The meta-analysis of almost 35,000 participants across 99 studies published in JAMA Network Open found that interventions from allied health professionals such as dietitians were the most beneficial for controlling gestational weight gain (GWG). Spanning 30 years of international evidence, the research team including maternal health expert Professor Shakila Thangaratinam … [Read more...]
Fewer Teens Now Perceive Themselves as Overweight
A study involving more than 745,000 adolescents from 41 countries across Europe and North America identified an increase in the amount of teenagers who underestimate their body weight. Tracking data from 2002 to 2018, the peer-reviewed findings, published today in Child and Adolescent Obesity, demonstrate a noticeable decrease in those who overestimate their weight … [Read more...]
Adults With Multiple Kids Engage in Significantly Less Vigorous Physical Activity
Physical activity is a crucial component of a healthy lifestyle, yet only one in three adults in the United States meets the weekly recommendation for exercise. The struggle to stay fit is complicated even further for parents, who often prioritize their children's needs over their own. A new study, titled "The Association between Adult Sport, Fitness, and Recreational … [Read more...]
One Third of Normal-Weight Individuals are obese, according to study based on body fat percentage
The study -- the largest of its kind ever conducted in Israel -- was led by Prof. Yftach Gepner and PhD student Yair Lahav, in collaboration with Aviv Kfir. It and was based on data from the Yair Lahav Nutrition Center in Tel Aviv. The paper was published in Frontiers in Nutrition. Prof. Gepner: "Israel is a leader in childhood obesity and more than 60% of the country's … [Read more...]
High-Quality Sleep Promotes Resilience to Depression and Anxiety
The study, led by researchers at the University of York, highlights that chronic stress is a major risk factor for a number of mental health disorders, including depression and pathological anxiety, but high-quality sleep and coping strategies -- such as the ability to reframe a situation to see the positive side -- can help to prevent poor mental health when faced with … [Read more...]
AI to Predict your health later in life — all at the press of a button
Thanks to artificial intelligence, we will soon be able to predict our risk of developing serious health conditions later in life, at the press of a button. Abdominal aortic calcification, or AAC, is a calcification which can build up within the walls of the abdominal aorta and predicts your risk of developing cardiovascular disease events such as heart attacks and … [Read more...]
Performing Exercise later in the day can result in better control of blood sugar levels
An analysis on the positive effects of exercise on blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes shows that while all exercise helps, certain activities -- and their timing -- are extremely good for people's health. The study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, provides a comprehensive but straightforward summary of the benefits of exercise on controlling … [Read more...]
An early breakfast may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Eating breakfast after 9 a.m. increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 59% compared to people who eat breakfast before 8 a.m. This is the main conclusion of a study in which ISGlobal, an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, took part and which followed more than 100,000 participants in a French cohort. The results show that we can reduce the risk of … [Read more...]
A quick and inexpensive test for osteoporosis risk
As life expectancy increases worldwide, age-associated diseases such as osteoporosis are having an increasing impact. Although early detection could help physicians intervene as soon as possible -- when treatment might offer the greatest benefit -- this type of detection is not yet possible with current osteoporosis diagnostic tests. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central … [Read more...]
Women treated for breast cancer may age faster than cancer-free women
Women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer have increased biological aging compared to women who remain free of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators. Among women diagnosed with breast cancer, the association with faster biological aging was most pronounced for those who received radiation therapy, … [Read more...]
Diet Tracking: How Much is Enough to Lose Weight?
Keeping track of everything you eat and drink in a day is a tedious task that is tough to keep up with over time. Unfortunately, dutiful tracking is a vital component for successful weight loss, however, a new study in Obesity finds that perfect tracking is not needed to achieve significant weight loss. Researchers from UConn, the University of Florida, and the University of … [Read more...]
How Caregiver Speech Shapes Infant Brain
The researchers used MRI and audio recordings to demonstrate that caregiver speech is associated with infant brain development in ways that improve long-term language progress. Dr. Meghan Swanson, assistant professor of psychology in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, is corresponding author of the study, which was published online April 11 and in the June print … [Read more...]
New Study Shows How Marathon Running Affects Different Foot Muscles
Foot muscles are generally categorized as either intrinsic or extrinsic muscles. While intrinsic muscles originate and insert within the foot, extrinsic muscles originate in the lower leg and insert into the foot via the ankle. Both muscle groups help stabilize the medial (inner) longitudinal arch of the foot. Although some studies have linked muscle swelling caused by … [Read more...]
Researchers Design an Innovative Strategy to Fight Obesity Through Gene Therapy
A scientific team from the University of Barcelona and the CIBERobn has designed a strategy to fight obesity and diabetes in mice through ex vivo gene therapy which consists of implanting cells that have been manipulated and transformed in order to treat a disease. This is the first study to apply the ex vivo gene therapy technique to generate and implant cells that express the … [Read more...]
Plants Remove Cancer Causing Toxins From Air
A ground-breaking study has revealed that plants can efficiently remove toxic gasoline fumes, including cancer causing compounds such as benzene, from indoor air. The study was led by University of Technology Sydney (UTS) bioremediation researcher Associate Professor Fraser Torpy, in partnership with leading Australian plantscaping solutions company Ambius. The … [Read more...]
How The Flu Virus Hacks Our Cells
Influenza viruses represent a major risk to human and animal health. Their potential for mutation makes them particularly elusive. ''We already knew that the influenza A virus binds to sugar structures on the cell surface, then rolls along the cell surface until it finds a suitable entry point into the host cell. However, we did not know which proteins on the host cell surface … [Read more...]
Landmark Study Finds That The Shape of The Brain Influences The Way it Works
For over a century, researchers have thought that the patterns of brain activity that define our experiences, hopes and dreams are determined by how different brain regions communicate with each other through a complex web of trillions of cellular connections. Now, a study led by from researchers at Monash University's Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health has … [Read more...]
Married People Who Cheat don’t Often Regret it
Married people who have affairs find them highly satisfying, express little remorse and believe the cheating didn't hurt their otherwise healthy marriages, finds a new report on the psychology of infidelity. The extensive survey of people using Ashley Madison, a website for facilitating extramarital affairs, challenges widely held notions about infidelity, particularly about … [Read more...]
Exercise Seems to Protect Against Major Brain Hemorrhage
Regular physical activity and exercise may reduce bleeding in individuals with intracerebral hemorrhage, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The researchers emphasize the importance of physical activity to protect the brain. The study, published in the journal Stroke and Vascular Neurology, analyzed data on 686 people treated for intracerebral hemorrhage at Sahlgrenska … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Vaccines Aren’t Strongly Linked to Menstrual Changes, Study Says
While the COVID-19 vaccines have made a dramatic difference in controlling the pandemic, researchers are still learning about the ways that the shots may affect people’s health. One of those questions centers around how the vaccines might impact menstrual cycles. Reports of women experiencing changes in their cycles—either in the intensity and frequency of bleeding, or the … [Read more...]
Women Twice as Likely to Be Re-hospitalized After Heart Attack
Women under 55 are twice as likely as men to be hospitalized again within a year after a heart attack, the National Institutes of Health reported this week. The NIH said in a news release that the disparity is likely the result of higher rates of obesity, heart failure, depression and other risk factors among women. The study was paid for by the National Heart, Lung, and … [Read more...]
Women Who’ve had Breast Cancer can Safely Pause Treatment for Pregnancy
For women who’ve had breast cancer and would like to have a child, taking a break from a common treatment to try for a pregnancy appears safe in the short term. A clinical trial studied the effect of temporarily halting hormone therapy, also called endocrine therapy, which reduces the risk that breast cancer will return. After about three years, the incidence of recurring or … [Read more...]
Fasting Diet Reduces Risk Markers of Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers from the University of Adelaide and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) compared two different diets: a time restricted, intermittent fasting diet and a reduced calorie diet to see which one was more beneficial for people who were prone to developing type 2 diabetes. "Following a time restricted, intermittent fasting diet could help … [Read more...]
Exposure Therapy to Feared Foods may Help kids with Eating Disorders
According to the National Eating Disorders Association, approximately 30 million Americans will struggle with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and others, at some point in their lives. In addition to the LGBTQ+ community, adolescents and young adults are particularly vulnerable, and the COVID-19 pandemic didn't help. Recent … [Read more...]
People with Obesity due to Genetic Predisposition have Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
There has been a global increase in the incidence of overweight and obesity over the past few years. Almost one third of the world's population now liveswith overweight or obesity. "The figure is alarming since it is well-established that a high BMI in middle-age increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and other conditions," says Ida Karlsson, assistant … [Read more...]
Oral Barrier is Similar in Ceramide Composition to Skin Barrier
The skin is the body's first line of defense against the environment, particularly against pathogens, chemicals, and allergens. It is now known that a class of biological molecules called acylceramides and their metabolites, protein-bound ceramides, are essential to the formation of this barrier. The outermost tissues of the mouth are closely related to the skin and have … [Read more...]
Obesity Turning Arthritic Joint Cells into Pro-inflammation “Bad Apples”
In a new study published in Clinical and Translational Medicine today, researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that specific cells in the joint lining tissue (synovium) of patients with osteoarthritis are being changed due to factors associated with obesity. Previous research has shown that fat tissue that has been metabolically altered by obesity releases … [Read more...]
How to Prevent a High-Fat Diet From Throwing Metabolism Out of Whack?
The UC Irvine research centered on a protein complex called AMPK, which senses the body's nutrition and takes action to keep it balanced. For example, if AMPK detects that glucose is low, it can boost lipid breakdown to produce energy in its place. Scientists have known that consuming high amounts of fat blocks AMPK's activity, leading the metabolism to go out of balance. … [Read more...]
New Test Could Help Identify Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Scientists looked at the influence of these changes -- known as DNA methylation -- alongside other risk factors in almost 15,000 people to predict the likelihood of developing the condition years in advance of any symptoms developing. The findings could lead to preventative measures being put in place earlier, reducing the economic and health burden caused by type 2 … [Read more...]
Non-Biological Factors and Social Determinants of Health Important in Women’s CVD Risk Assessment
"Risk assessment is the first step in preventing heart disease, yet there are many limitations to traditional risk factors and their ability to comprehensively estimate a woman's risk for cardiovascular disease," said Jennifer H. Mieres, M.D., FAHA, vice chair of the scientific statement writing committee and a professor of cardiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra … [Read more...]
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