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April 15, 2024

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Obese and Overweight Children at Risk of Iron Deficiency

Apr. 10, 2024 — Children and young people who are overweight or obese are at significantly higher risk of iron deficiency, according to a study by nutritional ...

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 new study has found that mice administered with a ...

Eggs May Not Be Bad for Your Heart After All

Mar. 28, 2024 — Whether you like your eggs sunny-side up, hard boiled or scrambled, many hesitate to eat them amid concerns that eggs may raise cholesterol levels and be bad for heart health. However, results from a prospective, controlled trial show that over a ...

Natural Molecule Found in Coffee and Human Body Increases NAD+ Levels, Improves Muscle Function During Aging

Mar. 21, 2024 — A research consortium made a recent discovery that the natural molecule trigonelline present in coffee, fenugreek, and also in the human body, can help to improve muscle health and ...

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Fish Fed to Farmed Salmon Should Be Part of Our Diet, Too, Study Suggests

Mar. 20, 2024 — Scientists found that farmed salmon production leads to an overall loss of essential dietary nutrients. They say that eating more wild 'feed' species directly could benefit our health while reducing ...

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, ...

'Molecular Rosetta Stone' Reveals How Our Microbiome Talks to Us

Mar. 11, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered thousands of previously unknown bile acids, a type of molecule used by our gut microbiome to communicate with the rest of the ...

Vitamin A May Play a Central Role in Stem Cell Biology and Wound Repair

Mar. 7, 2024 — Retinoic acid, the active state of Vitamin A, appears to regulate how stem cells enter and exit a transient state central to their role in wound ...

Researchers Develop Artificial Building Blocks of Life

Mar. 8, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have developed artificial nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, with several additional properties in the ...

For a Healthy Fruit Snack, What Would You Choose?

Mar. 5, 2024 — Next time you're packing lunch for your kid or reaching for a healthy afternoon bite, consider this: only three types of packaged fruit snacks -- dried fruit, fruit puree and canned fruit with juice ...

Study Results Show 25% of Pregnant People Are Not Getting Enough Omega-3 Fatty Acids from Their Diet or Dietary Supplements

Mar. 1, 2024 — Results from a new US nationwide cohort study show that, despite strong recommendations in favor of consuming omega-3 fatty acids for optimal ...

New Role for Bacterial Enzyme in Gut Metabolism Revealed

Feb. 29, 2024 — Bile acids long have been known to play a role in human metabolism. Synthesized from cholesterol in the liver, bile acids are involved in digestive processes, particularly in absorbing fat. They also ...

Bridging Diet, Microbes, and Metabolism: Implications for Metabolic Disorders

Feb. 20, 2024 — Mounting evidence suggests that the secret to understanding human health and combating metabolic diseases lies hidden within the microscopic world of ...

Feb. 22, 2024 — Researchers have discovered profound similarities and surprising differences between humans and insects in the production of the critical light-absorbing molecule of the retina, 11-cis-retinal, also ...

Choosing Sugary Drinks Over Fruit Juice for Toddlers Linked to Risk of Adult Obesity

Apr. 12, 2024 — Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the risk of obesity in later life, according to a new ...

Bringing Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens to Their Knees

Apr. 8, 2024 — Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that cannot be treated by any known antibiotics pose a serious global threat. A research team has now introduced a method for the development of novel ...

Eating Too Much Protein Is Bad for Your Arteries, and This Amino Acid Is to Blame

Feb. 19, 2024 — Consuming over 22% of dietary calories from protein can lead to increased activation of immune cells that play a role in atherosclerotic plaque formation and drive the disease risk, new study ...

Link Between High Levels of Niacin -- A Common B Vitamin -- And Heart Disease, Study Suggests

Feb. 19, 2024 — Researchers have identified a new pathway that contributes to cardiovascular disease associated with high levels of niacin, a common B vitamin previously recommended to lower cholesterol. The team ...

Blocking an Essential Nutrient Inhibits Malaria Parasite Growth

Feb. 13, 2024 — Researchers found that by preventing the malaria parasite from scavenging fatty acids, a type of required nutrient, it could no longer ...

Heart Organoids Simulate Pregestational Diabetes-Induced Congenital Heart Disease

Feb. 8, 2024 — An advanced human heart organoid system can be used to model embryonic heart development under pregestational diabetes-like conditions, researchers report. The organoids recapitulate hallmarks of ...

Archaeological Evidence of Seasonal Vitamin D Deficiency Discovered

Jan. 31, 2024 — Rickets ran rife in children following the Industrial Revolution, but new research has found factory work and polluted cities aren't entirely to blame for the period's vitamin D ...

One of the Keys to Healthy Sleep and Blood Sugar Has Been Found

Jan. 23, 2024 — Researchers have shown that the rare D-form of the amino acid alanine shows a clear circadian rhythm, and is able to affect the circadian clock and regulate gluconeogenesis, a method of glucose ...

Third Major Study Finds Evidence That Daily Multivitamin Supplements Improve Memory and Slow Cognitive Aging in Older Adults

Jan. 18, 2024 — Researchers tested the effects of a daily multivitamin on cognitive changes in a study of 573 participants with in-person visits in the COSMOS trial. The researchers also conducted a meta-analysis ...

Energy-Starved Breast Cancer Cells Consume Their Surroundings for Fuel

Jan. 16, 2024 — Breast cancer cells ingest and consume the matrix surrounding them to overcome starvation, according to a new study. The finding elucidates a previously unknown mechanism of cancer cell survival, and ...

A Novel Pathway Regulating Lipid Biosynthesis by Fatty Acids

Jan. 13, 2024 — Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) play a crucial role in lipid biosynthesis. In a recent study, researchers identified a novel cleavage enzyme of SREBP-1c, a key player in fatty ...

New Study Reveals High Prevalence of Anemia With Low Rates of Screening

Jan. 12, 2024 — A new study has found high rates of anemia among patients in the Irish health system, while screening for common causes was found to be ...

Foundation Laid for Improved Diagnostic Imaging of Brain Tumors

Jan. 3, 2024 — Research team draws up criteria for PET-based examinations of malignant brain ...

Healthy Omega-3 Fats May Slow Deadly Pulmonary Fibrosis

Jan. 2, 2024 — Higher levels of omega-3, the healthy fat found in fish and nuts, were associated with better lung function and longer transplant-free ...

Aptamers: Lifesavers; Ion Shields: Aptamer Guardians

Jan. 2, 2024 — Aptamers, nucleic acids capable of selectively binding to viruses, proteins, ions, small molecules, and various other targets, are garnering attention in drug development as potential antibody ...

GPCR Structure: Research Reveals Molecular Origins of Function for a Key Drug Target

Dec. 21, 2023 — Scientists reveal how G protein-coupled receptors, major therapeutic drug targets, decode critical properties of their ...

The Key Mechanism to Cell Growth Has Been Elucidated

Dec. 21, 2023 — Researchers have discovered how amino acids activate a key cell, TORC1, which is a master regulator in living organisms that controls whether cells grow or recycle their contents in yeast. Notably, ...

Study Unveils a Role of Mitochondria in Dietary Fat Processing

Dec. 21, 2023 — Researchers discover a new mechanism controlling the uptake of lipids from digested ...

Algae as a Surprising Meat Alternative and Source of Environmentally Friendly Protein

Dec. 18, 2023 — A new study has demonstrate that the ingestion of two of the most commercially available algal species are rich in protein which supports muscle remodeling in young healthy adults. Their findings ...

US Adults Eat a Meal's Worth of Calories of Snacks in a Day

Dec. 15, 2023 — Snacks constitute almost a quarter of a day's calories in U.S. adults and account for about one-third of daily added sugar, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzing data from surveys of over ...