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- Secret behind maintaining a healthy weight loss May 6, 2021Almost one in six people worldwide live with obesity, which may have serious health consequences. Researchers now document how to effectively achieve and maintain a healthy weight loss.
- Your stomach may be the secret to fighting obesity May 4, 2021Scientists believe a stomach-specific protein plays a major role in the progression of obesity, according to new research. The study could help with development of therapeutics that would help individuals struggling with achieving and maintaining weight loss.
- HEPA filter effectively reduces airborne respiratory particles generated during vigorous exercise, researchers find May 4, 2021A pair of studies shed light on something that is typically difficult to see with the eye: respiratory aerosols. Such aerosol particles of varying sizes are a common component of breath, and they are a typical mode of transmission for respiratory viruses like COVID-19 to spread to other people and surfaces.
- More sleep or more exercise: the best time trade-offs for children's health April 28, 2021More sleep could offset children's excess indulgence over the school holidays as new research shows that the same decline in body mass index may be achieved by either extra sleep or extra exercise.
- More belly weight increases danger of heart disease even if BMI does not indicate obesity April 22, 2021Research on how obesity impacts the diagnosis, management and outcomes of heart and blood vessel disease, heart failure and arrhythmias is summarized in a new statement. Waist circumference, an indicator of abdominal obesity, should be regularly measured as it is a potential warning sign of increased cardiovascular disease risk. Interventions that lead to weight loss […]
- Leg muscle action assists blood flow independently of age April 19, 2021Researchers report in a study of muscle pump action in the context of chronic lower-limb edema. They found that body posture and exercise habits affect the blood pumping action of muscles in the leg, whereas age generally does not.
- Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to increased risk of colorectal cancer in women under 50, study finds May 6, 2021Colorectal cancer diagnoses have increased among people under age 50 in recent years and researchers are seeking reasons why. A new study has found a link between drinking sugar-sweetened beverages and an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer in women under age 50. The findings suggest that heavy consumption of sugary drinks during adolescence (ages […]
- Many consumers misinterpret food date labels, yet use them with confidence May 6, 2021Misunderstanding food date labeling is common and educational communications are needed to improve consumer understanding, according to a new study.
- Alzheimer's study: A Mediterranean diet might protect against memory loss and dementia May 6, 2021Alzheimer's disease is caused by protein deposits in the brain and the rapid loss of brain matter. But a Mediterranean diet rich in fish, vegetables and olive oil might protect the brain from these disease triggers.
- Secret behind maintaining a healthy weight loss May 6, 2021Almost one in six people worldwide live with obesity, which may have serious health consequences. Researchers now document how to effectively achieve and maintain a healthy weight loss.
- Your stomach may be the secret to fighting obesity May 4, 2021Scientists believe a stomach-specific protein plays a major role in the progression of obesity, according to new research. The study could help with development of therapeutics that would help individuals struggling with achieving and maintaining weight loss.
- Team cracks century-old mystery over the health struggles of explorer Ernest Shackleton May 4, 2021Over the years, physicians and historians have attributed Shackleton's failing health during his Antarctic expeditions to scurvy or a congenital heart defect. By studying other explorers and learning they had symptoms comparable to those of Shackleton, researchers concluded that beriberi provided a sound scientific and medical explanation for the famed explorer's health struggles.