Dr Reece Yeo - Holistic Chinese Medicine Practitioner

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16/12/2025

Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how the drug could be breaking loops of depressive thinking.

16/12/2025

Neutrophils cause time-of-day–dependent collateral tissue damage after sterile injury through an intrinsic circadian program. Activating a CXCL12–CXCR4 checkpoint repositions neutrophils, limiting inflammatory injury without impairing antimicrobial defense.

16/12/2025

Current medical screening techniques could be failing to catch nearly half of those who experience a heart attack, according to new research, suggesting many of the millions of heart attacks that happen each year could be prevented with improved methods.

16/12/2025

Research reveals people with anxiety share one specific brain chemistry trait: lower choline levels.

Scientists at UC Davis Health have identified a consistent brain chemistry difference in people with anxiety disorders: lower levels of choline, an essential nutrient involved in brain metabolism and communication.

By pooling data from 25 proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H‑MRS) studies, the team compared neurometabolites in 370 individuals with anxiety disorders and 342 without.

They found that choline levels were about 8% lower in those with anxiety, particularly in the prefrontal cortex, a region central to decision-making, emotional regulation, and behavior. This is the first meta-analysis to demonstrate a clear chemical pattern in the brains of people with anxiety disorders, which include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and phobias.

The researchers suspect that heightened “fight-or-flight” activity in anxiety may increase the brain’s demand for choline, leading to reduced levels. While they caution that it is not yet known whether boosting dietary choline can directly reduce anxiety, the findings point to nutrition as a potentially important factor in brain health and emotional well-being. Many people in the United States already fall short of the recommended daily choline intake. Foods rich in choline—such as egg yolks, beef liver, poultry, fish like salmon, soybeans, and milk—may help support healthy brain chemistry, though the authors emphasize that more research is needed before recommending choline supplements as a treatment for anxiety.

APA citations:
University of California – Davis Health. (2025, December 11). *Millions with anxiety share one striking brain chemistry difference*. SciTechDaily.

Maddock, R. J., & Smucny, J. (2025). Transdiagnostic reduction in cortical choline-containing compounds in anxiety disorders: A 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy meta-analysis. *Molecular Psychiatry*.

16/12/2025

Efficacy and safety of time-restricted eating in MASLD

Time-restricted eating (TRE) has emerged as an efficient alternative to manage obesity as it induces weight loss but also improves insulin sensitivity and body fat composition. However, it is unclear whether it confers any advantage over calorie restriction in terms of improving liver steatosis and liver stiffness in patients with MASLD. Oh, Yoon and coworkers conducted an open-label randomised controlled trial in overweight or obese patients with steatosis. Participants were assigned to one of three interventions for 16 weeks: a calorie restriction (CR) diet, time-restricted eating (TRE; eating limited to an 8-hour daytime window), or standard of care (SOC). TRE and CR were both superior to SOC for hepatic fat reduction (primary endpoint), weight loss, and visceral adipose tissue loss, but there was no significant difference between the two interventions. Despite the efficacy on body composition, there was no clear improvement in liver stiffness (measured by magnetic resonance imaging), alanine aminotransferase, surrogate biomarkers of insulin resistance, LDL or HbA1c over the short treatment period. Overall, there appears to be no differential benefit between TRE and CR for the dietary management of MASLD, apart from individual patient preference – which, for long-term adherence, is of major practical importance.

Full text here: https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(25)02272-X/fulltext

EASL - The Home of Hepatology

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Just one hotdog or can of soda per day could significantly raise your chances of developing major health problems, according to a new study. See link below ⬇️

16/12/2025

While lifestyle and environmental factors are certainly still in play, newer research suggests genetics is a major driver of gout risk.
https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-study-reveals-where-gout-comes-from-and-its-not-what-we-thought

16/12/2025

Scientists Find Popular Diabetes Drug Impacts the Brain in Surprising Study

15/12/2025

Learn why dizziness standing up happens, how to spot POTS symptoms versus low blood pressure, and when recurring episodes mean it's time to see a doctor.