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Walking May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s, New Study Suggests People who carry a gene raising their Alzheimer’s risk seem to especially benefit from walking, the research shows.

Walking reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease, esp. in APOe4 carriers www.everydayhealth.com/neurological....

Link between P. Gingivalis (gum disease) and AFIB (Atrial fibrillation) www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

Association between ultra-processed food consumption and lung cancer risk: a population-based cohort study Background The evidence on associations between ultra-processed foods (UPF) and lung cancer risk is limited and inconsistent. Research question Are UPF associated with an increased risk of lung cance...

Who thought lung cancer had anything to do with diet? Ultraprocessed foods increase risk of lung cancer thorax.bmj.com/content/earl...

Ketogenic Diets Are Associated with an Elevated Risk for All Cancers: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the NHANES 2001–2018 Ketogenic diet (KD) has increasingly been applied in anti-cancer therapy in recent years; however, its effect on cancer development risk remains controversial. We examined the association between d...

Ketogenic diets might increase cancer risk (based on adhering to the dietary ketogenic ratio) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Alzheimer's disease is a tauopathy & researchers spotted evidence of excessive glycogen levels both in tauopathy models created in fruit flies & in the brain cells of people with Alzheimer's. Managing glycogen with a restricted diet is beneficial.https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-025-01314-w

Tick Bites Highest In 5 Years, CDC Says. How to Protect Yourself The CDC reports the highest number of tick bites across the United States in five years. Experts say climate change is contributing to the increase in tick populations and diseases they carry, such as...

In the last ten years, Lyme disease incidence has increased from 8 cases per 100,000 people to 18 per 100,000, with this year being particularly bad. www.healthline.com/health-news/...

YouTube video by Ben Weitz, DC Measuring Bile Acids and Short Chain Fatty Acids with Dr. Tom Fabian: Rational Wellness Podcast 421

I discuss with Dr. Tom Fabian of Diagnostic Solutions Lab about testing for Bile acids and Short Chain Fatty Acids with the GI Map stool test: youtu.be/5BlN0oDw31k?...

Structured vs Self-Guided Multidomain Lifestyle Interventions for Global Cognitive Function This randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of structured vs self-guided multidomain lifestyle interventions on changes in global cognitive function over 2 years among older adults at risk of c...

A structured lifestyle intervention of regular physical exercise, adherence to the MIND diet, cognitive challenge & social engagement, & cardiovascular health monitoring led to a significant greater improvement in global cognition over 2 years jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Sweet but risky: Common sweeteners may be accelerating puberty in kids Kids who consume artificial and natural sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, and glycyrrhizin may face an increased risk of early puberty, especially if they carry specific genetic markers. This larg...

Kids who consume artificial sweeteners may face an increased risk of early puberty www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Exposures to Contemporary and Emerging Chemicals among Children Aged 2 to 4 Years in the United States Environmental Influences on the Child Health Outcome (ECHO) Cohort Prenatal and early life exposure to environmental chemicals can increase the risk of multiple adverse child health outcomes. However, biomonitoring data for young children remain limited. This study l...

The urine of 200 toddlers contains 96 toxic chemicals with 34 chemicals found in 90% of the children—some of which aren’t even tracked by government health surveys pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

UCLA Scientists Identify 4 Key Pathways to Alzheimer’s Disease Researchers have identified sequential diagnostic patterns that may enhance early detection and improve strategies for disease prevention. Researchers at UCLA Health have uncovered four distinct pathw...

UCLA scientists identify 4 pathways that lead to Alzheimer's disease, including vascular, inflammatory (Encephalopathy pathway), and atrophic (Mild cognitive impairment pathway). Sounds similar to Dr. Bredesen's 6 types of Alzheimer's. scitechdaily.com/ucla-scienti...

Suvorexant acutely effective in reducing Alzheimer’s-related biomarkers PHILADELPHIA — In cognitively healthy but sleep-poor adults in midlife, treatment with 20 mg suvorexin led to acute decreases in Alzheimer’s-related biomarkers compared with 10 mg of the d...

The prescription sleep medication suvorexant reduces both tau and amyloid beta levels www.healio.com/news/neurolo...

YouTube video by Ben Weitz, DC Brain Health with Dr. Austin Perlmutter: Rational Wellness Podcast 420

Brain Health for Longevity with Dr. Austin Perlmutter youtu.be/DpGqcw4HWjo?...

YouTube video by Ben Weitz, DC Brain Health with Dr. Austin Perlmutter: Rational Wellness Podcast 420

Brain Health for Longevity with Dr. Austin Perlmutter youtu.be/DpGqcw4HWjo?...

Lower your risk of early death by some 40% with this lifestyle change | CNN Doing a certain amount of exercise is linked to a 30% to 40% lower risk of an early death from any cause, according to a new analysis of 85 studies.

Exercise increases lifespan, with the largest 20–40% risk reduction in all-cause mortality and 30–40% risk reduction in CVD mortality resulting from doing moderate activity for at least 300 min/wk www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/h...

Polyphenol Intake and Risk of Dementia and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: Principal Component Analysis Approach Polyphenols have been associated with brain health, but their impact on humans, especially in combinations, has been less explored.

Polyphenols, esp. flavonols, lignans, and isoflavonoids primarily from cruciferous vegetables, pulses, and leafy greens, were significantly associated with a reduced risk of dementia and slower cognitive decline. jn.nutrition.org/article/S002...

Mediterranean Diet, Semen Quality, and Medically Assisted Reproductive Outcomes in the Male Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Environmental pollution, sedentary lifestyles, and unhealthy dietary patterns have been hypothesized as the main modifiable factors of human semen quality decline. The study aimed to assess the associ...

Adherence to a Mediterranean diet improves sperm count, motility and normal morphology advances.nutrition.org/article/S216...

YouTube video by Ben Weitz, DC Hormone Replacement Therapy with Dr. Marcia Harris: Rational Wellness Podcast 419

Reevaluating Hormone Replacement Therapy with Dr. Marcia Harris youtu.be/MFWzqoW_il8?...

High protein pasta due to the addition of cricket powder www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/14...

Beneficial changes in total cholesterol, LDL-C, biomarkers of intestinal inflammation, and vitamin E status in adults with metabolic syndrome consuming almonds as snack foods: a randomized controlled ... Chronic inflammation and gut barrier breakdown contribute to the progression of metabolic syndrome and affect the development of cardiometabolic disea…

Consuming 2 oz/day of almonds resulted in lower LDL cholesterol, reduced waist circumference, and increased plasma α-tocopherol and decreased markers of gut inflammation (fecal calprotectin and myeloperoxidase) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Micronutrients and Chronic Pain: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis Objectives Awareness about the role of micronutrients in the development of chronic pain has drastically increased. We investigated how serum micronutrient levels differ in subjects with chronic pai.....

Deficiencies in Vitamin D, folate, B12, Vitamin C, and magnesium are associated with higher levels of chronic pain onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Microbial Regulation Spectrum of Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: An Individual-Based Meta-Analysis of 1431 Participants AbstractContext. The gut microbiota plays a significant role in metformin efficacy and therapeutic response. However, studies often have produced inconsist

Metformin appears to improve the microbiome with significant boosts in Akkermansia and short-chain fatty acid producing bacteria, incl. Pseudobutyrivibrio, Oribacterium, & Anaerotruncus, & by diminishing pathogenic bacteria academic.oup.com/jcem/advance...

Dysfunctional one-carbon metabolism identifies vitamins B6, B9, B12, and choline as neuroprotective in glaucoma Glaucoma, characterized by the loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), is a leading cause of blindness for which there are no neuroprotective therapies…

Vitamins B6, B9, B12 and choline supplementation are neuroprotective in glaucoma www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Pathological Complete Response in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial This study aimed to evaluate the effect of vitamin D (VD) supplementation on the pathological complete response (pCR) rate in women with breast cancer (BC) undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT)...

Supplementation of vitamin D enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy in women with breast cancer www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Omega 3 supplements effectively reduce the incidence of oral mucositis of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Lower slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep are associated with brain atrophy of Alzheimer’s disease-vulnerable regions | Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Study Objectives: Sleep deficiency is associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis. We examined the association of sleep architecture with anatomical features observed in AD: (1) atrophy of h...

Disruptions in deep and REM sleep are associated with shrinkage of brain regions associated with Alzheimer's Disease jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/...

We may be able to remove microplastics from the body using therapeutic apheresis (filtering the blood) genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...

YouTube video by Ben Weitz, DC Plant Peptides with Dr. Andy Franklyn-Miller: Rational Wellness Podcast 418

Listen to this fascinating discussion with Dr. Andy Franklyn-Miller from Nuritas about the plant peptides they are developing, including Peptistrong: youtu.be/9Jj5NsqCNKY?...

Scientists Find Molecule That Blocks Brain Cell Death In Parkinson's, Alzheimer's A team of Australian scientists has identified a small molecule that blocks cell death, an advance that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

A team of Australian scientists has identified a small molecule that blocks cell death, an advance that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. www.ndtv.com/world-news/s...