Tufts University, Health Sciences - Steady increases in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages over the last several decades, as well as rates of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, led nutritional epidemiologists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and colleagues to explore the relationship between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption […]

University of VA Health System - Some antioxidant supplements or mega-dose multivitamins taken to enhance athletic performance, prevent disease, or slow aging contain the anti-oxidant NAC that a new study suggests could be harmful in high-doses over a period of time. According to this research, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), an antioxidant commonly used in nutritional and bodybuilding […]

UMHS - In years past, family physician Pamela Rockwell told parents not to let their children drink too much fruit juice because some thought its consumption was linked to obesity. These days, though, she has changed her juice advice, because studies show numerous health benefits.
A study this year found no association between childhood obesity and […]

Newswise ― A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that overweight toddlers and those not enrolled in day care are at high risk for iron deficiency.
Based on data from a national survey of 1,641 toddlers, the study found that 20 percent of overweight toddlers were iron-deficient, compared to 8 percent of those […]

Patients with depression appear to have an impaired ability to recover their heart rate variability following acute coronary syndromes such as heart attack, a factor that could increase their risk of coronary death, according to a report in the September 2007 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, patients who […]

Fat in the stomach may cause vitamin C to promote, rather than prevent, the formation of certain cancer-causing chemicals like nitrosamines, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.
The researchers analyzed the impact of both fat (lipid) and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) on nitrite chemistry in the upper (proximal) stomach, which is especially […]