Health
Earlier bedtimes help kids fight obesity
(HealthDay)—With childhood obesity rates high, many studies have investigated lifestyle factors that can make a difference—which ones increase the risk and which ones reduce it.
May 21, 2019
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News tagged with weight gain
Health
How universities can help scale back the 'Freshman 15'
Students typically gain weight in their first year of university. There are expressions to reflect this knowledge, such as the "freshman 15" in North America (which assumes students gain 15 pounds, or around 8kg) and "freshman ...
May 21, 2019
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Medical research
Controlled study links processed food to increased calorie consumption
Experts have long suspected that increased consumption of processed foods over the past 50 years has been a primary driver of the obesity epidemic. But because studying dietary habits is complicated, it's been difficult to ...
May 16, 2019
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Health
Menopause 'not the cause of midlife weight gain' in women
Fat-mass continues to increase in middle-age women but menopause isn't to blame, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU).
May 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experts advise against hormone treatment in adults with mild thyroid problems
Thyroid hormones should not be routinely offered to adults with a mildly underactive thyroid gland (known as subclinical hypothyroidism) say a panel of international experts in The BMJ today.
May 14, 2019
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Medical research
The heart 'talks' to fat cells, scientists discover
Like sending a letter through the mail or a text over a cellular network, the heart can generate messages that travel long distances through the body. Those messages ultimately reach fat cells, new research by scientists ...
May 09, 2019
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Medical research
Researchers discover new pathway for improving metabolic health
Blocking the action of an enzyme involved in protein digestion may improve metabolic health, according to a new study published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. ...
May 08, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Weight before pregnancy most important to risk for complications
(HealthDay)—Expectant mothers and doctors have focused a lot on how much a woman gains during pregnancy, but new research suggests how much a woman weighs before getting pregnant may be far more important.
May 07, 2019
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Cardiology
Exercise may improve memory in heart failure patients
Two-thirds of patients with heart failure have cognitive problems, according to research presented today at EuroHeartCare 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
May 04, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hotspot in the genome may drive psychosis in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
A newly identified epigenetic hotspot for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may give scientists a fresh path forward for devising more effective treatments and biomarker-based screening strategies.
May 03, 2019
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