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Obesity risk appears to be lower in children whose mothers followed healthy lifestyle

Children of mothers who follow a healthy lifestyle have a substantially lower risk of developing obesity than children of mothers who don't make healthy lifestyle choices, finds a study published in The BMJ.

5 Jul 2018

Violent tendencies could be curbed by brain stimulation

According to a new study, a brain intervention could stop a perverse desire to be physically or sexually violent in some individuals.

4 Jul 2018

Young binge drinkers more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Young adults who frequently binge drink were more likely to have certain risk factors for cardiovascular disease than non-binge drinkers, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

27 Jun 2018

Researchers develop new method to preserve fertility in boys with prepubertal cancer

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center researchers in Beer-Sheva, Israel are developing a cell culture system that for the first time can change testicular stem cells into sperm-like cells that may enable future fertility for boys with prepubertal cancer.

18 Jun 2018

Study shows how moderate consumption of alcohol can protect the heart

For at least 20 years, research has shown that for many people, moderate consumption of alcohol can protect the heart, but the reason for this is poorly understood.

18 Jun 2018

Study: Consuming sugary soft drinks can make you fat

The 2018 World Cup will kick off this coming Thursday with the game between the host, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.

12 Jun 2018

Young drinkers underestimate the effects of supersized alcopops, shows study

College students seriously underestimate the effects of drinking a new class of beverages being marketed across the country, according to a new George Mason University study.

11 Jun 2018

Teetotallers take more sick days than drinkers

According to a new study from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, people who do not drink alcohol are just as likely to miss work due to sickness as heavy drinkers. The study results appeared in the latest issue of the journal Addiction.

7 Jun 2018

Scientists develop new method to speed up genome evolution of baker's yeast

Scientists have created a new way of speeding up the genome evolution of baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same yeast people use for bread and beer production, to develop a synthetic yeast strain that can be transformed on demand for use in various industrial applications.

26 May 2018

Mass vaccinations are not realistic option to prevent Ebolavirus outbreaks, study shows

Prophylactic mass vaccination programs are not a realistic option in the battle to prevent new Ebolavirus outbreaks, a University of Kent-led research team has shown.

9 May 2018

New robotic system interacts with rehabilitation patients to improve task performance

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel have demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of a robotic system that plays Tic Tac Toe with rehabilitation patients to improve real-life task performance.

4 May 2018

Alcohol damages microbiome in the mouth

A new study has shown that alcohol alters and damages the natural bacterial environment in the mouth. The study titled, “Drinking alcohol is associated with variation in the human oral microbiome in a large study of American adults,” published this week (24th April 2018) in the journal Microbiome explored the effects of alcohol on these bacterial compositions within the mouth.

25 Apr 2018

Alcoholic drinks affect oral bacteria tied to diseases

When compared with nondrinkers, men and women who had one or more alcoholic drinks per day had an overabundance of oral bacteria linked to gum disease, some cancers, and heart disease. By contrast, drinkers had fewer bacteria known to check the growth of other, harmful germs.

24 Apr 2018

Drink less to live longer - major new study

A new study has shown that the current safe limits of alcohol consumption are overestimated. In one of the largest worldwide alcohol consumption studies, the researchers noted that taking over six glasses of wine or six cans of beer per week can reduce years of life.

13 Apr 2018

Titan Enterprises’ flowmeters achieve food compatibility certification

Titan Enterprises has achieved certification under NSF/ANSI 169 as equipment for food products for their 800 Series turbine flowmeters and Beverage meter.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd 23 Mar 2018

Heart rate increases with higher alcohol consumption

The more alcohol you drink, the higher your heart rate gets, according to research presented today at EHRA 2018 Congress, organized by the European Society of Cardiology.

19 Mar 2018

Researchers report technical advances in production of HIV vaccines

Research on HIV over the past decade has led to many promising ideas for vaccines to prevent infection by the AIDS virus, but very few candidate vaccines have been tested in clinical trials.

6 Feb 2018

Compounds derived from hops may improve cognitive, other functions in metabolic syndrome patients

A group of compounds derived from hops can likely improve cognitive and other functions in people with metabolic syndrome, new research at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University suggests.

5 Feb 2018

Whole of Britain to be put on a diet plan come March

New Year resolutions have not been broken yet and Public Health England is coming up with a set of new guidelines for healthier eating. The entire country needs to watch calories and PHE is coming up with the “calorie caps” on all meals come March this year.

15 Jan 2018

Women who conceive while using IUD more likely to have adverse perinatal outcomes

Women who conceive while using an intrauterine contraceptive device have a greater risk of preterm delivery, low birth weight babies, bacterial infections, or losing a fetus, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Soroka University Medical Center.

8 Jan 2018