2019 in medical research: What were the top findings?

Another year has come and gone, and we are about to step into a new decade. But what have the past 12 months meant for medical research?

High prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in large population of kids with type 1 diabetes

During the past two decades, vitamin D status, defined as serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, has emerged as a predictor of key clinical outcomes including bone health, glucose metabolism…

Study finds association between energy drinks and traumatic brain injury in teens

Teens who reported a traumatic brain injury in the past year were seven times more likely to have consumed at least five energy drinks in the past week than those without a history of TBI…

Teeth reveal lifetime exposures to metals, toxins

Is it possible that too much iron in infant formula may potentially increase risk for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s in adulthood — and are teeth the window into the past that can help…

Survey of ready-to-eat salads exposes high salt content

Despite a large reduction in average salt content over the past decade, many food stores and restaurants in the UK are still loading their salads with unhealthy quantities of salt.

Childhood obesity: is it being taken seriously?

Childhood obesity has soared in the past 3 decades, meaning more children are at risk of obesity-related illnesses. But is the condition still overlooked

Worldwide obesity rates see ‘startling’ increase over past 3 decades

An international research team has found that, unlike other major global health risks – such as smoking – obesity rates have significantly increased over the past 30 years.

What are the health benefits of oats?

Oats (Avena sativa) are a cereal commonly eaten in the form of oatmeal or rolled oats.They are mainly eaten as porridge, as an ingredient in breakfast cereals and in baked goods (oatcakes, oat cookies and oat bread). Over the past few decades oats have become a very popular “health food”.

High fiber diet may protect against asthma

In the past 50 years, as fruits and vegetables have featured less and less in the Western diet, rates of allergic asthma have gone up. Now a new study suggests these trends are not coincidental, but causally linked.

Decreasing Diabetes Risk In Obese Children And Adolescents Through Vitamin D Supplementation

Childhood and adolescent obesity rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past three decades. Being obese puts individuals at greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease in which individuals have too much sugar in their blood…

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