For many people, the New Year is a time to adopt new habits as a renewed commitment to personal health. Newly enthusiastic fitness buffs pack into gyms and grocery stores are filled with shoppers eager to try out new diets…. Read More ›
Year: 2019
Transcendental Meditation prevents abnormal enlargement of the heart, reduces chronic heart failure
A randomized controlled study recently published in the Hypertension issue of Ethnicity & Disease found the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique helps prevent abnormal enlargement of the heart compared to health education (HE) controls. Also known as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH),… Read More ›
Study: Children who drank whole milk had lower risk of being overweight or obese
Research led by St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto and published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition analyzed 28 studies from seven countries that explored the relationship between children drinking cow’s milk and the risk of being overweight… Read More ›
Glutamine may decrease obesity-linked inflammation
Glutamine could help people with obesity reduce inflammation of fat tissue and reduce fat mass, according to a new study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Oxford in the U.K. The researchers also show how glutamine levels… Read More ›
Your DNA is not your destiny — or a good predictor of your health
In most cases, your genes have less than five per cent to do with your risk of developing a particular disease, according to new research by University of Alberta scientists. Source: Your DNA is not your destiny — or a… Read More ›
Organic crop practices affect long-term soil health
Prior organic farming practices and plantings can have lasting outcomes for future soil health, weeds and crop yields, according to new Cornell University research. Source: Organic crop practices affect long-term soil health
Healthy diet could save $50 billion in health care costs
Investigators analyzed the impact of 10 dietary factors — including consumption of fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, processed meats and more — and estimated the annual CMD costs of suboptimal diet habits. Source: Healthy diet could save $50 billion… Read More ›
Compound in green tea plant shows potential for fighting TB, finds NTU-led research team
An antioxidant found in the green tea plant could become key to tackling tuberculosis one day, a team of international scientists led by NTU Singapore has found. Through laboratory investigations, the team led by NTU Prof Gerhard Grüber discovered how… Read More ›
Chemical compound found in essential oils improves wound healing, IU study finds
Indiana University researchers have discovered that a chemical compound found in essential oils improves the healing process in mice when it is topically applied to a skin wound. Source: Chemical compound found in essential oils improves wound healing, IU study… Read More ›
Could some people with schizophrenia in poorer nations simply have a vitamin deficiency?
Four unsolved mysteries around schizophrenia have long plagued the medical community, but a new hypothesis identifying a common link between them and an almost forgotten epidemic of a disease called pellagra could have profound implications for our understanding of psychosis… Read More ›
Want to avoid the holiday blues? New report suggests skipping the sweet treats
A new study from a team of clinical psychologists at the University of Kansas suggests eating added sugars — common in so many holiday foods — can trigger metabolic, inflammatory and neurobiological processes tied to depressive illness. Source: Want to… Read More ›
Consumption of chili pepper cuts down the risk of death from a heart or cerebral attack
Chili pepper is a common guest in Italians kitchens, and over the centuries it has been praised for its supposed therapeutic virtues. Now an Italian research shows that people who consume it on a regular basis have a mortality risk… Read More ›
Lactobacillus balances gut microbiome and improves chronic-alcohol-induced liver injury
Researchers demonstrated that Lactobacillus rhamnosus can dose-dependently reestablish a balanced intestinal microbiome and counter the liver-damaging effects of alcohol consumption in mice to reverse the results of chronic alcohol-induced liver injury. Source: Lactobacillus balances gut microbiome and improves chronic-alcohol-induced liver… Read More ›
Insights into psoriasis suggest a new treatment target
Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have uncovered a novel pathway that may explain why skin thickens in psoriasis and suggests new strategies for developing therapies for the condition. Source: Insights into psoriasis suggest… Read More ›
Study finds association between poor diet, age-related macular degeneration
Participants who ate a diet high in red and processed meat, fried food, refined grains and high-fat dairy were three times more likely to develop late-stage age-related macular degeneration. Source: Study finds association between poor diet, age-related macular degeneration
Tropical flower offers potential new route for treating pancreatic cancer
An international team of scientists led by the University of Bath have made drug-like molecules inspired by a chemical found in a tropical flower, that they hope could in the future help to treat deadly pancreatic cancer. Source: Tropical flower… Read More ›
Beta blocker use identified as hospitalization risk factor in ‘stiff heart’ heart failure
A new study links the use of beta-blockers to heart failure hospitalizations among those with the common ‘stiff heart’ heart failure subtype. Source: Beta blocker use identified as hospitalization risk factor in ‘stiff heart’ heart failure
Study finds BPA levels in humans dramatically underestimated
Researchers have developed a more accurate method of measuring bisphenol A (BPA) levels in humans and found that exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical is far higher than previously assumed. The study provides the first evidence that the measurements relied upon… Read More ›
Women, exercise and longevity
Women who can exercise vigorously are at significantly lower risk of dying from heart disease, cancer and other causes. The research is presented today at EuroEcho 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Source: Women, exercise… Read More ›
Eating more ketones may fight against Alzheimer’s disease
A ketone-supplemented diet may protect neurons from death during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci. Source: Eating more ketones may fight against Alzheimer’s disease