Oncology & Cancer
Dine your way to lower cancer risk
Having the information to make good food choices and being physically active can help prevent disease, including cancer.
Feb 20, 2023
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News tagged with fruit
Neuroscience
How the brain's immune system worsens epilepsy
University of Iowa biologists have definitively linked the brain's immune system to epilepsy.
Feb 14, 2023
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Health
Free sugars associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease
Higher intake of free sugars—added sugars and those naturally present in honey and fruit juice—is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, reports a study published in BMC Medicine. The findings strengthen ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Dentistry
Sugar consumption and early interruption of breastfeeding are risk factors for dental caries in infancy
A study involving 800 children shows inclusion of sugar in their diet and early interruption of breastfeeding to be the main factors that contribute to the appearance of dental caries by age 2. An article reporting the results ...
Feb 7, 2023
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Dentistry
Not just brushing: 10 ways to start caring for baby teeth
Even the tiniest teeth can decay, which is why it's important to take care of them.
Feb 6, 2023
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Health
Persuading more school children to eat fruit and vegetables
Twenty years ago, 4 out of 10 European children ate fruit and vegetables daily. Today, the proportion is the same, in spite of schemes to provide children with fruit at school. Why hasn't there been more improvement?
Feb 3, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
UK sugary drink taxes may have prevented over 5,000 cases of obesity a year in year six girls alone
The introduction of the soft drinks industry levy—the 'sugary drinks tax'—in England was followed by a drop in the number of cases of obesity among older primary school children, according to Cambridge researchers. Taking ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Health
Want your child to eat more veggies? Talk to them about 'eating the rainbow'
Parents of young children today were raised during some of the most damaging periods of diet culture. From diet and "lite" foods and drinks, to expensive "superfoods", one constant across these changing trends has been the ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Neuroscience
A new field of neuroscience aims to map connections in the brain
Many of us have seen microscopic images of neurons in the brain—each neuron appearing as a glowing cell in a vast sea of blackness. This image is misleading: Neurons don't exist in isolation. In the human brain, some 86 ...
Jan 20, 2023
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