Published March 10, 2018

Researchers at Juntendo University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, have been investigating the link between caffeine and Parkinson’s disease. We know that caffeine consumption is actually associated with a decreased Parkinson’s risk, but little is currently known about how people with the disease metabolize caffeine. The researchers focused on this topic and uncovered something interesting.

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Published March 8, 2018

Researchers found that estrogen turns on a protein called estrogen receptor beta (ERb). This protein then helps protect the brain from the inflammatory damage that destroys myelin sheaths (a hallmark of MS). It seems that ERb affects not only immune cells but also oligodendrocyte cells, which are responsible for making the myelin sheaths.

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Published March 6, 2018

Researchers found that taking the B-vitamin nicotinamide (or niacinamide) two times a day for 12 months reduced the rate of new basal cell skin cancers by 20%. It also reduced the rate of new squamous-cell carcinomas by 30%. And it even reduced the number of actinic keratoses by 20%.

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