Health & Wellness Research Weblog | HealthTrekker

Health & Wellness Weblog With Tips And Hacks

For information only. This content is not medical care, advice, diagnosis, or recommendations.

Dementia Vs. PM2.5 Particulate Air Pollution: Elon Musk Hasn’t Saved The World Yet, So Location Matters!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Dementia Vs. PM2.5 Particulate Air Pollution: Elon Musk Hasn’t Saved The World Yet, So Location Matters!
particulate air pollution dementia bluish shanghai buildings in smog


Particulate Air Pollution Vs. Dementia Risk. Watch Out For Downtown!:
As some of the more recent storms might suggest, climate change may be a big problem we’ll have to deal with into the future.

And the decarbonization of the transportation sector might really be a help with that.

To that end, some health problems might actually benefit from retro-thinking.

Specifically, 1970s-era smog concerns thinking.

Because a team of UW researchers is finding that not only might a part of the COVID pandemic pay dividends for individuals, but where you live and work may determine whether or not you get one or more currently “unsolvable” health problems…

Read More >

By: Will  /    /    

Inflammation & Dementia: Special Drugs & Barrier Repair May Slow Or Reverse Brain Aging

Filed Under: Aging

Inflammation & Dementia: Special Drugs & Barrier Repair May Slow Or Reverse Brain Aging
inflammation reverse dementia red plasma ball black


Inflammation Vs. Dementia: Can Special Anti-Inflammatories Slow It Down?:
They say in Math, 1+1=2 and in Biology, 1+1=5.

That just might be true for some of the strange ways that researchers find a solution.

Because among the health problems we might face, Dementia is a big one.

And many solutions from big companies have been tried, with notable failures.

So what’s a researcher to do, give up hope and shut down their division like a few biotechs have?

Nope. Not if you’re Daniela Kaufer and Alon Friedman. You don’t quit; you get weird. And a big part of the solution might one day be as simple as popping an Advil…

Read More >

By: Will  /    /    

Deep Sleep Detox: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning Rinse Cycle May Prevent Alzheimer’s; If You Sleep Well

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Deep Sleep Detox: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning Rinse Cycle May Prevent Alzheimer’s; If You Sleep Well
brain sleep rinse detox red clothes dryers on wall


Deep Sleep Vs. Dementia, Your Brain’s Detox Cycle May Help:
There are a lot of mysteries still out there in the world for Science to solve.

Whether it’s why nature, people, or even diseases exist in the odd ways they do.

During that investigation some ancient ideas are refuted, or even confirmed in some cases.

But for one part of us, Technology is only in its early stages of being able to confirm those ancient conceptual insights.

And a recent investigation by a BU led team may have just found out a function of sleep that is very important for one of our worst health nemeses…

Read More >

By: Will  /    /    

Trans-Fats + Dementia: Tiny Amounts Of ‘Dietary-Plutonium’ May Increase Risk Of Brain Disease

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Trans-Fats + Dementia: Tiny Amounts Of ‘Dietary-Plutonium’ May Increase Risk Of Brain Disease
trans-fat dementia risk yellow and red radioactive sign on building


Trans-Fats. A Little Bit Goes A Long Way Toward Dementia & Alzheimer’s:
We owe an awful lot to technology.

Everything we use to occupy our free-time, improve job-performance, and just become better-educated people can be tied to it in one way or another.

In the future, people who need help with their Health will get help from it too.

Whether it’s precision-surgery, high-resolution imagery, or even AI + Big Data finding & inventing things no human could,

But Technology isn’t always a good thing. And a team from Japan are finding that sometimes its unintended consequences can destroy your health…

Read More >

By: Will  /    /    

Mushrooms And Cognitive Decline: The Fungus Among Us May Help Protect Your Brain

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Mushrooms And Cognitive Decline: The Fungus Among Us May Help Protect Your Brain
cognitive decline baked stuffed mushroom caps


Mushrooms & Cognitive Decline. Could Odd Nutrition Help?:
SCIENCE! cured Polio, but it hasn’t solved all the health problems out there yet.

Hence, all the nutbar alternative therapies that can at-times have a spotty record.

So until the time a company like Biogen finally cures Alzheimer’s,

Researchers are left trying to find any good habits associated with better-outcomes.

And in a mix of folksy-sounding ancient medicine coupled to new research that may confirm old suspicions,

A Singapore team may have found yet another thing you can do to try to stave-off cognitive-decline before it happens…

Read More >

By: Will  /    /    

Repairing Your Brain Cells: Discoveries About Brain-Aging Also Come With A Fix!

Filed Under: Aging

Repairing Your Brain Cells: Discoveries About Brain-Aging Also Come With A Fix!
repair brain cells elephant head profile


Repairing Brain Cells As They Age, New Discovery, New Hope:
So a lot of us worry about losing our abilities, or marbles, as time goes on.

We’d all like to stay healthy as we do age, reflected in that new-ish term, “Healthspan”.

Which flies in the face of the old ideas that say there’s not much you can do.

Especially for the most important part of you, Your Brain.

Well some researchers from California and Canada present a Bad News, Good News scenario in their new work,

And if they’re right, may just prove the old ideas about brain-aging almost completely wrong…

Read More >

By: Will  /    /    

Air Pollution & Your Brain Health: What You Can’t See Can Still Hurt You. And Not Just Your Lungs

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Air Pollution & Your Brain Health: What You Can’t See Can Still Hurt You. And Not Just Your Lungs
air pollution brain damage orange smoke cloud

Air-Pollution & Your Brain Health, UK Researchers Fight The Good Fight:

So we all try to stay as healthy as possible in our habits.

These often include forays into the follies of nutrition & exercise.

And white Saturated Fat is an easy evil to avoid because it’s right on food labels,

Other threats are much harder to stay away from.

And it turns out some strange but important work is being done by our cousins in the UK and also China on the strange impacts of air-quality.

You certainly won’t believe the results; or look at a city-bus the same way ever again…

Read More >

By: Will  /    /    

Zombie Cells And Your Brain: Dementia Symptoms Eliminated With Drano-Like Brain-Cleaner

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Zombie Cells And Your Brain: Dementia Symptoms Eliminated With Drano-Like Brain-Cleaner
removing senescent cells alzheimers chess pawn on board becomes king


Zombie-Cells Removed From Brains, Dementia Gone. Holy Cortex, Batman!:
So aging presents all kinds of difficulties and reductions in abilities.

And Science doesn’t just ask “Why?”, but also “How can we fix it?”

The question is more stark for neurodegenerative-diseases like Alzheimer’s, where people lose their entire -Selves- as a result.

Recently, one avenue Science explores as a solution to many problems, is the existence of senescent or “Zombie”-cells.

And a research team out of the Mayo Clinic found a way to combine that promising frontier in health, with one of mental-aging’s biggest boogeymen…

Read More >

By: Will  /    /    

Note: For informational purposes only. Should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, recommendations, or substitute for professional care.