Category: Whole Body Health
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Mediterranean Diet May Improve IVF Success
Higher rates of pregnancy, live birth linked to diet by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today January 29, 2018 A Mediterranean diet may help improve success of in vitro fertilization (IVF), Greek researchers suggested. Lower rates of pregnancy (29.1% versus 50.0%, P=0.01) and live births (26.6% versus 48.8%, P=0.01) were seen among with the lowest…
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Interest in the Ketogenic Diet Grows for Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes
January 16, 2018 Jennifer Abbasi Article Information JAMA. 2018;319(3):215-217. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.20639 This summer, 25 overweight and obese adults participating in a tightly controlled feeding study will take up full-time residence for 3 months at a wooded lakefront center in Ashland, Massachusetts. However, before checking in at Framingham State University’s Warren Conference Center and Inn, they will have to lose 15%…
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The proven health benefits of honey
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Updated 9:26 AM ET, Mon January 15, 2018 (CNN)Move over, prehistoric bears. Humans have loved honey since the Stone Age. Rock art pictures of honey harvesting, which at first glance look like drawings from A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, date to about 8000 B.C. Beeswax has been found on pottery dating as far…
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Sleeping longer may lead to a healthier diet
~Extended sleep tied to less sugar, carb, and fat intake by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today January 10, 2018 Sleeping longer may lead to a healthier diet, according to British researchers. Among habitually short sleepers — 5 to <7 hours per night — a behavioral intervention that extended sleep led to significantly reduced intake…
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Insufficient Evidence to Screen Kids for Scoliosis
This article says that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force no longer recommends screening for scoliosis in school children because there isn’t enough evidence to say whether the benefits outweigh the harms. by Molly Walker, Staff Writer, MedPage Today January 09, 2018 No recommendation on screening adolescents for idiopathic scoliosis will be forthcoming from the U.S. Preventive…
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Ibuprofen Linked to Men’s Fertility Problems
From: WebMd By Tim Locke TUESDAY Jan. 9, 2018 — Taking the common painkiller ibuprofen has been linked in a small study with a condition affecting male fertility problems. Male fertility is dropping around the world and the researchers wanted to see if ibuprofen might be contributing to this. Ibuprofen Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug sold without a…
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Lifestyle Factors Affect Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk Regardless of Genetic Predisposition
December 27, 2017 Some people say they have high blood pressure because it is in their genes. Well, there is new information published in the medical journal Circulation that says otherwise. People with genetic predispositions for high blood pressure are actually able to reduce their blood pressure through lifestyle. TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Data from the UK Biobank study…
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Opioids now kill more people than breast cancer
By Nadia Kounang, CNN Updated 12:14 AM ET, Thu December 21, 2017 (CNN) More than 63,600 lives were lost to drug overdose in 2016, the most lethal year yet of the drug overdose epidemic, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of…
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Osteoarthritis could be prevented with good diet and exercise
Date: May 12, 2017 Source: University of Surrey Summary: Osteoarthritis can potentially be prevented with a good diet and regular exercise, a new expert review reports. Osteoarthritis can potentially be prevented with a good diet and regular exercise, a new expert review published in the Nature Reviews Rheumatology reports. During the expert review, researchers from the University…
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Yogurt, But Not Milk, May Lower Hip Fracture Risk
– Findings based on combination of high intake of fermented milk products and fruits, vegetables MONDAY, Dec. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) — High intake of fermented milk products, like yogurt, in combination with a high intake of fruits and vegetables, is associated with lower hip fracture rates in women, according to a study published online…