The Petersburg Post

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 - Olive oil – 7 grams per day may keep the dementia away! In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open , researchers used a large prospective cohort study to investigate the long-term associations between olive oil consumption and dementia mortality risk. Their cohort comprising 92,383 American adults revealed that consuming seven or more grams of olive oil per day was associated with a 28% ...

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 - We know that inheriting two copies of a specific gene variant, called apolipoprotein E4 ( APOE4 ) , greatly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life. Now, a new study has found that people with two copies of APOE4 are all but certain to develop Alzheimer's if they live long enough. The findings suggest two copies are not just a risk factor but an underlying cause of the disease, which ...

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 - With the goal of enrolling more than 100,000 participants, the American Cancer Society is planning the largest U.S.-based, behavioral- and environmental-focused study on cancer risk and outcomes in Black women.  Compared to white women, Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer and are 2.3 times more likely to die from stomach cancer, according to CDC data compiled by HHS. To discover the root ...