Cutting physical education programs could pose health risk
An Illinois researcher says recent reports citing childhood obesity as one of the nation's latest health epidemics can be tied to cuts in physical education programs at school intended to boost...
View ArticleEating breakfast may reduce risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease
People who eat breakfast are significantly less likely to be obese and diabetic than those who usually don't, researchers reported today at the American Heart Association's 43rd Annual Conference on...
View ArticleDecade-long trial confirms benefts of steroid withdrawal for transplant patients
CINCINNATI -- A University of Cincinnati (UC) analysis of 10 years of data from local kidney transplant patients shows that patients removed from a corticosteroid regimen shortly after surgery have...
View ArticleRight foods aid memory and protect against disease
For the first time researchers have found out what effect multiple, rather than just single, foods with anti-inflammatory effects have on healthy individuals. The results of a diet study show that bad...
View ArticleGenes link puberty timing and body fat in women
(Boston) - Scientists have discovered 30 new genes that control the age of sexual maturation in women. Notably, many of these genes also act on body weight regulation or biological pathways related to...
View ArticleHIV drugs interfere with blood sugar, lead to insulin resistance
The same powerful drugs that have extended the lives of countless people with HIV come with a price -- insulin resistance that can lead to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Now, researchers at...
View ArticleNitrate improves mitochondrial function
The spinach-eating cartoon character Popeye has much to teach us, new research from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows. The muscles' cellular power plants -- the mitochondria...
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