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New Better Health campaign launched to encourage families to eat better

Families will be given support to help to improve the diets of their children through a new campaign as the new statistics reveal the number of parents giving unhealthy snacks to their children has increased during the pandemic.

9 Jan 2022

FIND trial: Higher vitamin D intake does not affect mortality or cardiovascular disease, cancer risk

A trial by the University of Eastern Finland found that taking a much higher dose of vitamin D than recommended for five years did not affect total mortality or the incidence of cardiovascular disease or cancer in older men and women.

7 Jan 2022

Study estimates the global prevalence of dementia in 2050

The number of adults (aged 40 years and older) living with dementia worldwide is expected to nearly triple, from an estimated 57 million in 2019 to 153 million in 2050, due primarily to population growth and population aging.

6 Jan 2022

How diet, supplements and lifestyle changes can help battle COVID

A recent editorial in the journal Nutrients emphasizes how efficacious non-pharmacological interventions in conjunction with the promotion of healthy lifestyle and dietary patterns may improve overall health status and reduce the risk of infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), as well as the potential adverse effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

6 Jan 2022

Distrust in state power closely linked vaccine hesitancy

Distrust of the state in Turkey, religion and abortion resistance in the United States. Politics and culture are just as important in explaining vaccine hesitancy as health.

5 Jan 2022

Drugs that block mineralocorticoid receptor may help protect bone cells during aging

Drugs we take like prednisone can weaken our bones and so can aging, and scientists working to prevent both have some of the first evidence that the best target may not be the logical one.

5 Jan 2022

Sustainable diet can lower the risk of bleeding or blood clots in the brain

The risk of bleeding or blood clots in the brain is lower if your diet is sustainable. This is shown by a new research result from Aarhus University. The results have just been published in the scientific journal Stroke.

4 Jan 2022

Eating human food profoundly impacts the microbiome of black bears

A recent study suggests that eating human food has a pronounced effect on the microbiome of black bears.

3 Jan 2022

Recommended choline intake during pregnancy improves child's sustained attention

Seven-year-old children performed better on a challenging task requiring sustained attention if their mothers consumed twice the recommended amount of choline during their pregnancy, a new Cornell study has found.

3 Jan 2022

Hypertension-related maternal mortality rates continue to increase in the United States

Chronic hypertension is contributing substantially to maternal deaths in the United States, with particular risk among Black women, according to new research from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.

3 Jan 2022

Researchers warn about the dangers of vitamin B12 deficiency in people following plant-based diets

In the run up to Veganuary leading researchers are warning of the dangers of a quiet epidemic of vitamin B12deficiencyin people who follow increasingly popular plant-based diets.

30 Dec 2021

Healthy dietary habits help reduce risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women

Obesity is a significant risk factor for developing gestational diabetes mellitus, and an increasing number of pregnant women are overweight or obese. Dietary habits have an impact on both obesity and the onset of gestational diabetes mellitus.

30 Dec 2021

Significant gaps found in nutrition-related care for patients with kidney disease

Dietary and nutritional changes are needed when patients develop kidney disease; however, new research published in CJASN reveals that in many countries, there are significant gaps in care related to the importance of nutrition for maintaining kidney health.

29 Dec 2021

Retransplantation may provide better survival over dialysis after failed first kidney transplant

Kidney transplantation is the preferred therapy after kidney failure, but kidneys transplanted from deceased donors often do not last for the rest of a recipient's life.

28 Dec 2021

High-fiber diet helps melanoma patients to respond better to immunotherapy

Melanoma patients receiving therapy that makes it easier for their immune system to kill cancer cells respond to treatment better when their diet is rich in fiber, according to a large, international research collaboration that includes the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy.

24 Dec 2021

Diet News and Research

Latest Diet News and Research

New Better Health campaign launched to encourage families to eat better

FIND trial: Higher vitamin D intake does not affect mortality or cardiovascular disease, cancer risk

Study estimates the global prevalence of dementia in 2050

How diet, supplements and lifestyle changes can help battle COVID

Distrust in state power closely linked vaccine hesitancy

Drugs that block mineralocorticoid receptor may help protect bone cells during aging

Sustainable diet can lower the risk of bleeding or blood clots in the brain

Eating human food profoundly impacts the microbiome of black bears

Recommended choline intake during pregnancy improves child's sustained attention

Hypertension-related maternal mortality rates continue to increase in the United States

Researchers warn about the dangers of vitamin B12 deficiency in people following plant-based diets

Healthy dietary habits help reduce risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women

Significant gaps found in nutrition-related care for patients with kidney disease

Retransplantation may provide better survival over dialysis after failed first kidney transplant

High-fiber diet helps melanoma patients to respond better to immunotherapy

Strains - not species - of gut bacteria may provide better insights into the microbiome

High-fiber diet linked with improved survival and response to immunotherapy in melanoma patients

Are our bowel habits written in our DNA?

Vaccinated kidney transplant recipients not adequately protected against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Peto's paradox offers new insights into cancer risk across mammals

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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