Overweight & Obesity

No link between eating dinner after 8pm and obesity in children

Researchers at King's College London have found no significant link between eating the evening meal after 8pm and excess weight in children, according to a paper published this month in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Health

Why counting your steps could make you unhappier

Using gadgets to track how much we eat, sleep and exercise is a 21st century obsession. But new research from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business finds unseen costs to measuring daily activity.

Cardiology

Nitrates in heart failure may harm more than help

(HealthDay)—Nitrates don't improve quality of life or everyday activity levels as intended in patients with heart failure, according to research published in the Dec. 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Health

Domestic help needed by older people

Most people in advanced age have someone to provide extra help with daily activities, especially domestic help with housework, washing, shopping and managing money.

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