http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Consuming dairy products is vital to maintaining good overall health, and it's especially important to bone health. But there has been little research about how dairy products affect oral health in particular. However, according to a new study published in the May/June 2013 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), consuming cheese and other dairy products may help protect teeth against cavities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-cheese-cavities.html Dentistry Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:28:02 EST news289664876 A healthy Nordic diet lowers cholesterol levels, and therefore the risk of cardiovascular disease, a pan-Nordic study where Lund University participated has found. There was also decreased inflammation associated with pre-diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-nordic-diet-lowers-cholesterol.html Health Wed, 29 May 2013 10:17:34 EST news289041433 (HealthDay)—Although no obvious relationship between organic diet during pregnancy and hypospadias has been found, frequent consumption of non-organic high-fat dairy products during pregnancy might be associated with increased odds of hypospadias, according to research published in the March issue of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-hypospadias-diet-pregnancy.html Health Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:00:01 EST news283095438 Shanghai fished another 809 dead pigs out of its main waterway on Friday, bringing the total carcasses found this week to 8,300 in a scandal that has spotlighted China's troubles with food safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-shanghai-dead-pigs-river.html Health Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:31:24 EST news282569478 Patients who consume high-fat dairy products following breast cancer diagnosis increase their chances of dying from the disease years later, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-high-fat-dairy-products-linked-poorer.html Cancer Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:26:01 EST news282497152 College-age kids who don't consume at least three servings of dairy daily are three times more likely to develop metabolic syndrome than those who do, said a new University of Illinois study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-college-kids-dont-consequences.html Health Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:44:51 EST news282487480 Plant-based diets have received much attention recently, with more celebrities making the change, and countless books touting their benefits.  Recent research has shown that plant-based diets are associated with lower incidence of stroke, heart attack and many forms of cancer as well as increased life expectancy and fertility. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-plant-based-diets-benefits-disease-medication.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:30:07 EST news280656878 A study by researchers at the Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (HMS), has found that dairy intake —specifically milk and yogurt —is associated with higher bone mineral density (BMD) in the hip, but not the spine. Cream, on the other hand, may be associated with lower BMD overall. Published today in the journal Archives of Osteoporosis, these findings suggest that not all dairy products are equally beneficial in promoting bone strength. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-link-dairy-intake-bone-health.html Health Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:19:27 EST news278943555 Taking a vitamin D supplement and drinking cow's milk are the two most important factors that determine how much vitamin D is in a child's body, new research has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-supplements-cow-biggest-roles-vitamin.html Pediatrics Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:18:49 EST news277406323 (Medical Xpress)—New cases of C. difficile-associated diarrhea among hospitalized patients taking antibiotics can be reduced by two-thirds with the use of probiotics, according to new research published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-probiotics-potential-minimize-difficile.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:05:25 EST news272009113 Those tiny balls of boutique mozzarella cheese with the sticker-shock price tag beckoning from the dairy case—are they the real deal, mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, crafted from the milk of water buffaloes? Or are they really cheap fakes made from cow's milk? A new method described in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry promises to provide the answer for mozzarella and other dairy products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-buffalo-mozzarella-buffaloed-consumers.html Health Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:23:51 EST news270300221 A Chinese dairy has been ordered to suspend production after a cancer-causing toxin was found in its infant formula, China's quality watchdog said Monday, in the country's latest milk scare. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-cancer-causing-toxin-chinese-baby-formula.html Health Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:00:02 EST news262266298 Eating more red meat appears to be associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality and death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, but substituting other foods including fish and poultry for red meat is associated with a lower mortality risk, according to a study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-red-meat-consumption-death.html Health Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:00:13 EST news250779632 A daily dose of skimmed milk, enriched with two components found in dairy products, may help to curb the frequency of painful gout flare-ups, indicates research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-enriched-skimmed-curb-frequency-gout.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:03:36 EST news246596601 Adults from 30 to 60 years old, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, aren't consuming the daily recommended levels of fruits and vegetables. Quebecers, however, eat more of nature's produce than their fellow Canadians. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-apple-day-isnt.html Health Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:15:21 EST news245420112 China has discovered excessive levels of a cancer-causing toxin in milk produced by one of the nation's leading dairy companies, the firm said, in the latest in a series of food safety alarms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-toxin-chinese.html Health Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:23:30 EST news244099399 China's state-run media and web users criticised the government Friday after it ruled that small amounts of a potentially lethal bacterium were permissible in frozen food. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-china-govt-food-bacteria.html Health Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:15:51 EST news241420538 China said Friday it had busted a gang that produced and sold fake medicine -- some made of animal feed -- arresting 114 suspects and seizing more than 65 million counterfeit tablets. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-china-fake-medicine-racket.html Medications Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:00:01 EST news239623581 For this year's World Osteoporosis Day (October 20), the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is releasing a 24-page report promoting a three-step strategy for healthy bones and strong muscles. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-unbreakable-bones-world-osteoporosis-day.html Health Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:21:22 EST news237734475 Adults who consume dairy products at least once daily have higher cognitive function than those who rarely or never drink milk or eat dairy foods, according to a new study by researchers from the University of South Australia and University of Maine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-dairy-products-adult-diets-cognitive.html Health Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:11:50 EST news236322694 New research suggests a higher-protein, lower-carbohydrate energy-restricted diet has a major positive impact on body composition, trimming belly fat and increasing lean muscle, particularly when the proteins come from dairy products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-foods-rich-protein-dairy-products.html Health Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:06:16 EST news233831123 Results of a large study among older women suggest that those who ate more of the "sunshine vitamin" were less likely to experience depression symptoms than women who consumed less of the vitamin, according to findings published this week by Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, with colleagues from several other U.S. academic centers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-vitamin-d-foods-depression-older.html Health Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:08:57 EST news233561226 Lowering phosphate intake in humans can reduce heart disease, according to research by experts at the University of Sheffield. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-experts-link-phosphate-intake-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:00:02 EST news226662395 Dairy products can be high in harmful saturated fat but not necessarily in risk to the heart. A newly published analysis of thousands of adults in Costa Rica found that their levels of dairy consumption had nothing to do statistically with their risk of a heart attack. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dairy-consumption-elevate-heart-attack.html Health Wed, 18 May 2011 11:05:17 EST news224935498