UK diabetes study to look at diet against exercise

Exercise is being pitted against diet in a straight contest to find out which results in better diabetes control and the effect on heart function as part of new research in Leicester.

Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy benefits winter babies

First randomized, placebo-controlled trial on the effect of vitamin D supplementation on bone health of newborns finds babies born in winter benefit from maternal supplementation.

Impact of sugar on tooth decay remains a major health concern, says FGDP(UK)

It is important that the effect of sugar intake on tooth decay is considered alongside obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease as a major public health challenge, according to the Faculty of…

Scientists study factors influencing intestinal microbes

Study results from Texas A&M University and University of North Carolina School of Medicine scientists on the effect of diet complexity and estrogen hormone receptors on intestinal microbiota has been published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology…

Study Suggests Increasing Complexity Of Gut Effect On Health

The microbiome is your body’s set of microbial communities; microbial cells outnumber human cells roughly ten to one.

Magnesium lowers blood pressure, study suggests

Researchers have found that magnesium supplements may offer small but clinically significant reductions in blood pressure. The researchers also discovered that the size of the effect increased in line with increased dosage.

Catch-Up Growth By Various Diets And Resveratrol Intervention And The Effect On Bone Status

Although many current studies focused on catch up growth (CUG) have described its high susceptibility to insulin resistance-related diseases very few have focused on the effect of CUG on bone metabolism, especially in adulthood. As diet is a controllable factor, the inï¬uence of re-feeding with different dietary patterns on bone parameters is important to study…

Healthy Habits Can Add 15 Years to Your Life

Women with a healthy lifestyle such as a Mediterranean diet, regular exercise, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight, are more likely to live 15 years longer than their less healthy counterparts, while for men, the effect of such healthy habits appears to be less, nearly 8…

Too Much Coffee Can Make You Hear Things That Are Not There

High coffee intake can cause auditory hallucinations – hearing things that are not there – researchers from La Trobe University, Australia report in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, after measuring the effect of caffeine and stress with 92 non-clinical participants. Even five coffees per day can trigger this type of hallucination, they explained…

Too Much Coffee Can Make You Hear Things That Are Not There

High coffee intake can cause auditory hallucinations – hearing things that are not there – researchers from La Trobe University, Australia report in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, after measuring the effect of caffeine and stress with 92 non-clinical participants. Even five coffees per day can trigger this type of hallucination, they explained…

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