292 shares Our results do not necessarily mean that caffeine consumption has a negative impact on the brain, said Dr Carolin Reichert at the University of Basel. But daily caffeine consumption evidently affects our cognitive hardware, which in itself should give rise to further studies.
The researchers study had aimed to assess the impact of coffee consumption on sleep if consumed in the evening.
Sleep deprivation can in turn reduced the volume of the brain s grey matter, as previous studies have shown.
Grey matter refers to the parts of the central nervous system made up primarily of the cell bodies of nerve cells, while white matter mainly comprises the neural pathways, the long extensions of the nerve cells.
A new study found that a ketogenic diet can also cause permanent scarring of the heart tissue. So if the goal is healthy weight loss, choose a plant-based diet.
National health database opens to University researchers
Photo illustration by Lisa Kuehnle/University of Miami
By Maya Bell National health database opens to University researchers By Maya Bell
02-16-2021
Already containing health records, surveys, and measurements from more than 200,000 people from all walks of life, the All of Us Research Program’s Researcher Workbench is a treasure trove waiting to be mined.
An immigrant from Peru, Dr. Raúl Montañez-Valverde was surprised to encounter perplexing research showing that Latinos in the United States are at lower risk of heart disease than their white counterparts despite a generally lower socioeconomic status and access to health care.
February 16, 2021
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) last week published an expert consensus document on the use of coronary CT angiography (CTA), filling a hole yet to be plugged by a long-awaited guideline update from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) expected to address major research advances of recent years.
In 2016, the United Kingdom pushed coronary CTA to the forefront of chest pain assessment with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, and Europe followed suit in 2019. However, US clinicians have been anxiously waiting an update from the ACC/AHA, which was initially anticipated for late 2018, but has seen a series of delays. The lack of chest pain guidelines has been cited as a main reason this modality has yet to be widely adopted and properly reimbursed.