December 30, 2025

The Best Nighttime Snacks to Eat for Deeper Sleep, According to Health Experts

December 30, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / sleep

Registered dietitians share their favorite tips for making smart snack choices between dinner and bedtime. By Christina Manian, RDN and Ria Bhagwat Published on December 28, 2025 Medically reviewed by Jessica Levinson, MS, RDN, CDN POV: You Forget to Clean Your Pockets Before Laundry Close Credit: Jean Meyntjens/Getty Images Key Takeaways Snacking before bed is fine—if you […]

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Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Reveals Crucial Differences

December 30, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / blood

Health30 December 2025 ByCarly Cassella (Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images) The blood of ‘superagers’ is a potential fountain of youth that scientists are keen to tap into. Emerging evidence suggests that centenarians, who live to 100, and supercentenarians, who live to 110, have unique blood profiles that differ from those who don’t live as long. If scientists

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This is your teen’s brain on phones and social media, according to science

December 30, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / socia; media

Ariana Eunjung Cha and Sabrina Malhi, (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Sun, December 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM MST 9 min read Add Yahoo on Google 32 This is your teen’s brain on phones and social media, according to science 1 of 3 University of Pennsylvania researcher Ran Barzilay is a father of three. His first

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Reduced peanut OIT dose offers safer, accessible treatment for children

December 30, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / OIT dose

Download PDF Copy Reviewed The Hospital for Sick ChildrenDec 30 2025 Children with peanut allergies may not need large doses of peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) to build protection to peanut, finds a new study led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Montreal Children’s Hospital. Researchers found that a small dose can help children with their peanut allergy and reduce the risk of severe reactions from accidental exposures, with less side effects than the current standard treatment. In Canada, peanut allergies

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Skeletal muscle epigenetic clocks developed using postmortem tissue from an Asian population

December 30, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / Skeletal muscle

“This study introduces the skeletal muscle epigenetic clocks in an Asian population using postmortem skeletal muscle tissue” Peer-Reviewed Publication Impact Journals LLC \ image: Figure 1. Identification and characterization of aging-related skeletal muscle-specific CpGs. (A) Schematic overview of experimental workflow. The diagram, created using BioRender, illustrates the workflow starting with the collection of PM muscle tissue, indicated

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Experiments advance potential of protein that makes hydrogen sulfide as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease

December 30, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / alzheimer

Evidence from mouse models suggests CSE is a major player of cognitive function Peer-Reviewed Publication Johns Hopkins Medicine image: A confocal microscopy image of doublecortin-stained newborn neurons (pink) and nuclear stain DAPI (green), which shows that neurogenesis is occurring in the brain of a normal mouse. view more Credit: Sunil Jamuna Tripathi FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Scientists

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Q&A: The norovirus is surging; here are tips to dodge the ‘stomach flu’

December 30, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / stomach flu

by Jon Jeisel, UC Davis edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: CC0 Public Domain Norovirus is the country’s leading cause of vomiting, diarrhea, and foodborne illness, and right on schedule, it’s picking up steam again as the holidays arrive. Recently, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) warned in its weekly newsletter that

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How can I get water out of my ear after swimming?

December 30, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / swimming

by Peter Carew, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes The tragus is the small cartilage flap covering the ear canal’s opening. Credit: Kindel Media/Pexels Swimming is one of the best parts of summer. But long after you’ve cooled down and dried off, you might be left with a niggling feeling—there is still

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Tattoos, toxins and the immune system—what you need to know before you get inked

December 30, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / immune system

by Manal Mohammed, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain From minimalist wrist designs to full sleeves, body art has become so common that it barely raises an eyebrow. But while the personal meaning of a tattoo may be obvious, the biological consequences are far less visible. Once tattoo

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How testosterone went from prostate cancer villain to potential ally

December 30, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / prostate cancer

by Daniel Kelly, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For more than 80 years, men have been told that testosterone helps prostate cancer grow. But a very different picture has emerged over the past two decades. The prostate is a small gland that sits just below the bladder. Its job

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