Credit: Pixabay Public Domain/CC0 Years ago, an ageless cher made an ad for a sports club. There she looked very fit and attractive and said, “If it came in a bottle, everyone would look like this.” He promoted gym memberships, but the message was that to get fit, you have to work your body. That …
A groundbreaking new study of 22 pairs of identical twins shows that it only takes eight weeks for a plant-based diet to improve cardiovascular health. The study, conducted by Stanford University’s Department of Medicine, put one twin from each pair on a vegetarian diet for two months and the other on an omnivorous diet. At …
Maybe your dish doesn’t need more salt. A study published this month in the journal JAMA found that removing a teaspoon of salt from the diet a day can lower blood pressure as much as most high blood pressure medications. A low-sodium diet lowered systolic blood pressure in nearly 75 percent of 213 people who …
Credit graphic abstract: Cell reports (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113387 People are eating too much sugar, and research is increasingly showing that it not only affects metabolism, but also alters the perception of taste. The research team of Mattias Alenius at the University of Ume discovered that excessive sugar consumption increases the desire for fat in flies. …
A 12% reduction in calorie intake can increase your life by increasing energy and rejuvenating muscles. Cutting calories while maintaining vitamin and mineral levels, known as a calorie-restricted diet, also reduces inflammation and boosts metabolism, according to a new long-term study. It has long been known that calorie restriction delays the progression of age-related diseases …
The impact of lifestyle choices on health and longevity is a well-established concept that includes exercise, sleep patterns, and eating habits. A study published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition makes an interesting connection between eating dinner early and potentially living longer. The research was conducted on La Villa, a province in Abruzzo, Italy, which …
OTTAWA – A new study finds that patients treated for mental illness in Canada are waiting far too long to get drug approval and face inequitable access across the country. The Mood Disorders Society of Canada’s study, System Broken, finds that Canadians who rely on public drug plans are at a particular disadvantage. As we …
Do you want to lower your blood pressure? Reducing salt in the diet can help do this, and for many people it may be as effective as taking a common blood pressure medication, according to new research. ▶ Watch video: Pregnant women are now recommended to be screened for blood pressure at all prenatal visits. …
A recent study highlights a known medical anomaly within the U.S. child welfare system. What the study says According to a research letter published in August, children in the U.S. child welfare system, which includes youth receiving adoption assistance, foster care or guardianship , are more likely than other children on Medicaid to receive psychotropic …
Students, rejoice, your sleepless nights may have more benefits than earning you an A. That all-too-familiar feeling of “tension but fatigue” from not getting enough sleep for just one night may actually have antidepressant effects, according to a study led by a team at Northwestern University. Although chronic sleep deprivation has been studied extensively, scientists …