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Researcher get federal grant to study how gut microbiota and inflammation promote metabolic syndrome

Dr. Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a four-year federal grant just over $2 million to study how inflammation and altered gut microbiota, the microorganisms living in the intestine, influence the development of a group of diseases referred to as metabolic syndrome.

18 Mar 2021

Study finds elevated heart disease risk in cancer survivors

A new study has found that about 35% of Americans with a cancer history had an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in the next decade, compared with about 23% of those who didn't have cancer.

17 Mar 2021

Study evaluates effectiveness of hormone therapies in managing postmenopausal nocturia

As women age, they are more likely to wake up in the middle of the night to pass urine. The loss of estrogen during the menopause transition accelerates this problem, which is known as nocturia.

17 Mar 2021

Microba Life Sciences joins with Unilever to explore links between the gut microbiome and sleep

Experts in gut microbiome analysis, Microba Life Sciences, is empowering global consumer goods company Unilever to take a novel approach to this problem by exploring the links between sleep and the human gut with the aim to improve sleep for people across the globe.

17 Mar 2021

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes for 2021 go to four female and six male researchers

Four female and six male researchers are to receive the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize this year, the top award for early career investigators in Germany.

16 Mar 2021

Study identifies how environmental information is transmitted by non-DNA molecules in the sperm

It has long been understood that a parent's DNA is the principal determinant of health and disease in offspring.

16 Mar 2021

Women who are fit and healthy tend to burn more fat when they exercise

Females who are fit and healthy tend to burn more fat when they exercise than men, according to new research from a team of sports nutritionists.

16 Mar 2021

Higher body fat may protect women from heart disease-related death

A new UCLA study shows that while men and women who have high muscle mass are less likely to die from heart disease, it also appears that women who have higher levels of body fat -- regardless of their muscle mass -- have a greater degree of protection than women with less fat.

16 Mar 2021

Consumption of added sugar boosts fat production in the liver

Too much sugar is unhealthy – that we know, but it’s not just down to the many calories. Even moderate amounts of added fructose and sucrose double the body’s own fat production in the liver, researchers from the University of Zurich have shown.

16 Mar 2021

‘Painless’ glucose monitors pushed despite little evidence they help most diabetes patients

In the nation's battle against the diabetes epidemic, the go-to weapon being aggressively promoted to patients is as small as a quarter and worn on the belly or arm.

16 Mar 2021

Exercise during pregnancy can disrupt the vicious cycle of parents-to-child transmission of diseases

Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers significantly reduce their children's chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests.

15 Mar 2021

Virginia Tech researcher to pursue life-saving solutions for aging adults with $1.3 million federal grant

Homebound older adults often face a sense of loneliness few could imagine. Caretakers have long sought ways to heal the pain of isolated aging adults and lower their risk of suicide. The COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified the challenge.

15 Mar 2021

Random cellular changes play vital role in longevity beyond genetics and environment

A new model of aging takes into account not only genetics and environmental exposures but also the tiny changes that randomly arise at the cellular level.

13 Mar 2021

Cancer cells may dodge chemotherapy by going into 'active hibernation'

Cancer cells can dodge chemotherapy by entering a state that bears similarity to certain kinds of senescence, a type of "active hibernation" that enables them to weather the stress induced by aggressive treatments aimed at destroying them, according to a new study by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.

13 Mar 2021

Lifestyle intervention program helped reduce stress in low-income mothers

Overweight low-income mothers of young kids ate fewer fast-food meals and high-fat snacks after participating in a study - not because researchers told them what not to eat, but because the lifestyle intervention being evaluated helped lower the moms' stress, research suggests.

12 Mar 2021

New book explains concept and knowledge maps about biochemical compounds

Mind Maps in Biochemistry presents a series of concept and knowledge maps about biochemical compounds, systems and techniques.

12 Mar 2021

New book explains concept and knowledge maps about biochemical compounds

Mind Maps in Biochemistry presents a series of concept and knowledge maps about biochemical compounds, systems and techniques.

12 Mar 2021

Women with non-O type blood who smoke, take oral contraceptives more likely to have a stroke

Non-O blood type may increase the risk of stroke among women who smoke and take oral contraceptives, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2021.

11 Mar 2021

Researchers highlight the need to strengthen dietary and infant feeding guidelines

Dietary and infant feeding guidelines should be strengthened to include more practical advice on the best ways to support children to learn to like and eat vegetables, say nutrition and dietetics researchers from the Flinders University Caring Futures Institute.

11 Mar 2021

High obesity rates in Southern states magnify Covid threat

In January, as Mississippi health officials planned for their incoming shipments of covid-19 vaccine, they assessed the state's most vulnerable: health care workers, of course, and elderly people in nursing homes.

11 Mar 2021

Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Researcher get federal grant to study how gut microbiota and inflammation promote metabolic syndrome

Study finds elevated heart disease risk in cancer survivors

Study evaluates effectiveness of hormone therapies in managing postmenopausal nocturia

Microba Life Sciences joins with Unilever to explore links between the gut microbiome and sleep

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes for 2021 go to four female and six male researchers

Study identifies how environmental information is transmitted by non-DNA molecules in the sperm

Women who are fit and healthy tend to burn more fat when they exercise

Higher body fat may protect women from heart disease-related death

Consumption of added sugar boosts fat production in the liver

‘Painless’ glucose monitors pushed despite little evidence they help most diabetes patients

Exercise during pregnancy can disrupt the vicious cycle of parents-to-child transmission of diseases

Virginia Tech researcher to pursue life-saving solutions for aging adults with $1.3 million federal grant

Random cellular changes play vital role in longevity beyond genetics and environment

Cancer cells may dodge chemotherapy by going into 'active hibernation'

Lifestyle intervention program helped reduce stress in low-income mothers

New book explains concept and knowledge maps about biochemical compounds

New book explains concept and knowledge maps about biochemical compounds

Women with non-O type blood who smoke, take oral contraceptives more likely to have a stroke

Researchers highlight the need to strengthen dietary and infant feeding guidelines

High obesity rates in Southern states magnify Covid threat

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