Some say age 90 is the new age 70. If so, there's never been a better time for elderly patients to discuss with family and physicians just how aggressive…
Especially young women run a great risk of incurring frontal cruciate ligament injuries, according to a new dissertation from Linköping University in Sweden.A…
At present, 4 to 5 and 10 to 11 year olds are weighed at school and the anonymised information fed into the National Childhood Obesity Database as part of a…
Food quality and portion sizes need to be improved dramatically, according to the Copenhagen University research group, led by Prof Steen Stender, who found…
Researchers have shown that people who practiced the Oriental art of Qigong – which combines gentle exercise with breathing techniques, meditation and…
This finding is the result of a research project carried out by a staff headed by Prof. Nurit Yirmiya and doctoral candidate Yifat Gamliel of the Hebrew…
The control group of schools that had not introduced specific rules for sweets and food/drink saw an increase in the relative number of overweight or fat…
Leading experts will present results from such issues as sex related violence and the risk of suicide in women, the significance of junk food for behavioural…
This is the first national study to suggest that depression alone — and not lifestyle factors like being overweight –can trigger Type 2 diabetes in adults 65…
Researchers studied an animal model for type I diabetes and primary Sjogren’s Syndrome, which damages the glands that produce tears and saliva.They found…
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital say they have found the best way for predicting when patients will need future surgery to repair hip…
The foods, under development at the Clore Laboratory at the University of Buckingham, will be supplemented with leptin, the hunger hormone. Those who take the…
Professor Bryan Williams, Professor of Medicine at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and University of Leicester said: “This latest recognition is a classic…
The first results of the EU Childhood Obesity programme indicate that low protein content infant formulae bring metabolic and endocrine benefits, as well as…
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center have identified a subgroup of hard-to-treat breast cancers that may be sensitive to the…
While exploring ways to help keep strawberries fresh during storage, researchers from Thailand and the US discovered that treating the berries with alcohol led…
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