In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of "food as medicine"—a philosophy in which food and nutrition are positioned with...
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Radio ads with an emotional appeal—featuring personal stories of either a happy organ transplant recipient or a sad patient languishing on the waiting list—increase non-donor listeners' suppo...
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A recent study at the Hebrew University aimed to improve attitudes toward food in women with restrained eating habits who monitor their diet by training them to respond more flexibly to food cues...
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Quitting cigarettes during pregnancy may increase obesity-related complications for both parent and baby, but Rutgers Health researchers found that reductions in stillbirths and premature deliver...
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The new draft of the global pandemic agreement has been released to countries ahead of Thursday's deadline, with a more streamlined take on how the world should handle future pandemics.
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Medical students who report having a disability are less likely to match into a residency program, according to a new Yale study involving residency programs across the United States.
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The University of Michigan has published a web-based toolkit designed to support the use and implementation of Michigan's new extreme risk protection order (ERPO) law.
Many consumers know the food safety risks of dairy products, eggs and raw meat. But they are less likely to understand the risks associated with dry goods, including tree nuts such as almonds, ca...
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The interplay between the food we eat and our overall cognitive performance is a topic of increasing interest to people throughout the world. And while some studies have reported benefits of heal...
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A high street voucher scheme has been shown to be helpful in supporting new mothers, who stopped smoking during their pregnancy, to maintain abstinence from smoking in their first year postpartum...
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A health insurance operation based in Broward County, Florida, used internet ads that falsely promised cash subsidies to sign up clients across the country and replace their agents, a lawsuit con...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-false-cash-subsidies-capture-health.html
Phlebotomy technicians collect blood from patients and prepare the samples for testing. Most work in hospitals and clinics, but some collect blood for donation purposes. In this Mayo Clinic Minut...
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By 2050, it is predicted that one in four people in the UK will be aged 65 years or over. We have seen increases in lifespan over the last number of decades; however, this is not necessarily comp...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-inflammaging-longer-healthier-life.html
Many people around the world make and eat fermented foods. Millions in Korea alone make kimchi. The cultural heritage of these picklers shape not only what they eat every time they crack open a j...
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Two-thirds of homeless people are experiencing some form of mental health disorder, a large, new review of data on the subject.
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Regina Barrett, a 69-year-old retiree who lives in this small North Carolina city southeast of Charlotte, has not been happy with her tap water for a while.
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The typical average adult head weighs approximately 10–12 pounds. But did you know that bending it forward at a 45-degree angle to look at a cellphone or tablet can dramatically increase your c...
A new kind of mosquito net delivered across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and nearly 25,000 deaths over three years, the project's backers said Wednesday.
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Significantly reducing trans fat levels in the Nigerian food supply could prevent approximately 10,000 heart disease deaths and save $90 million US (12 billion Naira, ₦) in health care costs ov...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-urgency-nigeria-trans-fat-policy.html
Spending too much time online to the point of compulsion and the neglect of other necessary activities, plus not sleeping or exercising enough, are linked to a heightened risk of both truancy and...
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The Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it will work with 50 nations worldwide to try to prevent global pandemics such as COVID-19, which brought the world to a standstill four years ago.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-partner-countries-future-pandemics.html
School lunches have come a long way from square pizza and fish sticks, and students across the board are benefiting from improved nutritional standards in the cafeteria.
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According to a recent study, either healthier or unhealthier health behaviors cluster among individuals. These health behavior patterns remain relatively stable in middle adulthood and are predic...
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People seeking straightforward nutrition advice might have a bone to pick with calcium, a building block of health that can start to seem like a piece from a complicated puzzle.
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The United States is helping 50 countries build up their health care systems as part of its new global strategy to prevent another pandemic, officials announced Tuesday.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-advances-pandemic-preparedness-global-falter.html
No one wants to imagine chemicals in the water they drink. Yet PFAS—the "forever chemicals" used in products from clothing to some non-stick pans—contaminate nearly half of tap water in the U...
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Counterfeit or mishandled Botox shots have triggered harmful reactions in 19 people in nine states, U.S. health officials warned Monday.
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Walking is one of the best exercises available to average folks, and it can be as easy as stepping out your front door, experts say.
In Matthew Roach's two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10 years previously in its epidemiology program, he has witnessed a trend in mortality ...
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Many parents know it is important for their teenagers to have breakfast before they go to school. Even though young people can be reluctant to eat it, breakfast provides the energy the brain and ...
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