Inflammation and fibrosis in the heart healed with fat

Too much dietary fat is bad for the heart, but the right kind of fat keeps the heart healthy, according to a paper published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Chemicals in food packaging ‘may be harmful to human health’

Many of the synthetic chemicals involved in packaging and storing the food we eat can leak into it, potentially harming our long-term health, say environmental scientists in a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.Although some of these chemicals are regulated, people come into contact with them almost every day through packaged or processed foods.

Physical inactivity, poor diet and smoking linked to disability in older population

An unhealthy lifestyle is associated with a greater likelihood of developing disability over the age of 65, with the risk increasing progressively with the number of unhealthy behaviours, suggests a paper published on bmj.com today.

Historical Lessons Underline Vital Role That Nurses Can Play In Patient Feeding

Nurses can play a key role in feeding people and restoring their humanity in times of great crisis and this was very evident during their little-known involvement in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen at the end of World War Two. That is the key finding of a historical research paper published in the October issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing…

Eating 2.5 Ounces Of Walnuts Per Day Improves Semen Quality In Healthy Young Men

A paper published 15 August 2012 in Biology of Reproduction’s Papers-in-Press reveals that eating 75 grams of walnuts a day improves the vitality, motility, and morphology of sperm in healthy men aged 21 to 35. Approximately 70 million couples experience subfertility or infertility worldwide, with 30 to 50 percent of these cases attributable to the male partner…

Eat Less, Feel Cold, But Live Longer? Probably, Say Calorie Restriction Researchers

People who follow calorie-restricted diets have lower core body temperatures, similar to that observed in long-lived calorie-restricted mice, strengthening the idea that eating less helps people live longer, said researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine, in St.