Supplements
My Supplements - Updated
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 3 days ago
* Every day* *Aspirin* Cardiologists: risk of internal bleeding outweighs cardiovascular benefits unless person is at heightened risk, but this ignores aspirins benefits vs cancer and other medical problems" Aspirin: Cognitive Benefits Health Benefits of Aspirin: Pancreatic, Prostate, Skin, Endometrial, Throat and Bowel Cancer Health Benefits of Aspirin: Colorectal Cancer Health Benefits of Aspirin: Breast, Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Health Benefits of Aspirin - General Cancer Benefits Health Benefits of Aspirin: Miscellaneous Benefits An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwar...
Glucosamine may reduce overall death rates as effectively as regular exercise
Connection between gut bacteria and vitamin D levels
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 4 days ago
Glucosamine supplements may reduce overall mortality about as well as regular exercise does, according to a new epidemiological study from West Virginia University. "Does this mean that if you get off work at five o'clock one day, you should just skip the gym, take a glucosamine pill and go home instead?" said Dana King, professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine, who led the study. "That's not what we suggest. Keep exercising, but the thought that taking a pill would also be beneficial is intriguing." He and his research partner, Jun Xiang--a WVU health data analyst...
Connection between gut bacteria and vitamin D levels
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 6 days ago
Our gut microbiomes -- the many bacteria, viruses and other microbes living in our digestive tracts -- play important roles in our health and risk for disease in ways that are only beginning to be recognized. University of California San Diego researchers and collaborators recently demonstrated in older men that the makeup of a person's gut microbiome is linked to their levels of active vitamin D, a hormone important for bone health and immunity. The study, published November 26, 2020 in *Nature Communications*, also revealed a new understanding of vitamin D and how it's typica...
Diet
The Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of having another heart attack
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 2 days ago
Heart disease is the main cause of death in developed countries. There is evidence that shows that factors related to lifestyle, such as diet, have an influence on developing these kinds of diseases. But, do they have any effect on patients who are already ill? A team from the University of Córdoba, Queen Sofia University Hospital and the Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC) has published a study in *PLOS Medicine*. This study compares the effects of two different healthy diets on the endotheliem, the walls that cover the arteries. 1002 patients who had ...
New study debunks blood type diet
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 2 days ago
ABO blood types benefit similarly from plant-based diet, according to research published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL WASHINGTON--A study published in the *Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics* by researchers with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine--a nonprofit of 12,000 doctors--debunks the "blood type diet" by finding that blood type was not associated with the effects of a plant-based diet on body weight, body fat, plasma lipid concentrat...
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 6 days ago
A plant-based diet boosts after-meal burn, leads to weight loss, and improves cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight individuals, according to a new randomized control trial published in *JAMA Network Open* by researchers with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The study randomly assigned participants--who were overweight and had no history of diabetes--to an intervention or control group in a 1:1 ratio. For 16 weeks, participants in the intervention group followed a low-fat, plant-based diet based on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes with no calor...
Cooking with wood may cause lung damage
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 1 week ago
Advanced imaging with CT shows that people who cook with biomass fuels like wood are at risk of suffering considerable damage to their lungs from breathing in dangerous concentrations of pollutants and bacterial toxins, according to a study being presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Approximately 3 billion people around the world cook with biomass, such as wood or dried brush. Pollutants from cooking with biomass are a major contributor to the estimated 4 million deaths a year from household air pollution-related illness. While publ...
Can drinking cocoa make you smarter?
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 1 week ago
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL Increased consumption of flavanols - a group of molecules which occur naturally in fruit and vegetables - can increase your mental agility, according to new research at the University of Birmingham. A team in the University's School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences found that people given a cocoa drink containing high levels of flavanols were able to complete certain cognitive tasks more efficiently than when drinking a non-flavanol enriched-drink. The study participants also underwent non-invasive bra...
Eating dried fruit may be linked with better diet quality and health markers
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 1 week ago
Don't be afraid to toss a handful of raisins or dried apples in your Thanksgiving stuffing this year -- a new Penn State study has found that dried fruit may be connected with better health. The researchers found that people who ate dried fruit were generally healthier than those who did not, and on days when people ate dried fruit they consumed greater amounts of some key nutrients than on days when they skipped. However, they also found that people consumed more total calories on days when they ate dried fruit. Valerie Sullivan, postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloombe...
Eating small amount of mangoes reduces women's facial wrinkles, too much makes them worse
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 1 week ago
PRINT E-MAIL Mangoes, like other orange fruits and vegetables, are rich in beta-carotene and provide antioxidants that may delay cell damage. A new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, finds eating Ataulfo mangoes, also known as honey or Champagne mangoes, may have another benefit -- reducing facial wrinkles in older women with fairer skin. The study was published in the journal *Nutrients*. Postmenopausal women who ate a half cup of Ataulfo mangoes four times a week saw a 23 percent decrease in deep wrinkles after two months and a 20 percent decrea...
Vegans, vegetarians and pescetarians may be at higher risk of bone fractures
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 1 week ago
Compared with people who ate meat, vegans with lower calcium and protein intakes on average, had a 43% higher risk of fractures anywhere in the body (total fractures), as well as higher risks of site-specific fractures of the hips, legs and vertebrae, according to a study published in the open access journal *BMC Medicine*. Vegetarians and people who ate fish but not meat had a higher risk of hip fractures, compared to people who ate meat. However, the risk of fractures was partly reduced once body mass index (BMI), dietary calcium and dietary protein intake were taken into acco...
Mediterranean diet tied to 30 percent risk reduction for diabetes
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 1 week ago
The Mediterranean (MED) diet -- rich in olive oil, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds -- is a recommended way to reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other adverse health outcomes. But exactly how and why the MED diet lowers risk for type 2 diabetes has remained unclear. In a study conducted by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, researchers examined outcomes for more than 25,000 participants in the Women's Health Study, a longitudinal cohort study that followed female health professionals for more than 20 years. In a paper published in *JA...
Are high-protein total diet replacements the key to maintaining healthy weight?
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 2 weeks ago
Study results published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggest that these diets are a promising nutritional strategy to combat rising rates of obesity AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR NUTRITION Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL [image: IMAGE] IMAGE: OVERVIEW OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL (A) AND VARIABLES ASSESSED DURING EACH 32-H TEST (B). CON, CONTROL DIET; EE, ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HP-TDR, HIGH-PROTEIN TOTAL DIET REPLACEMENT; N/A, NOT APPLICABLE; REE, RESTING... view more CREDIT: THE AUTHORS Key Points - High-protein total diet replacement products are widely a...
Exercise, Mindfulness, etc.
Everyday activities enhance personal well-being
Combined exercise, mindfulness training may help reduce fatigue in cancer survivors
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 4 days ago
BECKMAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL [image: IMAGE] IMAGE: RESEARCHERS IN THE EXERCISE, TECHNOLOGY, AND COGNITION LABORATORY HAVE FOUND THAT A COMBINATION OF EXERCISE AND MINDFULNESS TRAINING HELPS REDUCE FATIGUE IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS. view more CREDIT: SEAN MULLEN Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have found that a combination of exercise and mindfulness training can help reduce fatigue in breast cancer survivors. The results from their preliminary trials might be useful in designing interven...
Physical activity key to helping reduce menopause symptoms
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 4 days ago
SHARE PRINT E-MAIL CLEVELAND, Ohio (December 2, 2020)--Women being treated for cancer often experience menopause quite suddenly with common symptoms, such as hot flashes, amplified more than had menopause occurred naturally. A new study suggests that the intensity and volume of physical activity could mitigate some of those symptoms. Study results are published online in *Menopause*, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). Menopause symptoms may arise as the result of radiotherapy to the pelvic field, surgical removal of the ovaries, or systemic chemoth...
Exceed weekly recommended physical activity level to offset health harms of prolonged sitting
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 4 days ago
New additional research shows that increasing physical activity can counter early death risk linked to long periods of sedentary time The health harms associated with prolonged sitting can be offset by exceeding weekly recommended physical activity levels, says the World Health Organization (WHO) in new global guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour, published in a special dedicated issue of the *British Journal of Sports Medicine*. But all physical activity counts and is good for long term health, say the new guidelines. It's the first time that a recommendation ...
Everyday activities enhance personal well-being
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 1 week ago
Physical activity makes happy and is important to maintain psychic health. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim studied the brain regions which play a central role in this process. Their findings reveal that even everyday activities, such as climbing stairs, significantly enhance well-being, in particular of persons susceptible to psychiatric disorders. The study is published in *Science Advances*. Exercise enhances physical well-being and mental health. However, impacts of everyday activities, such a...
Less sedentary time reduces heart failure risk for older women
Hyperbaric oxygen treatments reverse aging process
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 1 week ago
Even with regular physical activity, older women (ages 50-79) who spend more waking hours in sedentary behaviors, such as sitting or lying down, have an increased risk of heart failure serious enough to require hospitalization, according to new research published today in *Circulation: Heart Failure*, an American Heart Association journal. "For heart failure prevention, we need to promote taking frequent breaks from prolonged sitting or lying down, in addition to trying to achieve guideline levels of physical activity, such as those recommended by the American Heart Association," ...
First meta-analysis shows promise for yoga, meditation, mindfulness in concussion
COVID
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 6 days ago
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL When Rebecca Acabchuk was studying mild traumatic brain injuries while working on her doctorate in physiology and neurobiology at UConn, she met a student athlete who had suffered multiple concussions. "When I started doing research on concussions, people just started coming to me," Acabchuk says. "Families at my daughter's school, anytime somebody had a concussion, I would hear about it - I would hear these personal stories and all the struggles of people who had concussions and their symptoms just didn't resolv...
COVID
Open car windows to reduce COVID-19 transmission risk
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 2 days ago
Research reveals how airflow inside a car may affect BROWN UNIVERSITY Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL [image: IMAGE] IMAGE: A NEW STUDY LOOKS AT HOW AIRFLOW PATTERNS INSIDE THE PASSENGER CABIN OF A CAR MIGHT AFFECT THE TRANSMISSION OF SARS-COV-2 AND OTHER AIRBORNE PATHOGENS. USING COMPUTER SIMULATIONS, THE STUDY... view more CREDIT: BREUER LAB / BROWN UNIVERSITY PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A new study of airflow patterns inside a car's passenger cabin offers some suggestions for potentially reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission while sharing rides with ...
General Health
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 5 days ago
Most studies on transportation noise and cardiovascular mortality have focused on long-term exposure to noise. These studies demonstrated that chronic noise exposure is a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality. Across Europe, 48,000 cases of ischemic heart disease per year can be attributed to noise exposure, in particular to road traffic noise. For the first time, a study led by researchers at Swiss TPH found that acute noise from airplanes during the night can trigger cardiovascular deaths within two hours of aircraft noise exposure. The study published today in the peer-revi...
Hyperbaric oxygen treatments reverse aging process
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 2 weeks ago
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Shamir Medical Center in Israel indicates that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can stop the aging of blood cells and reverse the aging process. In the biological sense, the adults' blood cells actually grow younger as the treatments progress. The researchers found that a unique protocol of treatments with high-pressure oxygen in a pressure chamber can reverse two major processes associated with aging and its illnesses: the shortening of telomeres (protective regions located at both ends of every chrom...
Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 2 weeks ago
*Previous summary* Latest Health Research Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 3 weeks ago * Click on titles for links to full reports* *Diet* High flavanol diet may lead to lower blood pressure Jonathan Kantrowitz, Health News Report - 16 hours ago People who consume a diet including flavanol-rich foods and drinks, including tea, apples and berries, could lead to lower blood pressure, according to the first study using objective measures of thousands of UK residents' diet. The findings, published in *Scientific Reports*, studied the diet of more than 25,000 people in Norfolk,...
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