Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Findings of a cross-sectional study of 560 adolescent subjects shows that higher UPF consumption was associated with an increased presence of depressive symptoms, along with internalizing and externalizing problems. Mental...
Rosemary Supplementation as an Adjunctive Therapy to SSRIs Reduces Anxiety and Depression Symptoms
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. 8-week supplementation of rosemary (capsule containing rosmarinic acid amounts of 21.13 ± 0.56) significantly decreased BDI-II scores (p-value = 0.001) and HADS-A scores (p-value = 0.001) compared to the control group. Mental...
Blue Light Therapy Improves Severity of PTSD-Related Symptoms and Sleep Disturbance
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. 6-week treatment of blue light exposure for 30-minutes each morning resulted in significant improvements in the severity of PTSD symptoms, particularly regarding sleep quality and dysfunction. Post-traumatic stress disorder...
Caffeine Improves Reaction Time in Tactical Personnel
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. A significant improvement and reaction time was observed among participants assigned caffeine and caffeine combination (P < 0.01). Previous studies have already shown the effect of caffeine on reaction time in law...
Probiotic-Inulin Co-supplementation Improved Depression Scores and Reduced Inflammatory Biomarkers in Adults with Coronary Artery Disease
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Two-month co-supplementation of inulin and L. rhamnosus significantly reduced hs-CRP (p=0.020) and TNF-α (p=0.032) levels in subjects, while also decreasing scores relating to the Beck Depression Inventory (p=0.001). Coronary...
Long-Term Multivitamin-Mineral Supplementation Improves Cognition in Older Adults
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. 3 years of daily MVM use led to relative improvements both for memory (P=.04) and for executive function (P=.02) in adults ≥65 years and older. Dementia is a clinical syndrome characterized by progressive decline in two or...
Spirulina Extract Improves Visual Learning and Visual Working Memory in Older Adults
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. 12-week supplementation of a Spirulina maxima 70% ethanol extract (SM70EE) resulted in statistically significant improvements in visual learning (p=0.007) and visual working memory tests (p=0.024). The populations of most...
Vitamin D Supplementation Reduces Depressive Symptoms in Subjects with Major Depressive Disorder
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Significant findings of this systemic review and meta-analysis of 41 papers with a total of 53,235 participants show that subgroup analysis in participants with clinically relevant depressive symptoms (including subjects with...
Selenium Supplementation Improves Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Alzheimer’s Patients
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Analysis of a systemic review of 11 studies and a meta-analysis including 6 papers show that selenium supplementation increased MDA levels significantly by an average of 0.95 (0.44, 1.45) times (p = 0.0002). Furthermore, Se...
Higher Dietary Niacin Consumption Decreases Migraine Risk
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Results of the large cross-sectional study show that compared to individuals with lower niacin consumption Q1 (≤12.3 mg/day), the adjusted OR values for dietary niacin intake and migraine in Q3 (18.4-26.2 mg/day) and Q4 (≥26.3...
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