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Older adults with positive attitude about health are more willing to engage with negative information

To get older adults to pay attention to important health information, preface it with the good news about their health. That's one takeaway from a study that found older adults are more willing to engage with negative health information when they have a positive attitude about their health.

6 Mar 2019

Daily consumption of nutritional supplements does not prevent depression

MooDFOOD, the largest randomized clinical trial to study the effects of nutritional strategies on the prevention of major depressive disorder concludes that daily intake of nutritional supplements cannot prevent depression.

5 Mar 2019

Age-Related Macular Degeneration Awareness Month: How visual impairment affects older adults

As Age-Related Macular Degeneration/Low Vision Awareness Month comes to a close, we’re sharing three stories by Bonnielin Swenor, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

5 Mar 2019

Stressed IBS sufferers exhibit a distinctive microbial signature in the gut

People who suffer from stress-related Irritable Bowel Syndrome have a distinctive microbial signature in their gut.

5 Mar 2019

Researchers identify first genetic defect linked to biliary atresia

A nationwide consortium of researchers has identified the first genetic defect linked to biliary atresia, a mysterious liver disease that is the leading cause for liver transplantation in children.

5 Mar 2019

FutureNeuro collaborates with UCB to inform improvements in epilepsy treatment

FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, based at RCSI, has partnered with global biopharmaceutical company, UCB, to unlock the power of healthcare data to inform improvements in clinical care of people with epilepsy.

5 Mar 2019

Chemicals at home responsible for decreased fertility in men and dogs

A new study has found that chemical and environmental contaminants at home and diet could be responsible for decreasing fertility of the men and the domestic pet dogs living in the house. The results of the new study were published in the latest issue of the journal Scientific Reports.

4 Mar 2019

Environmental contaminants in the home have adverse effects on male fertility in humans, dogs

New research by scientists at the University of Nottingham suggests that environmental contaminants found in the home and diet have the same adverse effects on male fertility in both humans and in domestic dogs.

4 Mar 2019

Study estimates health and economic costs of stubble burning air pollution in India

Living in districts with air pollution from intense crop residue burning is a leading risk factor for acute respiratory infection, especially among children less than five years, in northern India.

4 Mar 2019

Failty evaluation can help determine patient's physical fitness for nonurgent operation

Frailty, a decline in function and resistance to short-term stress that typically occurs in old age, is linked to more complications after an operation among adults of all ages, according to researchers of a large new study published as an "article in press" on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website in advance of print.

2 Mar 2019

Aging and high-fat diet disrupt gut microbiome to cause inflammation in heart failure

Growing older and a high-fat diet enriched with omega 6 fatty acids are major contributors to health risks ranging from diabetes to heart failure. How these two factors regulate the immune response is not well-understood.

1 Mar 2019

Discovery paves the way for simple blood test to detect early stages of NAFLD

One in four people in Western and Asian societies develop a build-up of fat in the liver as a result of an unhealthy diet. This disease - referred to as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) - causes no symptoms initially but can develop into end-stage liver cirrhosis with limited treatment options.

1 Mar 2019

Study finds link between vaping and wheezing

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that using electronic cigarettes or “vaping” is associated with wheezing.

1 Mar 2019

Sleep debt persists despite sleeping in late on weekends

Many people go without sleep for days, and think they can make it up by waking late on the weekend. However, this just makes things worse, according to a new study at the University of Colorado Boulder.

1 Mar 2019

Relationship between circadian misalignment and cardiovascular risk in women

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Volume 3, Number 4, 2019, Guest Editor Gladys P. Velarde) pp. 435-440(6); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0070 Tracy Ashby, DO and Mariam Louis, MD, MSc, FCCP from the University of Florida, Department of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA consider circadian misalignment and cardiovascular risk.

1 Mar 2019

Tracking daily food consumption using free app leads to weight loss

Without following a particular diet, overweight people who tracked daily food consumption using a free smartphone app lost a significant amount of weight in a new Duke University study.

1 Mar 2019

Lactose-free, reduced-carbohydrate milk does not improve outcomes in severely malnourished children

Treating hospitalized, severely malnourished children with a lactose-free, reduced-carbohydrate milk formula does not improve clinical outcomes, according to a study published February 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Robert Bandsma of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, James Berkley of the KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya, and colleagues.

28 Feb 2019

Changes in food variety, portion size over time potentially increased obesity epidemic

Despite the addition of some healthful menu items, fast food is even more unhealthy for you than it was 30 years ago.

28 Feb 2019

Breast cancer survivors more optimistic about changes occurred due to their illness

Two years after diagnosis, breast cancer survivors have four times more positive than negative thoughts about changes they experienced because of their illness, a new study found.

27 Feb 2019

Ultrasonography of calcaneus offers comparable results to those obtained by DXA

In a study that could lead to wide use of inexpensive ultrasound screenings for osteoporosis, researchers found data from ultrasonography of the calcaneus was equal to data gathered using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, which is considered the gold standard for assessing bone health.

26 Feb 2019

Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Older adults with positive attitude about health are more willing to engage with negative information

Daily consumption of nutritional supplements does not prevent depression

Age-Related Macular Degeneration Awareness Month: How visual impairment affects older adults

Stressed IBS sufferers exhibit a distinctive microbial signature in the gut

Researchers identify first genetic defect linked to biliary atresia

FutureNeuro collaborates with UCB to inform improvements in epilepsy treatment

Chemicals at home responsible for decreased fertility in men and dogs

Environmental contaminants in the home have adverse effects on male fertility in humans, dogs

Study estimates health and economic costs of stubble burning air pollution in India

Failty evaluation can help determine patient's physical fitness for nonurgent operation

Aging and high-fat diet disrupt gut microbiome to cause inflammation in heart failure

Discovery paves the way for simple blood test to detect early stages of NAFLD

Study finds link between vaping and wheezing

Sleep debt persists despite sleeping in late on weekends

Relationship between circadian misalignment and cardiovascular risk in women

Tracking daily food consumption using free app leads to weight loss

Lactose-free, reduced-carbohydrate milk does not improve outcomes in severely malnourished children

Changes in food variety, portion size over time potentially increased obesity epidemic

Breast cancer survivors more optimistic about changes occurred due to their illness

Ultrasonography of calcaneus offers comparable results to those obtained by DXA

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