Cheese And Dairy Products May Prevent Cavities

Consuming dairy products is vital to maintaining good overall health, and it’s especially important to bone health. But there has been little research about how dairy products affect oral health in particular…

Combined Ketogenic Diet And Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Proves Effective Against Metastatic Cancer

A combination of nontoxic dietary and hyperbaric oxygen therapies effectively increased survival time in a mouse model of aggressive metastatic cancer, a research team from the Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory at the University of South Florida has found…

Hospital Patients On Antibiotics Benefit From Probiotics

Patients in hospital who are on antibiotics may benefit from taking probiotics, according to researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital. Dr…

Malnutrition Kills Over 3 Million Children Annually Worldwide

More than 3 million children die each year because of malnutrition, accounting for more than fifty percent of deaths among those under the age of 5, according a new report published in the Lancet. A team of experts analyzed the true extent of global malnutrition, as well as the factors that cause it, to develop a new framework for prevention and treatment…

A Newborn’s Diet May Be Improved Through Genetic Analysis Of Breast Milk

The composition of breast milk varies from mother to mother, and genetic factors may affect the levels of protective components in breast milk that could influence a newborn’s outcomes…

Iron May Have A Protective Effect Against Parkinson’s Disease

Increased iron levels may be causally associated with a decreased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, says a new paper published this week in PLOS Medicine.

Cheese Comes From Plants, Many British Kids Believe

The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has just revealed that a shockingly high percentage of primary school children are not eating enough fruit and vegetables and that a large proportion of them believe that cheese comes from plants and that fish fingers are made from chicken…

Increased TV Exposure Associated With Higher Consumption Of Sweetened Beverages Among Children

More time in front of the TV set and higher exposure to TV adverts may lead to increased consumption of sweetened beverages among children. This is the conclusion of a new study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Vegetarians Live Longer Than Meat-Eaters

Vegetarians may live longer than meat-eaters, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The research involved over 70,000 members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and showed that vegetarian diets are linked to reduced death rates with more favorable results for males than females…

Higher-Producing, Better-Tasting Chocolate Likely Following Genome Sequencing Of Cacao Plant

The freshly sequenced genome of the most commonly cultivated cacao plant in the world is revealed in the open access journal Genome Biology.

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