Physical inactivity worsens GI symptoms in obese people
... "It is well-documented that maintaining a healthy diet and regular physical activity can benefit GI healt...every three adults diagnosed as obese. Adopting a diet rich with fruits and vegetables and increasing physical activity are two simple ways to control weig......, the benefits of which appear to include improved diet quality," said lead author Elsie Taveras, instruct...choose to eat out and to encourage a well-balanced diet when eating in." At the beginning of the study, 3.5 percent of girls and 6 percent of boys reported ...The Epilepsy Foundation issues Call to Action
...change occurs, ask your health care provider about diet options, medication alternatives and lifestyle adjustments that may help. 10. Stay on top of emerging information about anticonvulsant drugs....Moderate exercise yields cardiovascular benefits
...t people who do not exercise and maintain the same diet will gain up to four pounds each year. "The partic...of exercise, patients were told not to alter their diet during the course of the trial, which lasted six months for the group that did not exercise or eight...Fatty foods fight inflammation
...en inflammation in the gut, as rats fed a high-fat diet were protected against lethal bacteria-induced shock whereas those fed a low-fat diet were not. CCK sent signals to the brain through the vagus nerve, the nerve that provides the electr...NCI grants $12.1 million for USC center to study obesity and cancer
... cycle. "Obesity and related factors such as poor diet and inactivity are known to contribute to cancer risk, and these are factors we can actually do something about," says Michael I. Goran, Ph.D., Keck School professor of preventive medicine and physiology and biophysics, associate director of the USC ...Australian Cancer Research Foundation announces biggest ever private grant
...t options or for earlier diagnosis Environmental, diet and lifestyle factors that cause or contribute to cancer Speaking at the announcement today were three leading Australian cancer research scientists: Professor Peter Klinken from the West Australian Institute of Medical Research; Professor Michelle ...Alzheimer's & Dementia marks first issue
...s of the premiere issue include research linking a diet high in folate to a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease. In that study, Alzheimer's disease risk was reduced by 55 percent for older adults with a total folate intake at or above the U.S. RDA of 400 micrograms per day. Other studies address potenti...Researchers call for better recognition and pain management of endometriosis
... Huntington. This included a healthy caffeine-free diet with a high fruit and vegetable content and fewer high oestrogen foods such as dairy products. But the women still needed medical intervention to control the pain of the condition. "The development of chronic pain management services for women with...Mailman School receives grant to study reducing skin cancer risk from arsenic in water
..."If the research confirms that supplementing one's diet with vitamin E and/or selenium, has an impact on changes of pre-malignant skin lesions and its progression to skin cancer, the results could provide essential data on potential low-cost interventions for reducing the cancer risk among millions of ars...A high fat, low carbohydrate diet improves Alzheimer's disease in mice
...rovement in patients with mild AD who were given a diet that raises ketone bodies. In an accompanying e... fit into the treatment of AD, the implication for diet in general is also important." The primacy of insulin as a control element is the basis of popular w...New book focuses on how to market better nutrition
...ive in getting people to consume a more nutritious diet -- that is, a diet that is heart-healthy and reduces the risks of obesity, diabetes, cancer and other diseases. "This ...Nutrition expert evaluates new weight-loss medication
...a. The study, which compared orlistat 60 mg plus diet to placebo plus diet in patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 28, demonstrates a statistically significant diffe...Interactive websites can help manage chronic diseases
...nage and live with the disease, such as changes in diet or exercise. Computer-based programs which combine health information with, for example, online peer support may be one way of meeting these needs and of helping people to achieve better health. "However, our results should be treated with some cauti...Fish is good fish is bad. Balancing health risks and benefits
...lia, looks at potential consequences of changes in diet on a global scale. They caution, "The well-informed fish consumer of the future may wish to consider not only the likely MeHg and PUFA concentration of her meal, but its ecologic impact and perhaps whether his/her use of market power could unintent...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, Issue 4
...at including fiber as a laxative within a person's diet was an effective way of treating the symptoms of hemorrhoids. "Fiber seems to work well in patients with small hemorrhoids, but those with more severe hemorrhoids may need further treatment that could involve surgery," says lead Cochrane Review Autho...Flavonoids may inhibit prostate cancer
Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables could be a good defense against prostate cancer, according to a Case Western Reserve University study published in the October online issue of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal. Previ...Diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix
... depression and diabetes are less likely to follow diet and exercise guidelines or to check their blood glucose levels, and to have more lapses in filling their prescriptions for oral hypoglycemic, lipid-lowering, and high blood pressure medications. People with depression and diabetes were also more like...Growth patterns into childhood reveal risk of coronary heart disease later in life
...y plenty of physical activity and eat a nutritious diet to help prevent coronary heart disease in adulthoo... "First, mothers should have a balanced and varied diet before conception and during pregnancy. Second, infant growth after birth should be protected. Third...UCLA/VA research analysis in journal Nature explains wide variations in animal sleep habits
...Research Laboratory concludes that environment and diet largely determine sleep needs. Appearing in the Oct. 27 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Nature, the analysis shows that meat-eating species sleep the most and grazing animals the least. Sleep amounts range from 20 hours in the little brown bat t...