap. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, with high blood pressure playing a role in up to 57% of stroke cases. Diet plays a big role in both heart health and stroke risk, and nutrient-rich foods like dairy can make a difference. In fact, dairy is a key part of the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), which emphasizes…

Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Sciences have developed a type of bispecific antibody that can activate the body’s T cells to kill cells infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV).  CMV is a common virus found worldwide and in people of all ages. In healthy individuals, it causes no or only mild symptoms. However, in people with suppressed or weakened immune systems, such as people with HIV, organ-transplant recipients, or infants, CMV can cause severe symptoms, which can even become life-threatening.  In babies, for instance, a CMV infection can cause deafness when the…

Rebecca WallersteinerLondonwallersteiner{at}hotmail.comPatrick Vaughan overcame a delayed education and dysfunctional childhood to make a major contribution to international health through his work at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).Much of his career in epidemiology was spent working in low and middle income countries. He served with government health services in Papua New Guinea (PNG); helped start a medical school at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and spent three years researching diarrhoea in Bangladesh. In 1985 he was among those consulted by the organisers of Live Aid on how best to spend the estimated £150m raised by…