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Does Diet Affect Your Life Expectancy?

Watch out, the food you eat can affect your longevity. Eating a rich diet after following a restricted diet plan can affect your overall health, thereby




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Different Foods Linked to Different Types of Stroke: Study

Different types of food are associated with risks of different types of stroke, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the iEuropean Heart Journal/i.




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How the Urban Environment Affects the Diet of Its Citizens: Study

New study uses photovoice methodology and qualitatively compares citizens' perceptions about the food environment in three Bilbao neighborhoods with different socioeconomic levels.




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Best Preoperative Definitions of Malnutrition Do Not Apply Equally to All Cancers

Best preoperative definition of cancer-related malnutrition may depend on the type of cancer the patient has, reports a new study. The findings of the




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High Sugar Diet Impairs Maternal Care After Pregnancy

In a study involving rats, a high sugar diet during pregnancy altered levels of sex steroid hormones (e.g. progesterone) and dopamine in their brains,




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Sugar Gets the Red Light from Consumers, Says Study

For people when making healthy food choices - overriding fat and salt, sugar content is the key factor, revealed researchers. A team from the




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Whole-fat Dairy Products and Weight Gain

Children who consume full-fat dairy products do not show an increased risk of obesity or heart disease, according to an Edith Cowan University (ECU) research




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Artificial Sweeteners Along With Carbs Are More Harmful

Artificial sweetener sucralose doesnt have any negative impact on its own, but when consumed with a carbohydrate, it induces harmful changes in insulin




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Impact of Obesity Amongst Women

Scientists from the University of Southampton studied the association between BMI and prolonged sickness absence, cutting down at work and health-related




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Fermented Soy Intake Linked to Lower Risk for Death

Soy is widely viewed as a healthful food. However, whether intake of soy products (unfermented and fermented) is associated with longer life expectancy is unclear.




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Using Technology During Mealtimes Could Reduce Food Intake

Being distracted by technology during mealtimes may reduce the amount of food a person eats, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the iJournal of Nutrition/i.




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Drinking Coffee May Not Enhance Your Creativity: Study

Caffeine may raise your ability to problem-solve, but it won't boost your creativity, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iConsciousness and Cognition/i.




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Intermittent Fasting Helps Prevent Disease

Intermittent fasting has worked on the liver to help prevent disease, stated researchers in Australia. The findings will help medical scientists working




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Parental Diet Affects Sperm And Health Of Future Offspring

High-fat and low-protein diets lead to metabolic disorders in their offspring, revealed researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR).




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Diet and Nutrition Have Profound Impact on Gut Microbiome

Nutrition and diet have a profound impact on microbial composition in the gut, according to a study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iNutrition Reviews/i.




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Can Alkaline Foods Fight Against Coronavirus?

Coronavirus pH varies from 5.5 to 8.5 is a myth, as the World Health Organization (WHO) hasn't released any data on the coronavirus' pH level. However,




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Unconscious Food Impulses may Make Bariatric Surgery Less Effective for Extreme Obesity: Study

Unconscious food cravings were found to make bariatric surgery less effective for extreme obesity, stated new research that was accepted for presentation




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Coconut Oil Reduces Metabolic Syndrome Features

In animal study, small amount of coconut oil was found to decrease the features of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors that raise the chances




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Most Diets Lead to Weight Loss and Lower Blood Pressure, but Effects Largely Disappear After a Year: Study

A new study published in The BMJ revealed that weight loss at the 12 month-up diminished, and improvements in heart disease risk factors largely disappeared,




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Curcumin of Haldi Helps in Nano-based Drug Delivery

Curcumin can be incorporated into stable drug formulations to improve therapeutic efficacy, according to Dr Prem Felix Siril, Principal Investigator of




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Natural Compound in Fruit Peels, Herbs Halts Damage and Spurs Neuronal Repair in Multiple Sclerosis

An active ingredient found in fruit peels and some herbs can halt and reduce further damage to neurons in multiple sclerosis (MS), reports a new study.




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Is Green Tea Good for Food Allergies?

Gulp down a cup of green tea to get rid of food allergies, suggests a new study. Research findings suggest gut microbes can effect allergic immune responses.




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Healthy Eating Tips and Recipes to Keep Your Body and Mind Fresh during Stay-at-home Orders

COVID-19 has made everyone stay-at-home for 21 days. People feel bored by staying within the four walls of their house and eating the same routine diet.




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Mediterranean Diet Helps Preserve Cognitive Function

Mediterranean-rich diet was found to correlate with higher cognitive function, said researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National




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Children's Fruit Drinks Need Clearer Labels: Study

Fruit drinks' labels marketed to children, do not help parents and other consumers differentiate among fruit juice and sugar-laden, artificially flavored




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Diverse Diet is as Effective as Sports Supplements for Female Athletes

Less-expensive foods are just as effective at helping female athletes recover from workouts as sports nutrition products, reports a new study. The findings




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'Local Food' Is Not A Reality For Most Of The World

Majority of the world population live in countries that are dependent on, at least partially, imported food. Globalization has revolutionized food production




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Media Literacy Has a Positive Impact on Kids' Nutrition and Family Relationships

Media use is a known contributor to childhood obesity, but reductions in screen use only partly eliminate media influence. Family-centered, media literacy-oriented




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Coffee Influences Our Sense of Taste

Drinking coffee makes your taste buds more sensitive to sweetness, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iFoods/i.




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Drinking Filtered Brew is the Safest: Study

Unfiltered brew coffee was linked to higher death risk than a filtered brew, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the iEuropean Journal of Preventive Cardiology/i.




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Common Chicken Cooking Practices at Home may Not Ensure Food Safety

Popular methods for judging the doneness of chicken may not ensure safety from pathogens, revealed findings presented by Solveig Langsrud of the Norwegian




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Kids Don't Know How to Get Proper Nutrition Information Online

Children should be taught effective digital search strategies for health information as lack of knowledge can lead to misinterpreting portions, adopt




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Sugary Soda Consumption Decreases Kidney Blood Flow: Study

Sugary soda consumption downs kidney blood flow, and raise the risk of developing chronic kidney disease, according to a study in the iAmerican Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology/i.




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How to Eat Mindfully During COVID-19 Pandemic?

Healthy eating is essential for keeping the immune system in good shape to protect the body against disease, and a mindful approach to eating can help




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Taurine Deficiency in Sperm Causes Male Infertility

A new cell volume regulator in sperm cells that plays a key role in maintaining their shape and fertility has been uncovered by researchers at the University of Tsukuba and Cornell University.




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Exposure to Lead can Impact Fertility Rates

Exposure to lead (in the air and topsoil) can affect fertility in both men and women, finds a recent study. The study was a first that comes after news




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Can CPAP Mask Improve Quality of Life Among Partners?

Women were only found to benefit from continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask whereas in men it was mainly associated with reduced sexual quality of life, finds a new study.




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Unsafe Sex may Increase Due to Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Alcohol and marijuana, when used separately or combined, increase the risk of condomless sex among young adults, a new study finds. bThis increased




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Novel Way to Treat Gonorrhea Identified

A team of researchers have identified a novel lipoprotein that Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria use to defeat the human body's first line of immune defense.




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Only Half of the People Enroll for HIV Care in Southern Mozambique After Diagnosis

Only half of the people diagnosed with HIV in southern Mozambique enroll in medical care while others do not initiate the next step of HIV care, reports a new study.




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First Sexual Experience Impacts Risk of HIV, Violence for Women in Kenya

A study on teenage girls and young women in Kenya reveals that if the first sexual encounter is forced, such women are four times more likely to experience gender-based violence later in life.




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Genital Warts Left Untreated May Up HIV Transmission Risk

Genital warts may raise the risk of HIV transmission, but prevention and treatment could reduce the spread of the disease, reports a new study. The findings




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Individual HPV Types Linked to HIV Infection Discovered

For the first time scientists have discovered 37 individual types of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, that are specifically associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.




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HPV Vaccination: Safety Concerns Top the List

Concerns that the HPV vaccination would encourage or support youth sexual activity have led to only a minority of parents to immunize their children against




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Proteins That may Play Key Roles in Female Fertility and Cancer Biology Discovered

Aurora kinase A (AURKA), AURKB and AURKC proteins regulate each other with surprising twists and turns in female mouse eggs, a finding that may play an




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Culturally Tailored Intervention Increases HPV Vaccination of Asian-American Adolescents

A culturally tailored multilevel strategy designed by scientists significantly increased human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among low-income, mostly




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Sex Education Before College Linked to Lower Sexual Assault Risk

Students who had received sexuality education including refusal skills training before college matriculation were found to be at lower risk of experiencing




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Low Sperm Count in Men with Prolonged Infertility

Lower sperm counts and other parameters of impaired sperm were observed in men having a longer duration of infertility problem. From the study of 1644




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Self-administered Long Acting Contraceptive Designed

In developing countries where access to healthcare can be limited, a new long-acting contraceptive designed to be self-administered by women may provide




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Guide for Physicians to Help Manage Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents

A review for primary care physicians published in iCMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)/i, aims to provide care to the growing number of identified transgenders among adolescents.