High Fat Diets Maybe Linked To ADHD And Learning Problems

Diets that are high in fat are possibly linked to childhood brain-based conditions, such as memory-dependent learning disabilities and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers from the University of Illinois College of Medicine reported in Psychoneuroendocrinology…

High Fat Diets Maybe Linked To ADHD And Learning Problems

Diets that are high in fat are possibly linked to childhood brain-based conditions, such as memory-dependent learning disabilities and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers from the University of Illinois College of Medicine reported in Psychoneuroendocrinology…

Healthy Sleep, Healthy Diet: Sleep Pattern Linked To Variety Of Food Intake

People who eat a large variety of foods, considered an indicator of a healthy diet, are also the ones with the healthiest sleep patterns, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), in the US…

The Lives Of Many Malnourished Children Saved By Antibiotics

Severely malnourished children are far more likely to recover and survive when given antibiotics along with a therapeutic peanut-based food than children who are simply treated with the therapeutic food alone, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. “The findings are remarkable,” says Indi Trehan, MD, lead author of the research, published Jan…

Could Carrots Reduce Risk Of Type-2 Diabetes?

Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have found that for people harboring a genetic predisposition that is prevalent among Americans, beta carotene, which the body converts to a close cousin of vitamin A, may lower the risk for the most common form of diabetes, while gamma tocopherol, the major form of vitamin E in the American diet, may increase risk for the disease…

Can Diet Beat Depression?

Research into diet and depression should follow the model of studies into diet and cardiovascular risk. According to an opinion piece in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Medicine this week.

Studies Investigate Aspects Of Nutrition And Blood Pressure Control In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Three studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology’s Annual Kidney Week provide new information on diet and blood pressure in kidney disease patients.

High Chocolate Intake And Nobel Prize Winnings Linked

It seems that countries with the highest regular chocolate intake per person have a proportionally greater number of Nobel Prize, winners, researchers from Kings College London and the Wellcome Trust have revealed in a new book. The NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) has an article on this book…

Vitamin C Found To Prevent Bone Loss In Animal Models

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a disease affecting large numbers of elderly women and men in which bones become brittle and can fracture. The findings are published in the October 8 online edition of PLoS ONE…

Providing Non-Caloric Beverages To Teens Can Help Them Avoid Excessive Weight Gain

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that adolescents who eliminated sugar-sweetened beverages for one year gained less weight than those who didn’t, shedding light on an effective intervention to help combat adolescent obesity…

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