Overweight & Obesity
Nearly half of Americans gained weight in pandemic's first year
(HealthDay)—Did you watch your waistline expand during lockdown? You're not alone.
Jan 19, 2022
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Diabetes
Combination injection improves glucose control for patients with type 2 diabetes
A multinational clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center and others found that injection of a new long-acting insulin combined with another drug improves glucose control in patients with Type 2 diabetes and, additionally, ...
Mar 1, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves severe mental illness
For people living with serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, standard treatment with antipsychotic medications can be a double-edged sword. While these drugs help regulate brain chemistry, they ...
Apr 1, 2024
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Health
Testosterone supplements double men's odds for blood clots: study
(HealthDay)—Testosterone therapy appears to double a man's risk of suffering a potentially life-threatening blood clot, a new study warns.
Nov 12, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Want to lose weight? Train the brain, not the body
Despite massive government, medical and individual efforts to win the war on obesity, 71 percent of Americans are overweight. The average adult is 24 pounds heavier today than in 1960. Our growing girth adds some US$200 billion ...
May 25, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds increased risk of death among breast cancer patients who drink sugar-sweetened soda
New research from the University at Buffalo suggests that breast cancer patients who drink sugar-sweetened beverages regularly are at increased risk for death from any cause and breast cancer in particular.
Mar 9, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Studying a hormone that may drive obesity in postmenopausal women
For women approaching menopause, a number of changes begin to occur. One of the most common is an increase in obesity, which, in turn, raises the risk for breast cancer after menopause.
Aug 10, 2022
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Can the new anti-aging supplement nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide turn back the clock?
Increases in lifespan are one of the greatest success stories of modern society. Yet while most of us can expect to live longer, we are spending more years in ill health. Reducing this period of ill health at the end of life ...
Nov 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New ways to manage excessive weight gain in patients being treated with antipsychotics
New research led by Dr. Gurkiran Birdi and Dr. Ian Maidment in the College of Health and Life Sciences at Aston University will explore ways of managing excessive weight gain in patients being treated with antipsychotics ...
Apr 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fighting deadly drug resistant bacteria in intestines with new antibiotic
A new antibiotic developed by a Flinders University researcher is being heralded as a breakthrough in the war against a drug resistant superbug.
Jan 18, 2019
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