Very Sugary Diet Makes You Stupid

As we near the final year exams for schools and universities, students should be wary of powering up on buckets of soda and pocketfuls of candy bars.

Study Shows High-Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning, Memory

Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid.

Some Dietary Supplements May Increase Cancer Risk

Beta-carotene, selenium and folic acid – taken up to three times their recommended daily allowance, these supplements are probably harmless. But taken at much higher levels as some supplement manufacturers suggest, these three supplements have now been proven to increase the risk of developing a host of cancers…

Findings Suggest The Possibility Of Boosting The Health Benefits Of Omega-3 Oils

For the first time, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have peered inside a living mouse cell and mapped the processes that power the celebrated health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids…

Child Mortality Rate Decreased After Prenatal Micronutrient, Food Supplementation Internvention

A study in the May 16 edition of JAMA reveals that survival rates of newborns in poor Bangladeshi communities were significantly improved if their mothers received multiple micronutritions, including iron and folic acid combined with early food supplementation during pregnancy, in comparison with women receiving the usual food supplementation…

Seniors Going Hungy

A new study that looked at the hunger trends over a 10-year period found that 14.85 percent of seniors in the United States, more than one in seven, face the threat of hunger. This translates into 8.3 million seniors…

CHORI Bar Improves Cognitive and Metabolic Benefits In Just 2 Weeks

National Medal of Science winner Bruce N…

Helping Primary Care Physicians To Counsel Obese Patients With Obesity

Managing adult obesity is challenging for primary care physicians, but a new review published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) aims to provide an evidence-based approach to counselling patients to help them lose weight and maintain weight loss…

Could A Compound Found In Red Wine And Red Grapes Change The Course Of Alzheimer’s Disease?

A national, phase II clinical trial examining the effects of resveratrol on individuals with mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease has begun as more than two dozen academic institutions recruit volunteers in the coming months. R. Scott Turner, M.D., Ph.D., director of Georgetown University Medical Center’s Memory Disorders Program, is the lead investigator for the national study…

Vitamin K2 Potentially Offers Hope For A New Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease

Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken, associated with VIB and KU Leuven, succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson’s using vitamin K2. His discovery gives hope to Parkinson’s patients…

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