UCLA.edu – A new research study shows that 2 hours per week of tai chi helped relieve depression in older adults. More than 2 million people age 65 and older suffer from depression, including 50 percent of those living in nursing homes. The suicide rate among white men over 85 is the highest in the [...]

CHOP.edu – New biological research may be relevant to the effects of a mother’s high-fat diet during pregnancy on the development of obesity in her children. An NIH-funded animal study at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suggests that a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet causes oxidative stress – an excess of deleterious free radicals – during pregnancy, [...]

Cam.ac.uk – Poor diet during pregnancy increases offspring’s vulnerability to diabetes and the effects of aging, new research has shown for the first time. The research, by scientists from the University of Cambridge, provides important insight into why children born to mothers who consumed an unhealthy diet during pregnancy have an increased risk of type [...]

Endothelial dysfunction (dysfunction of the cells lining blood vessels), as measured by hyperemic velocity, can predict who is at risk for developing coronary heart disease, according to published research led by UCalgary’s Dr. Todd Anderson and his colleagues at four sites across Canada. By identifying this new marker in patients doctors may be able to [...]

BU.edu – Moderate daily exercise and dietary control might reverse immune dysfunctions found in people with obesity, according to Boston University scientists. Overeating and a sedentary lifestyle are well-known risk factors for obesity, which is linked to hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, gum disease, certain cancers, and asthma. Research has suggested that a change in immune [...]

A recent study of elderly in Germany has found a minimum 30 percent decreased risk of dementia in those over 75 years of age who practice light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, regardless of type of alcoholic beverage consumed. 3202 German elderly individuals (75 years and older), who were free of dementia were studied at baseline, were followed [...]