Parkinson's disease may be triggered by gut microbes, according to a study that points to probiotics as a potential therapy for the disease.
Global food policy needs to shift away from focusing on feeding people calories to nourishing people with healthy diets, say leading experts. They state that poor diets were responsible for more of the global health burden than sex, drugs, alcohol and tobacco combined.
Compounds responsible for the colour of plants and vegetables have shown brain enhancing properties in a study that tests the carotenoids on older adults.
Study identifies possible mechanism behind sugar substitute's lack of effectiveness
Could migraines be triggered by what's going on in the mouths of susceptible people? A recent study suggests that the makeup of the oral microbiome could play a role in bringing on the headaches that can debilitate migraine sufferers.
A recent animal study discovered that vitamin D may have an important role in the management of multiple sclerosis (MS) by increasing proteins involved in remyelination.