The Medical Advisor

Chronic joint pain affects almost one-quarter of people worldwide. Common joints affected include the knees, hands, elbows, shoulders, back and elsewhere. In most cases, this is caused by the most common type of arthritis, osteoarthritis.  Topical painkillers are products that you apply onto your skin to provide relief for joint and muscle aches. What Is The Main Cause of Joint Pain? The most common causes of chronic pain in joints are: Osteoarthritis, a common type of arthritis, happens over time when the cartilage, the protective cushion in between the bones, wears away. The joints become painful and stiff. Osteoarthritis develops slowly and usually occurs during middle age. How Can I Stop Joint Pain? - Stay at a healthy weight. Extra pounds put pressure on weight-bearing joints like hips and knees. Each pound you gain adds nearly four pounds of stress on your knees and puts six times the pressure on your hips. - Control your blood sugar. High blood sugar can stiffen the tissue t...

Yet another study 1   has demonstrated the significance and importance of adequate levels of zinc and selenium in patients who have COVID-19, and especially in those who have underlined comorbidities identified to increase the severity of disease. These include high blood pressure, respiratory disease, obesity, cancer and Type 2 diabetes. The human body is a complex organism that uses multiple essential vitamins, minerals and elements to maintain optimal health. Selenium and zinc are two nutraceuticals that are important to immune health and a variety of other functions. While these two are important, it is crucial to understand they are part of your body's overall requirements for health and wellness. This means it's important to recognize the roles zinc and selenium play while you seek to obtain a balance of other vitamins and minerals to support your health. Zinc is the second most abundant trace mineral found in the human body. 2  ...

How likely is zinc to help prevent or treat COVID-19? If it is effective, what is the best dose to take? Could Zinc Prevent or Treat COVID-19? Zinc directly inhibits two enzymes essential to the replication of SARS-CoV, the coronavirus that causes SARS. These include papain-like protease 2 (PLP2) and the 3CL protease . The sequences and structures of these enzymes are similar to the corresponding enzymes of SARS-CoV-2 (documented here , and here ). These are enzymes known as “cysteine proteases,” which use sulfur from the amino acid cysteine to carry out their work. Zinc binds to the cysteine to inhibit them. This particular aspect of the enzymes is completely the same between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, zinc almost certainly inhibits the enzymes within SARS-CoV-2. One of the main determinants is what concentration of zinc will be available to inhibit the enzymes, and what concentration would be required to do so. The studies looking at the inhibitory effect of zinc on these e...

Researchers from Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, recently released data 1   after studying the gut microbiome of centenarians living in Japan. What they discovered was a unique bacterium that produced a type of bile acid, which seemed to be common to most of the study participants. People have been searching for the proverbial Fountain of Youth for centuries. 2  Alexander the Great was said to have discovered a river of paradise in the fourth century BC. Similar legends have been told in England, Japan and Polynesia. But likely one of the most famous is that of Ponce de Leon, who received a contract from the King of England to settle an island called Bimini. In 1513, he set sail with three ships and anchored off the eastern coast of Florida. Not long after his death he was linked with the Fountain of Youth. In his later years, author Mark Twain noted that "life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at t...