Animals on a plant-based diet have protection against hypertension, even when the diet is also high in salt, with the gut microbiome being a key player in the response to unhealthy levels of salt.

The biomarker myokine Cathepsin B (CTSB) increased after a 26-week aerobic exercise training program. CTSB may be useful as a marker for cognitive changes  in a population at risk for dementia.

The largest study of its kind has uncovered new insights into how genes are regulated in dementia, including discovering 84 new genes linked to the disease.

In a large study, each one-hour increment of earlier sleep times corresponded with a 23% lower risk of major depressive disorder.