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Fungal toxins become easily aerosolized, leading to potential indoor health risk

Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized, and easily inhaled.

23 Jun 2017

Summer can be perfect time for college students to fix bad health habits

For college students, summer can be the time for a new lesson: how to take charge of their health.

23 Jun 2017

Novel seca medical Vital Signs Analyzer advances potential of non-invasive diagnostics to completely new level

Malnutrition, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and all their consequences are among the world's major medical challenges of the 21st century.

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All kids should be screened for obesity

Earlier this week, an influential group of experts in preventive care affirmed that children age 6 and older should be screened for obesity and referred to intensive treatment when necessary.

23 Jun 2017

Standardized care for premature infants during first week of life improves survival rates

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit created the Golden Week program to improve outcomes for infants born prematurely at 28 weeks' gestation or earlier.

23 Jun 2017

Study explores secondhand smoke exposure rates among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors

From 1999/2000 to 2011/2012, exposure to secondhand smoke among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors declined from 39.6 percent to 15.7 percent, but rates of exposure were higher among those with a history of a smoking-related cancer and those living below the federal poverty level compared with those with other types of cancer and those with the highest incomes, respectively.

22 Jun 2017

Extra virgin olive oil protects memory and helps prevent Alzheimer’s

In a landmark judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union, yesterday ruled that courts could consider vaccines to be the reason for an illness despite the absence of any concrete evidence to support the connection.

21 Jun 2017

Researchers discover same kind of T-cell exhaustion in IBS-D patients

Australian researchers have for the first time discovered that a specific type of irritable bowel syndrome is associated with exhaustion of the immune system in patients.

21 Jun 2017

Promoting innate detoxification mechanisms could be efficient strategy to reduce cellular oxidative stress

Promoting innate detoxification mechanisms in the body and discovering which supplements increase the efficacy of those biochemical pathways could be an efficient strategy to reduce the cellular oxidative stress and protect our health, according to an article published in the journal Food Chemistry, by the researchers Rafael Franco, from the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona, and Eva Martínez Pinilla, from the Institute of Neurosciences of Asturias and the University of Oviedo.

21 Jun 2017

NAMS publishes new position statement on use of hormone therapy to relieve menopause symptoms

A new position statement on the use of hormone therapy (HT) for menopausal and postmenopausal women from The North American Menopause Society has been published online today in the Society's journal, Menopause.

20 Jun 2017

Steaming freshwater fish reduces presence of cyanotoxins, study shows

A group of researchers from the Area of Toxicology in the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology. Toxicology and Legal Medicine at the University of Seville has published a globally pioneering study that shows that steaming freshwater fish for more than two minutes reduces the presence of cylindrospermopsin, a cyanotoxin, by up to 26%. However, if boiled, the reduction is smaller, 18%, with the corresponding increase in risk for the consumer.

20 Jun 2017

Researchers find link between lutein levels in the eye and cognition, achievement in childhood

Researchers can look into your eyes to determine whether you're getting your lutein, a pigment found in green leafy vegetables that is known to accumulate in the brain.

20 Jun 2017

At age 19, many people are as inactive as 60-year-olds

A large proportion of teenagers get very little exercise and are as sedentary as 60-year-olds when they are just 19 years of age, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

20 Jun 2017

Study undercuts common assumption that immigrant crop workers use SNAP

The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- formerly known as "food stamps" -- that helps low-income individuals and families purchase food is less likely to be used by farmworkers eligible for the benefit who are immigrants, Hispanic, male, childless or residing in California, new research from UC Davis health economists shows.

19 Jun 2017

AMA votes to adopt new policies for improving health of the nation

The American Medical Association, the premier national physician organization in the country, voted this week to adopt new policies aimed at improving the health of the nation. The new policies were approved during the voting session of the AMA’s Annual Meeting.

19 Jun 2017

Study: Combination of nutritional, physical and cognitive interventions can reverse frailty in elderly people

Physical frailty is common among the elderly and is strongly associated with cognitive impairment, dementia and adverse health outcomes such as disability, hospitalization, and mortality.

19 Jun 2017

Six in ten mothers criticized about parenting skills, new report finds

Some mommy-shaming "wars" become national news headlines. Actress Reese Witherspoon was recently food-shamed for feeding her toddler cinnamon buns for breakfast. Critics were quick to judge model Coco Rocho for giving her baby formula.

19 Jun 2017

Study finds direct link between birth outcomes and placental oxygen transport

When a baby is born small, it's often attributed to genetic factors or maternal risk factors like poor nutrition or smoking.

16 Jun 2017

Study explores factors, patterns that predict use of restrictive feeding for children

In the preschool years, children begin to learn from their environment about self-regulation--both in regards to food choices and how to deal with their emotions.

16 Jun 2017

French fries and fried potato consumption linked to early death in new research

According to latest research, eating fried potatoes could be connected to an early death. The study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition adds that boiled and steamed potatoes do not carry the same risk as fried potatoes. Fried potatoes studied included French fries, potato chips and hash browns.

15 Jun 2017

Nutrition News and Research

Fungal toxins become easily aerosolized, leading to potential indoor health risk

Summer can be perfect time for college students to fix bad health habits

Novel seca medical Vital Signs Analyzer advances potential of non-invasive diagnostics to completely new level

All kids should be screened for obesity

Standardized care for premature infants during first week of life improves survival rates

Study explores secondhand smoke exposure rates among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors

Extra virgin olive oil protects memory and helps prevent Alzheimer’s

Researchers discover same kind of T-cell exhaustion in IBS-D patients

Promoting innate detoxification mechanisms could be efficient strategy to reduce cellular oxidative stress

NAMS publishes new position statement on use of hormone therapy to relieve menopause symptoms

Steaming freshwater fish reduces presence of cyanotoxins, study shows

Researchers find link between lutein levels in the eye and cognition, achievement in childhood

At age 19, many people are as inactive as 60-year-olds

Study undercuts common assumption that immigrant crop workers use SNAP

AMA votes to adopt new policies for improving health of the nation

Study: Combination of nutritional, physical and cognitive interventions can reverse frailty in elderly people

Six in ten mothers criticized about parenting skills, new report finds

Study finds direct link between birth outcomes and placental oxygen transport

Study explores factors, patterns that predict use of restrictive feeding for children

French fries and fried potato consumption linked to early death in new research

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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