Health
Malaysians not eating enough fruit
Malaysians should eat more fruit and vegetables to help stave off obesity and other life-style related diseases.
Oct 6, 2015
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News tagged with epidemiological studies
Health
Cooking tips to possibly lessen risk of arsenic in rice
Last month rice lovers got some bitter news. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Consumer Reports released studies showing "worrisome" levels of cancer-causing arsenic in many popular rices and rice products.
Oct 8, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Alzheimer's disease: The first prevention study of its kind
Researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, in Montreal, Quebec, are about to launch the first epidemiological study on the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
Sep 21, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Teen suicide—ADHD medication as prevention
Black-box warnings about the dangers of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications are confusing and could have serious consequences for the risk of youth suicide, according to researchers at the Institut ...
Feb 1, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers study connection between cholesterol level and cognitive decline in old age
Changes in lifestyle could reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. That was the conclusion of a study conducted by researchers of Heidelberg University's Network Aging Research (NAR), who examined the data from ...
Oct 27, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Junk food may impair our deep sleep, finds study
In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University have investigated how junk food affects sleep. Healthy participants consumed an unhealthier as well as a healthier diet in a randomized order. After the unhealthier diet, ...
May 30, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Parkinson's disease appears associated with many cancers in Taiwan
Parkinson disease (PD) appeared associated with 16 types of cancer in a study in Taiwan, an effort to explain the association in an East Asian population because most prior research has been conducted in Western populations, ...
Jun 18, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The new 'runner's high'? MJ users often mix weed, workouts
Eight out of 10 marijuana users in states where cannabis is legal say they partake in the drug shortly before or after exercise, and most report that it motivates them to work out, helps them enjoy exercise more and improves ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cis-regulatory sequences indicative of nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk identified
Research led by the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center in China has highlighted genetic risks for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In a paper titled "High-throughput identification of regulatory elements and functional assays ...
Cardiology
Death due to cardiovascular disease more likely among Black adults born in the U.S.
Black adults born in the U.S. had a higher rate of death from cardiovascular diseases and all causes compared to Black adults who were born in other countries, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American ...
Feb 3, 2022
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