Kolumbien Universitätsmedizinische Mitte - Ihr Kind zum Krankenhaus zu nehmen kann ein Verwirren und emotional eine stressvolle Erfahrung sein. To help parents better know what to expect and how to cope, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian created the Family Advisory Council, comprised of family members of current and former patients and staff at […]

Newswise — Providing family therapy to seriously ill children and their families consistently enhances medical outcomes and increases the overall mental health for adolescent patients, family and treatment professionals, Texas Tech Marriage and Family Therapy faculty found through a unique partnership integrating family counseling as part of medical treatment.
“Medical family therapy is a proven benefit […]

Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Babies exposed to chemicals used in non-stick cookware and other consumer products while in their mother’s womb were born at a significantly lower body weight, according a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and […]

University of Adelaide - An Australian researcher has discovered scientific evidence that obesity associated with a high-fat diet is a key factor in infertility – because of how it affects the receptor PPARγ in women’s eggs. PPAR-gamma has an insulin-sensitizing effect in the body; it is one of the PPAR set of receptors associated with […]

But EGCG from green tea helps reduce levels of reactive carbonyls from HFCS in soft drinks.
ACS — Researchers have found new evidence that soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) may contribute to the development of diabetes, particularly in children, because of high levels of reactive carbonyls. In a laboratory study of commonly consumed […]

Soccer enthusiasts will be pleased with these exercise research results. In a head-to-head study, soccer burned more fat than jogging and also led to better increases in muscle mass.
The experiment Sports scientist Peter Krustrup and his colleagues from the University of Copenhagen, the Copenhagen University Hospital and Bispebjerg Hospital have followed a soccer team consisting […]