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June 15, 2024

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Testing Immune Cells in the Placenta May Indicate the Health of Fetal Brain Immune Cells

June 10, 2024 — Immune activation in a pregnant woman can occur in response to metabolic diseases like obesity, infections in pregnancy, exposure to pollution and environmental toxins, or even stress and can have ...

Teens With Later Sleep Schedules Are Less Active, Eat More Carbohydrates

June 5, 2024 — A new study found that circadian misalignment, which is highly prevalent in adolescents, is linked with carbohydrate consumption and sedentary behavior in ...

Women With Excess Weight as a Teen or Young Adult May Have Higher Stroke Risk by Age 55

June 6, 2024 — Women with excess weight at age 14 or 31 may have increased ischemic (clot caused) stroke risk before age 55. The same ischemic stroke risk was not found in men. Losing excess weight after ...

New Home-Administered Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder Shows Promising Results

June 6, 2024 — Researchers have investigated the feasibility of a new home-administered treatment for binge eating disorder. The new treatment combines a gentle brain stimulation technique called transcranial ...

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Does Having a Child With Low Birth Weight Increase a Person's Risk of Dementia?

June 12, 2024 — People who give birth to infants less than 5.5 pounds may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems later in life than people who give ...

Poor Quality Diet Makes Our Brains Sad

June 5, 2024 — Eating a poor quality diet might lead to brain changes that are associated with depression and anxiety. This is according to a first-of-its-kind study into the brain chemistry and structure, and diet ...

Weight Gain Is Kicked to the Curb in Antipsychotic Drug Breakthrough

May 28, 2024 — Thousands of Australians struggle with serious mental health conditions. But when the recommended treatment involves antipsychotic medications, the side effects are excess kilos, which only adds ...

Eating More Ultra-Processed Foods Tied to Cognitive Decline, Stroke, According to Study

May 22, 2024 — People who eat more ultra-processed foods like soft drinks, chips and cookies may have a higher risk of having memory and thinking problems and ...

Food for Thought: Study Links Key Nutrients With Slower Brain Aging

May 21, 2024 — A new study suggests better nutrition might help prevent cognitive decline. Working with a group of 100 cognitively healthy participants aged 65 to 75, a research team combined neuroscience with ...

Significant Gaps Between Science of Obesity and the Care Patients Receive

May 20, 2024 — More than 40% of adults in the United States live with obesity, and the percentage of people living with obesity continues to increase dramatically. While experts have learned a great deal about the ...

'Trojan Horse' Weight Loss Drug More Effective Than Available Therapies

May 15, 2024 — A groundbreaking article describes a promising new therapy for obesity that leads to greater weight loss in mice than existing medications. The approach smuggles molecules into the brain's appetite ...

How Biological Aging Clocks Tick

May 9, 2024 — Aging clocks can measure the biological age of humans with high precision. Biological age can be influenced by environmental factors such as smoking or diet, thus deviating from the chronological age ...

Breakthrough in Brown Fat Research: Researchers Have Found Brown Fat's 'Off-Switch'

Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising strategy for ...

New Research Shows 'Profound' Link Between Dietary Choices and Brain Health

Apr. 24, 2024 — New research has highlighted the profound link between dietary choices and brain ...

Take It from the Rats: A Junk Food Diet Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Adolescent Brains

Apr. 15, 2024 — A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding about the gut-brain ...

Family and Media Pressure to Lose Weight in Adolescence Linked to How People Value Themselves Almost Two Decades Later

Apr. 15, 2024 — People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of ...

Feeding the Lonely Brain

Apr. 4, 2024 — A new study has found that women who perceive themselves to be lonely exhibited activity in regions of the brain associated with cravings and motivation towards eating especially when shown pictures ...

Blended Antioxidant Supplement Improves Cognition and Memory in Aged Mice

Apr. 2, 2024 — Cell damage from oxidative stress is a major underlying cause of age-related cognitive and muscle strength decline. Antioxidants can reduce oxidative stress and prevent age-related health decline. A ...

Pilot Study Shows Ketogenic Diet Improves Severe Mental Illness

Apr. 1, 2024 — A small clinical trial found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the ...

Risk Factors for Faster Aging in the Brain Revealed in New Study

Mar. 27, 2024 — Researchers have used data from UK Biobank participants to reveal that diabetes, traffic-related air pollution and alcohol intake are the most harmful out of 15 modifiable risk factors for ...

Metformin During Pregnancy Affects the Brain Development in Offspring Mice, Study Finds

Mar. 20, 2024 — With the rise in gestational diabetes and metabolic disorders during pregnancy, metformin is also being prescribed more frequently. Although it is known that the oral antidiabetic agent can cross the ...

Keto Diet Prevents Early Memory Decline in Mice

Mar. 20, 2024 — A new study shows the keto diet prevents early memory decline in mice. A molecule in the diet plays a key role in slowing Alzheimer's ...

Fatty Food Before Surgery May Impair Memory in Old, Young Adults

Mar. 15, 2024 — Eating fatty food in the days leading up to surgery may prompt a heightened inflammatory response in the brain that interferes for weeks with memory-related cognitive function in older adults -- and, ...

A Healthier Diet Is Linked With a Slower Pace of Aging, Reduced Dementia Risk, Study Shows

Mar. 14, 2024 — A healthier diet is associated with a reduced dementia risk and slower pace of aging, according to a new study. The findings show that a diet-dementia association was at least partially facilitated ...

Middle-Age Obesity Is Caused by Changes in the Shape of Neurons in the Brain

Mar. 13, 2024 — Researchers discovered a mechanism behind middle-age obesity in rat brains. They believe that a similar mechanism exists in humans as well. This discovery may lead to improvements in preventing ...

Consuming Refined Carbs Might Be Linked to Perceived Facial Attractiveness

Mar. 6, 2024 — In a new study, participants' levels of consumption of refined carbohydrates were statistically linked with their facial attractiveness as rated by heterosexual volunteers of the opposite ...

Factors Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss Differ Between Males and Females

Mar. 6, 2024 — Certain factors associated with developing age-related hearing loss differ by sex, including weight, smoking behavior, and hormone exposure, according to a new ...

Avid Appetite in Childhood Linked to Later Eating Disorder Symptoms

Feb. 20, 2024 — The study looked at survey data from 3,670 young people in the UK and the Netherlands to investigate how appetite traits in early childhood might relate to the likelihood of developing eating ...

Could Ultra-Processed Foods Be the New 'Silent' Killer?

Feb. 20, 2024 — Hundreds of novel ingredients never encountered by human physiology are now found in nearly 60 percent of the average adult's diet and nearly 70 percent of children's diets in the U.S. An ...

Protein-Rich Breakfast Boosts Satiety and Concentration

Feb. 15, 2024 — A new study has explored the link between diet and cognitive function, and the results reveal that a protein-rich breakfast can increase satiety and improve concentration. This is important knowledge ...

Understanding Rapid Weight Loss in Older Women: Message from the Heart

Feb. 1, 2024 — Unexplained rapid weight loss in older people could be a sign of underlying disease and can be linked with increased risk of falls and fractures, as well as a poorer long-term ...

Study Urges People to Think Twice Before Going on a Diet

Jan. 29, 2024 — A new qualitative study highlights the negative interpersonal and psychological consequences associated with 'yo-yo dieting,' also known as weight cycling. The work underscores how toxic ...

'Furry Fruit' Improves Mental Health -- Fast

Jan. 24, 2024 — Kiwifruit has proven itself as a powerful mood booster and new research has shown just how fast its effects can ...

Scientists Identify How Dietary Restriction Slows Brain Aging and Increases Lifespan

Jan. 11, 2024 — Restricting calories is known to improve health and increase lifespan, but much of how it does so remains a mystery, especially in regard to how it protects the brain. Scientists have now uncovered a ...