Maria Cohut

Brighton

Feature Editor at Medical News Today

Feature editor at https://t.co/jGtpvud4hr. Interested in the brain🧠, weird science, med history, our relationship with our bodies in and after life💀. She/her.

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Articles

Who do the new vaccine guideline changes affect?

1 week ago | medicalnewstoday.com | Maria Cohut

Share on PinterestHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced more key changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination. Per these changes, the CDC no longer recommends COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant people or healthy children. The only populations for whom the shots are still recommended are older adults and people at high risk of developing severe COVID-19 following infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes this illness.
Who should get it and why?

2 months ago | medicalnewstoday.com | Maria Cohut

Share on PinterestWith an ongoing measles outbreak across the United States, some questions about the best protective measures have emerged. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined other experts and expert medical bodies in endorsing measles vaccination as the best way to ensure protection against infection. However, depending on when and what type of measles vaccine a person has had, they may need to get a vaccine booster to ensure continued protection.
Expert Q&A: Should you get a measles vaccine booster?

2 months ago | resources.healthgrades.com | Maria Cohut

Author Editorial Process At Healthgrades, our Editorial Team works hard to develop complete, objective and meaningful health information to help people choose the right doctor, right hospital and right care. Our writers include physicians, pharmacists, and registered nurses with firsthand clinical experience. All condition, treatment and wellness content is medically reviewed by at least one medical professional ensuring the most accurate information possible.
How HSV-1, NSAIDs affect dementia risk

2 months ago | medicalnewstoday.com | Maria Cohut

Share on PinterestResearchers have identified various potential risk factors and causes for cognitive decline, which can sometimes be a sign of dementia. One of these is brain inflammation. Some recent studies have looked both at what might trigger this inflammation and at potential avenues to treat or prevent cognitive decline. An increasing amount of research has also been linking Alzheimer’s disease to herpes viruses, particularly the one that causes cold sores.
3 factors may lower depression risk, new evidence suggests

2 months ago | resources.healthgrades.com | Maria Cohut

Author Editorial Process At Healthgrades, our Editorial Team works hard to develop complete, objective and meaningful health information to help people choose the right doctor, right hospital and right care. Our writers include physicians, pharmacists, and registered nurses with firsthand clinical experience. All condition, treatment and wellness content is medically reviewed by at least one medical professional ensuring the most accurate information possible.
Oranges, exercise, and GLP-1 drugs tied to lower risk

2 months ago | medicalnewstoday.com | Maria Cohut

Share on PinterestDepression affects a large proportion of the global population, but there are ways to mitigate the risk of this mental health condition. Recent evidence builds on the role that elements of diet, physical activity, and certain medications may play in depression risk.
4 takeaways from recent research

Mar 6, 2025 | medicalnewstoday.com | Maria Cohut

Share on PinterestThe question of how to prolong not just human life but human health span is the topic of an increasing number of studies. Some of the most recent research names diet as a crucial factor in ensuring long and healthy lives. One study suggests that unhealthy diets speed up biological aging, while eating healthy foods may help slow it down.
Do diet and exercise hold the keys to longer, healthier lives?

Mar 6, 2025 | resources.healthgrades.com | Maria Cohut

The question of how to prolong not just human life but human health span is the topic of an increasing number of studies. Some of the most recent research names diet as a crucial factor in ensuring long and healthy lives. One study suggests that unhealthy diets speed up biological aging, while eating healthy foods may help slow it down.
Do diet and exercise hold the keys to longer, healthier lives?

Mar 6, 2025 | aol.com | Maria Cohut

The question of how to prolong not just human life but human health span is the topic of an increasing number of studies. Some of the most recent research names diet as a crucial factor in ensuring long and healthy lives. One study suggests that unhealthy diets speed up biological aging, while eating healthy foods may help slow it down.
How to recognize health misinformation and disinformation

Feb 21, 2025 | medicalnewstoday.com | Maria Cohut

In the age of viral content and fast and furious social media communication, disinformation and misinformation, including about health matters, are spreading more widely than ever. Why is this the case exactly, and how can we learn to spot inaccurate and even malicious health information? Why do we fall so easily for false health info, and how can we update our mistaken beliefs? These are some of the questions this episode aims to answer.