BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES | JANUARY 11, 2023 This is the first piece in a series on vitamins and minerals, also called micronutrients. In this series, we’ll cover what each micronutrient does, food sources, supplements, and signs of deficiencies and excess. Think of vitamin A and you might think about your eyes...
Have you heard of Intermittent Fasting? It’s actually been around for hundreds of years and has many great health benefits. But what if you have certain medical conditions such as thyroid disease? How will intermittent fasting affect the function of your thyroid? Could it help with any of your symptoms or possibly make them worse?...
by American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The frequency and size of meals was a stronger determinant of weight loss or gain than the time between first and last meal, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. According to the senior study author Wendy L. Bennett, M.D., M.P.H.,...
Sharica Brookins, MD February 28, 2022 When we refer to “regular table salt,” it is most commonly in the form of sodium chloride, which is also a major constituent of packaged and ultraprocessed foods. Sharica Brookins, MD The best approach to finding the “healthiest salt” — which really means the lowest in sodium — is to look...
MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: A SIMPLE NASAL SPRAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED SNORING AND BREATHING DIFFICULTIES IN CHILDREN AND HALVED THE NUMBER NEEDING TO HAVE THEIR TONSILS REMOVED, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY. CREDIT: NENAD STOJKOVIC A simple nasal spray significantly reduced snoring and breathing difficulties in children and halved the number needing to have their...
A recent study observed that people who regularly took vitamin D supplements were less likely to have melanoma. Marc Tran/Stocksy A new cross-sectional study observed that people who regularly took vitamin D supplements were less likely to have melanoma, a form of skin cancer, than those who did not take supplements. The researchers’ analysis also...
by Taylor & Francis Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Contraceptive advice from social media influencers could be putting young people at risk of unplanned pregnancies, new research warns. Teenagers and young adults may also be receiving inaccurate information on sexual health, making many of the popular videos a public health issue, the study, published in the journal Health Communication concludes. Researchers analyzed numerous YouTube videos...
by Maddie Massy-Westropp, University of New South Wales Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain They’re integral to summer, as ubiquitous as a zinced-up nose or a backyard cricket game. From December onward, walk into any gathering and processed meats are being served. It’s the bacon sizzling on the barbecue, the cured ham at Christmas lunch and the...
by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study led by Cedars-Sinai and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has determined that altering a cellular process can lead stem cells—cells from which other cells in the body develop—to die or regenerate. The findings, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, may assist in the...
by Melissa Rohman, Northwestern University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients with relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia who were treated with vemurafenib experienced excellent response and relapse-free survival, according to a recent clinical trial published in Blood. The results suggest that vemurafenib is an effective second-line treatment option for these patients. “This finding is important because...
