Forget-me-not: How flavanols fight age-related memory loss

A groundbreaking study has found that a diet low in flavanols, nutrients found in some fruits and vegetables, contributes to age-related memory loss. The research included more than 3,500 seniors, revealing a correlation between flavanol intake and performance on memory tests. Notably, adults over the age of 60 with a mild flavanol deficiency showed improvement … Read more

In Washington, a fight over the Kafkaesque absurdity of insurance delays, denials

Comment on this storyComment In the two months it took the insurance company to approve drugs for Washington psychiatrist Jacob Swartz\’s patient, he saw how students, once regulated by ADHD and impulse control, unraveled: When and B they turned downvotes, they were suspended, their self esteem plummeted. While Swartz could see the price of delay, … Read more

AI Fights Superbugs: Help find a new antibiotic drug to fight drug resistant infections

AI technology has helped researchers at MIT and McMaster University identify a new antibiotic called abaucin that is effective against Acinetobacter baumannii, a drug-resistant hospital bacterium. The drug, discovered through a machine learning model, is significant for its narrow-spectrum efficacy and unique mechanism of disrupting the trafficking of lipoproteins within bacterial cells. The machine learning … Read more

Presque Isle, other casinos fight the problem of children left unattended

A man and woman recently took a trip to Presque Isle Downs & Casino to try their luck at the slot machines. The couple left five children ages 2, 4, 5, 11 and 13 in a vehicle in the casino parking lot as they played inside the Summit Township facility for 35 minutes. It is … Read more

How to fight the hidden link between vitamin D deficiency and mental health

Summer is when aromatic flowers fill the air and an abundance of UV rays from the sky penetrate our skin, creating vitamin D. Even though the scorching sun will soon reach its highest peak of the seasons, black women are still sensitive to the lowest reported vitamin D3 levels. This vitamin is partly responsible for … Read more