by Eric Williamson, University of Virginia How safe are the new semaglutide drugs that help with weight loss? A UVA cardiologist gives his take. Credit: Emily Faith Morgan, University Communications The headlines surrounding a new class of weight-loss drugs fluctuate like a patient stepping on and off a scale. The medications, based on the drug semaglutide, are celebrated...
by University College London Credit: Pixabay (2.0 CC) Children on vegan diets have a healthier cardiovascular profile and less body fat than their omnivore peers, but the diets may affect growth, bone mineral content, and micronutrient status, according to researchers from UCL and the Children’s Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw. The peer-reviewed study, published in the American Journal of...
Aging sucks. Your entire body starts deteriorating and it’s sad. There is nothing good about aging. But probably the worst part is the decline of cognitive abilities. Losing the sharpness of your mind is truly heartbreaking, but millions and millions of people are facing the inevitability of dementia. However, scientists from UCL have found that...
Journal of the American Heart Association Report AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, July 18, 2018 — Even in areas with moderate-to-high levels of traffic pollution, regular physical activity reduced the risk of first and recurrent heart attack, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American...
Ask just about anybody, and you’ll probably hear that a healthy diet is one full of fruits and vegetables, olive oil, nuts and fish — what’s called Mediterranean diet. A lot of research has suggested people who eat this way tend to be healthier, but it’s been harder to prove whether that is because of the...
Ask just about anybody, and you’ll probably hear that a healthy diet is one full of fruits and vegetables, olive oil, nuts and fish — what’s called Mediterranean diet. A lot of research has suggested people who eat this way tend to be healthier, but it’s been harder to prove whether that is because of the...
