Hide the chocolate milk behind the plain milk. Get those apples and oranges out of stainless steel bins and into pretty baskets. These subtle moves can entice kids to make healthier choices in school lunch lines, studies show. Food and restaurant marketers have long used similar tricks. Now the government wants in on the act. [...]
Researchers say the findings offer more evidence that accumulating fat around the mid-section poses a health risk and suggests that studies of diabetes risk should emphasize waist size along with traditional risk factors. The findings were published online Thursday by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. A higher rate of diabetes seen among adult [...]
For many joggers, listening to music while running is part and parcel of the exercise, making what can sometimes be a boring ritual into a much more enjoyable experience.According to Herbert Loellgen, president of the German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention, music acts as an incentive to run in many cases. While most runners [...]
“When you add omega-3 to a high carbohydrate, low-fat diet, you can prevent the long-term adverse effect that a high-carbohydrate diet induces on [blood fats],” said study author Dr. Jose Lopez-Miranda, a professor of medicine at the Reina Sofia University Hospital and the University of Cordoba, Spain. For people with the metabolic syndrome — a [...]
The results of the project were published in the latest edition of Nature magazine: a research team led by Dr. Mark Prausnitz of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, USA and supported by the National Institutes of Health, have developed a painless device which is placed on the skin and which delivers [...]
Long hours in front of the television, whether channel surfing or gaming, can make it difficult for kids to concentrate in school, psychologists say. While researchers are still divided on the issue, the findings are similar to most earlier work on the effects of television watching in kids. “What we don’t know at this point [...]
Taking erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs such as Viagra may enhance the possibility of developing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a new study shows. But it’s the behavior that raises STDs rates, not the medication itself, according to the study jointly conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Southern California. The researchers examined [...]
Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have discovered that a diet with high levels of fructose, sucrose, and of trans-fats not only increases obesity, but also leads to significant fatty liver disease with scar tissue. The study, which was conducted with scientists from the Metabolic Disease Institute at the University of Cincinnati, is published [...]
Summer is a wonderful season when we can finally go on vacation, camping or just enjoy being outside. Ruining these perfect days would be a shame. Meanwhile, the summer time is when food poisonings are most frequent. Food poisoning occurs when food is not fresh, did not get sufficient thermal processing or if hygiene breaches [...]
Question : Can you get vaginal yeast infection by wearing G-strings? Yes, but this is not the only reason. “Wrong” underwear, regardless of the type, can easily promote growth of Candida fungus that causes the symptoms of aforementioned disease. The problem is not the shape of underwear but the material. If underwear does not dry [...]
People with depression are more likely to gain weight, but overweight people are not more prone to depression than their normal-weight peers, a new study suggests. Although there is a link between depression and weight gain, it is not exactly clear how they’re connected, researchers at University of Alabama said in the study, which appears [...]
Coffee can be good for you No matter what they same about coffee being harmful, moderation is the key to success, doctors say. Research conducted by American biologists revealed that two to three cups a day is more than enough to provide protection for the heart, slightly increase metabolism and even reduce appetite if you [...]
The issue of breast cancer avoidance concerns many women. Opinion polls reveal that 98% of them overestimate the threat. The breast physician, speak you to dispel certain myths about breast cancer. Myth 1. Breast cancer is 1 killer of women This is not true. Women die from cardiovascular diseases eight times more often. In reality [...]
If you are a smoker who wants to get rid of the nasty habit, you can bid farewell to cigarettes on May 31, the World No Tobacco Day. This day appeared in 1988 when the World Health Organization set a goal to the international community to root out the problem of tobacco smoking in the [...]
Consumers who opt for organic foods often believe they are improving their health, but there is currently no strong evidence that organics bring nutrition-related health benefits, a new research review finds. A “disappointingly small” number of well-designed studies have looked at whether organic foods may have health benefits beyond their conventional counterparts’, according to the [...]
It is very hard to buy food without any additives today. Coloring agents, fillers, conservatives and other chemicals indicated as “E” with digits can be found in practically everything that we eat today. Where do they all come from and why do we have to eat those chemicals? Food makers will not like the answer [...]
A world without “the pill” is unimaginable to many young women who now use it to treat acne, skip periods, improve mood and, of course, prevent pregnancy. They might be surprised to learn that U.S. officials announcing approval of the world’s first oral contraceptive were uncomfortable. “Our own ideas of morality had nothing to do [...]
Terrible things happen but there are things you can do to build up emotional resilience. If you can turn them into regular habits, they’re the mental equivalent of vitamins, fresh air and exercise. The first two underline all the rest. Step One is the practice of Gratitude. It’s a housekeeping tool for the heart. In [...]
Specialists from medical centers made a list of most dangerous foods which people eat nearly every day. As a result the top ten includes chocolate bars, carbonated soft drinks, mayonnaise and even wheat bread. Many of the list entries may trigger allergic reactions and food poisonings, but they are relatively safe health-wise. Medics say that [...]
A few months ago the United Nations published a report about illicit drugs consumption during the year of 2007. The conclusion was that 208 million people – 4,8% of the World’s adult population – had used illicit drugs, at least, once a year. It was also found that the “regulars” – classified as drugs addicts [...]
May be linked with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, a new study suggests. Researchers from the Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS)based their conclusion on analysis of 5,422 participants for an average of about nine years. During the study, 193 participants had a stroke – 85 men (of 2, [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Portland, Maine Thursday to sell the health insurance reform, touting its benefits to small business and asking the public to be patient about the reform. Making fun of what happened before and after the reform became law last week, Obama said after he signed the bill, he “looked up [...]
This chronic disease is still very little understood and includes a myriad of symptoms, so varied that they make diagnosis difficult and make employers doubt their employees who suffer from the condition. The disorder called Fibromyalgia affects millions of people around the world, mainly women. It is as mysterious as it is debilitating and affects [...]
Women who closely adhere to a Mediterranean-style diet rich in vegetables, vegetable oils and fish may have a higher likelihood of becoming pregnant after infertility treatment, a new study suggests. Researchers in the Netherlands found that among 161 couples undergoing fertility treatment at their center, women whose eating habits most closely matched the traditional Mediterranean [...]
Long-term use of marijuana can lead to increased risk of developing hallucinations, delusions and , a new study shows. Australian researchers asked nearly 3,100 young adults averaging about 20 years of age about marijuana use. They found that almost 18 percent reported using the drug for three or fewer years, about 16 percent for four [...]
What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key. In the quest to prove it, a major study is under way testing whether an anti-inflammatory drug — an old, cheap cousin of aspirin — can fight the Type 2 [...]
Black Americans are more likely than whites to have beliefs and perceptions about lung cancer that could interfere with prevention and treatment, new study findings suggest. In the study, researchers analyzed the responses of 1,530 people who were asked questions related to lung cancer as part of the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey. The [...]
Such as strokes and heart disease — will place an enormous financial burden on poorer countries in years to come, researchers warned in a report published Tuesday. “Diabetes is moving from being a disease of developed countries to a disease in developing countries like India and China, and this could put pressure on healthcare systems [...]
