Health
Health habits are established early in life
The foundation of good health is laid early in life. Two studies show that dietary habits and body size in Norwegian children remain stable for the first seven years of life.
Sep 19, 2022
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News tagged with dietary habits
Health
Research links red meat intake, gut microbiome, and cardiovascular disease in older adults
Does eating more meat—especially red meat and processed meat—raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, and if so, why? Despite intense study, the impact of animal source foods on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Poor diet, household chaos may impair young children's cognitive skills
Poor nutrition coupled with living in a chaotic household environment may negatively affect young children's executive functioning, the higher order cognitive skills that govern memory, attention and emotional control, researchers ...
Jul 12, 2022
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Health
Study finds low vitamin D levels in young people of color
Results from a University of Houston College of Nursing study indicate that 61% of otherwise healthy Black and Hispanic adolescents have low vitamin D levels, that drop even lower with age. The research fills a knowledge ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Surgery
Preoperative BMI and weight may predict outcomes after weight-loss surgery, data spanning 15 years suggests
New research being presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress in Milan, Italy (4-6 June), suggests that preoperative body mass index (BMI) and weight play an important role in outcomes following bariatric (obesity) ...
Jun 3, 2022
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Health
Healthy diet in early pregnancy reduces risk of gestational diabetes
A healthy, comprehensive diet that lowers the body's inflammation reduces the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus, reveals a new study from the University of Turku in Finland.
Dec 29, 2021
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Health
People who eat more fish have fewer signs of vascular disease in the brain
Researchers in France have found a link between eating more fish and a lower risk of vascular brain disease. Vascular brain disease involves damage to blood vessels in the brain and is a risk factor for vascular dementia ...
Nov 4, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
Interrupting high-fat, high-calorie diet with regular 'fasting' cycles helps mice live longer, healthier life: study
In a new USC study on the health effects of a low-calorie diet that mimics fasting in the body, researchers found regular five-day cycles of the diet in mice seemed to counteract the detrimental effects ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Dentistry
Children from wealthy backgrounds at greater risk of tooth wear
Children who attend private schools or have a high family income are more susceptible to wearing down their teeth than those from lower socio-economic areas according to a global study of 30 countries.
Oct 12, 2021
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Cardiology
Mediterranean diet shows promise in men with erectile dysfunction
A Mediterranean diet is associated with improvements in erectile dysfunction, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.
Aug 25, 2021
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