Medixa Insights
Evidence-based articles on medical foods, sleep health, pain management, and more.
Why Bad Sleep Makes Pain Worse
The strongest predictor of tomorrow's pain is tonight's sleep. Fix the sleep, and pain medications start working better. Skip the sleep, and nothing else works right.
Intermittent Fasting Works. Sticking to It Is the Hard Part.
Participants ate within a 10-hour window for 12 weeks. They lost 3% body weight without changing what they ate. Their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar improved too.
Sleep and Addiction Recovery
People recovering from addiction are 5 to 10 times more likely to have sleep disorders. Poor sleep drives relapse. Fixing sleep may be the most overlooked part of recovery.
Grape Seed Extract: A Natural Way to Fight Allergies
Antihistamines stop your sneezing. They also drain your energy, fog your brain, and may raise your dementia risk. Grape seed extract blocks histamine through a different path.
Cardiologists Are Rethinking Daily Aspirin
The American College of Cardiology now says people over 70 should stop taking daily aspirin to prevent heart disease. The bleeding risk outweighs the benefit.
Night Shifts Are Shortening Your Life
By the fourth consecutive night shift, your error risk jumps 36%. Rotating night shifts for six years shortens your lifespan. The damage runs deeper than feeling tired.
FDA Approves First New Depression Treatment in 30 Years
The FDA approved esketamine, a nasal spray that treats depression through an entirely new mechanism. It works in hours, not weeks. But it comes with serious trade-offs.
Is Your Sleep Medication Raising Your Dementia Risk?
Researchers tracked 5,000 trazodone users against 400,000 people on other antidepressants. Trazodone users developed dementia more often. The median time to diagnosis: 1.8 years.