KI.se – A team of scientists from across the globe have found that gut bacteria may influence mammalian brain development and adult behavior through beneficial modulation of genes. The study is published in the scientific journal PNAS, and is the result of an ongoing collaboration between scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Genome [...]

A study of more than 100,000 men and women over 14 years finds nonsmokers who followed cancer prevention guidelines had a lower risk of death from cancer, cardiovascular disease, and all-causes. The study appears early online in Cancer Biomarkers, Epidemiology, and Prevention, and was led by American Cancer Society epidemiologists. Few studies have evaluated the [...]

Cancer.org – New dietary guidelines issued in 2011 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) outline concrete steps Americans can take to achieve and maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. The new guidelines are aimed squarely at reducing the rising obesity rate, a main contributor to [...]

UAlberta.ca – For best results in stable patients after a heart attack, early exercise as well as prolonged exercise is the key to the best outcomes, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Alberta. Study co-authors Mark Haykowsky, researcher in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Alex Clark, researcher in the [...]

Brisk walking for 30 to 50 minutes three or four times per week improved blood flow through to the brain as much as 15 percent in women age 60 and older, according to a recent 3-month study of 16 women. Rong Zhang, the lead researcher in the study conducted at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital’s Institute [...]

FHCRC.org – Everyone knows that eating a low-fat, low-calorie diet and getting regular exercise helps with weight loss, but a new study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that when it comes to losing weight and losing body fat, diet and exercise are most effective when done together as compared [...]