http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new study suggests that your level of sleepiness or alertness during the day may be related to the type of food that you eat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-links-diet-daytime-sleepiness-healthy.html Health Tue, 07 May 2013 16:48:11 EST news287164085 (HealthDay)—Regularly smoking pot is associated with visceral adiposity and adipose tissue insulin resistance, but not other metabolic changes such as impaired β-cell function or hepatic steatosis, according to a study published online March 25 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-pot-linked-metabolic.html Diabetes Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:50:01 EST news285603337 Consumption of foods high in carbohydrates immediately after birth programs individuals for lifelong increased weight gain and obesity, a University at Buffalo animal study has found, even if caloric intake is restricted in adulthood for a period of time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-high-carb-intake-infancy-lifelong-effects.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:18:29 EST news282917902 (Medical Xpress)—A protein associated with conditions of metabolic imbalance, such as diabetes and obesity, may play a role in the development of aggressive forms of breast cancer, according to new findings by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues. Metabolic imbalance is often caused by elevated carbohydrate intake, which can lead to over-activating a molecule called C-terminal binding protein (CtBP). This over-activation, in turn, can increase the risk of breast cancer. Results of their work appeared in Nature Communications, Feb. 5, 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scientists-molecular-link-metabolism-breast.html Cancer Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:35:34 EST news279362125 People 70 and older who eat food high in carbohydrates have nearly four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, and the danger also rises with a diet heavy in sugar, Mayo Clinic researchers have found. Those who consume a lot of protein and fat relative to carbohydrates are less likely to become cognitively impaired, the study found. The findings are published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-lots-carbs-sugar-cognitive-impairment.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:00:09 EST news269611182 It is probably safe to say that smokers refuse to give up their vice because they believe their waistlines will only get bigger. And while most researchers have long speculated that a metabolic link exists between butting out cigarettes and gaining weight, no study has been able to substantiate this... until now. A research team in Austria has found a link between insulin secretion and weight gain after smoking cessation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-insulin-body-weight-gain-smokers.html Other Wed, 09 May 2012 08:08:47 EST news255769716 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists can already see damage in the eyes of children who have been drinking fizzy drinks and eating too many carbohydrates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-fizzy-predictor-future-health-problems.html Health Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:20:36 EST news252652796 Researchers have linked increased starch intake to a greater risk for breast cancer recurrence, according to results presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-starch-intake-breast-cancer-recurrence.html Cancer Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:40:35 EST news242620822