Month: July 2023

Global diet study challenges advice to limit high-fat dairy foods

Imagine you’ve been following a strict diet plan, but suddenly a groundbreaking study comes out that challenges everything you thought you knew about healthy eating! Well, that’s exactly what happened when researchers conducted a study across 80 countries to explore the components of a healthy diet. Contrary to popular advice, they found that unprocessed red […]

Published on July 7, 2023

Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Gets Standard FDA Approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted standard approval to Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, clearing the way for wider insurance coverage of the drug. The FDA included its strongest safety warning for an approved drug, a… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on July 6, 2023

Neuroimmunomodulation of vagus nerve stimulation and the therapeutic implications

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a technology that provides electrical stimulation to the cervical vagus nerve and can be applied in the treatment of a wide variety of neuropsychiatric and systemic diseases. VNS exerts its effect by stimulating vagal afferent and efferent fibers, which project upward to the brainstem nuclei and the relayed circuits and […]

Published on July 6, 2023