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The Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of death in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, according to results from the observational Moli-sani study presented at ESC…
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – People who have had gallstone disease are more likely than others to develop coronary heart disease, according to a large analysis of past studies. Hardened deposits known as gallstones form in the gallbladder when the bile contains too much cholesterol or other abnormal substances, and while the cause is not fully understood, factors like obesity, high-calorie diets and metabolic syndrome are associated with gallstone risk. The same factors increase the risk for coronary heart disease, which kills 370,000 Americans per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A school intervention costing less than 20 cents per child has stopped unhealthy weight gain.
Title: Friendships Matter If You Want to Lose Weight
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/29/2016 12:00:00 AM
Study found overweight people more likely to shed pounds if they spend time with thin friends
Title: Could Weight-Loss Surgery Boost Odds of Preemie Birth?
Category: Health News
Created: 8/24/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/25/2016 12:00:00 AM
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – For years following the events of September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan, the disaster and its aftermath may have affected women and their babies who were not even conceived yet, according to a new study. Researchers found that among women who were rescue or recovery workers responding to the events of 9/11, or women who resided below Canal Street in the World Trade Center’s neighborhood, those with the most intense exposures to the disaster had doubled rates of preterm delivery and low birthweight babies over the next few years. “Associations between disaster exposure and adverse birth outcomes have been demonstrated repeatedly in the past,” said lead author Carey Maslow, deputy director of research for the World Trade Center Health Registry.
Breaking research into fish oil supplements shows that they may be able to stave off a number of metabolic changes associated with a high-fat diet.
Being overweight can raise the likelihood of being diagnosed with cancers of the stomach and digestive tract, as well as certain brain and reproductive tumors, international researchers said Wednesday. A report in the New England Journal of Medicine adds eight more kinds of cancer to the list of those already known to be more likely among overweight people. In 2002, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Cancer on Research (IARC), based in France, said excess pounds could raise the risk of colon, esophagus, kidney, breast and uterine cancer.
Despite growing in popularity, the Paleo diet causes more negative side effects than traditional diets according to research from Edith Cowan University.