Animal studies by Carla Nasca, a postdoctoral scholar in McEwens lab, suggest that acetyl-L-carnitine, a crucial mediator of fat metabolism and energy production throughout the body, plays a special role in the brain, where it works at least in part by preventing the excessive firing of excitatory nerve cells in brain regions called the hippocampus and frontal cortex
After a particularly bad binge in September 2022, she wondered if the buzzy new weight loss drug semaglutide, which her friend had told her about a month prior, could help
A small cup-to-disc ratio is the strongest risk factor for NAION
Clalit, a health organization in Israel that covers more than half the population, said the same group was also 92 percent less likely to develop severe illness from the virus
Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, DC, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming are all excluded
Another condition known as bile reflux can also cause GERD after a gastric sleeve
