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Research reveals concerning links between fitness apps and disordered eating

With New Year resolutions in full swing and health tracking apps at our fingertips, new research reveals concerning links between health and fitness apps and disordered eating, body image concerns and excessive exercise.

20 Feb 2025

Do prenatal antibiotics weaken breast milk immunity? A new study aims to find out

A new study will investigate whether prenatal antibiotic use impairs breast milk immune function and disrupts neonatal gut microbiota, potentially affecting infant health. Researchers aim to assess how prolonged antibiotic exposure in late pregnancy alters breast milk IgA and neonatal immune development.

19 Feb 2025

Scientists track diet through stool DNA, revealing a new way to monitor nutrition

Scientists developed MEDI, a method to estimate dietary intake from food DNA in human stool, offering a more accurate alternative to self-reported food tracking.

19 Feb 2025

Eat this, not that: The best (and worst) foods for longevity

A comprehensive review of 41 studies analyzing over one million participants found that consuming nuts, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and fish is linked to lower all-cause mortality, while processed and unprocessed red meat and sugar-sweetened beverages increase mortality risk.

19 Feb 2025

Ginger's furanodienone compound may offer new treatment for inflammatory bowel disease

An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a compound in ginger, called furanodienone (FDN), that selectively binds to and regulates a nuclear receptor involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

19 Feb 2025

Tampere University licenses drug for Epidermolysis Bullosa to Theravia

Tampere University has licensed a drug molecule intended for treating Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a group of rare and severe skin disorders, to Theravia, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in the Paris region of France.

19 Feb 2025

Vitamin E supplementation may reduce food allergy development in newborns

New research found that supplementing maternal diet with α-tocopherol, a form of vitamin E, can reduce the development of food allergy and anaphylaxis in newborn mice.

19 Feb 2025

Generic drugs from India linked to more severe adverse events

Generic drugs manufactured in India are linked to significantly more "severe adverse events" for patients who use them than equivalent drugs produced in the United States, a new study finds.

19 Feb 2025

Study uncovers molecular mechanisms behind insulin resistance in skeletal muscle

Insulin resistance precedes and predicts the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), a chronic disease that causes high morbidity and mortality worldwide.

19 Feb 2025

Neuroestrogens likely contribute to appetite regulation

Although a woman's ovaries produce the most estrogen, various types of estrogen are also synthesized throughout different tissues in the body, including the brain's neurons.

19 Feb 2025

U.S. grain dust explosions in 2024 result in low injuries and no deaths

Nine U.S. grain dust explosions in 2024 caused two injuries and no fatalities, according to a nationwide annual summary.

19 Feb 2025

New method uses stool DNA to track diet and health

Scientists have developed a breakthrough method to track diet using stool metagenomic data.

19 Feb 2025

Staffing reductions in U.S. health agencies threaten public health

Staffing reductions across U.S. federal health agencies-including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-pose a significant threat to public health, according to the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

19 Feb 2025

Preventing colorectal cancer through lifestyle choices

The evidence is clear - screening for colorectal cancer may save one's life. Today, more and more people are choosing colorectal cancer screening. As a result, there is a steady decline in the number of older people getting and dying from colorectal cancer. Lower rates of smoking among Americans have also contributed to the decline in the past several years.

19 Feb 2025

Plant immune responses may offer insights into human brain diseases

A groundbreaking study led by a team of researchers at the University of Kentucky's Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has revealed a surprising biochemical connection between plant immune responses and human neurological health.

19 Feb 2025

Scientists use Zwitterions to prevent blood clotting in medical devices

Zwitterions sound likes a distant cousin of Twitter (X), but in fact they are a common macromolecule found in human cells. Scientists at the University of Sydney are also now using Zwitterions to create materials that could stop blood clots from forming in medical devices and implants.

19 Feb 2025