Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood affects food choices, weight gain and the microstructure of the brain
You are what you eat, according to the adage. But it’s not just the body that’s impacted. According to research from UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, living in a disadvantaged neighborhood can affect food choices, weight gain and even the microstructure of the brain. The study, appearing in Communications Medicine, a Nature journal, finds […]
Starch discovery reaps benefits for brewing, baking and milling industries
Research has brought clarity to the longstanding question of how starch granules form in the seeds of Triticeae crops — wheat, barley, and rye — unlocking diverse potential benefits for numerous industries and for human health. Starch in wheat, maize, rice and potatoes is a vital energy-giving part of our diet and a key ingredient […]
Irregular sleep patterns associated with harmful gut bacteria
New research has found irregular sleep patterns are associated with harmful bacteria in your gut. The study, published today in The European Journal of Nutrition, by researchers from King’s College London and ZOE, the personalised nutrition company, is the first to find multiple associations between social jet lag — the shift in your internal body […]
Opinion | Challenges in Developing Long COVID Criteria
Jason is a psychology professor and community researcher. Hansel is a research assistant. In a recent JAMA article, researchers provided a new approach for identifying individuals with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), commonly referred to as long COVID. Because this article — from Tanayott Thaweethai, PhD, and colleagues — was part of the large, federally […]
Scientists find that a special omega-3 lipid might prevent fatty liver disease
Long-running research by Duke-NUS Medical School into the omega-3 transporter protein Mfsd2a has shown that it plays a key role in a specific mechanism that prevents the liver from storing too much fat from food. Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, this latest study by Duke-NUS and collaborators from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) signals […]
The 1 Thing That Child Therapists Say Harms Kids’ Happiness The Most
Children and adolescents in the U.S. today reap the benefits of decades of medical and psychological research. We are able to diagnose and effectively treat mental health conditions to a degree that wasn’t possible only a generation ago, with a wider arsenal of pharmacological options and increasingly targeted and sophisticated non-invasive therapies. The quality of […]
Scientists build a healthy dietary pattern using ultra-processed foods
Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center led a studythat demonstrates it is possible to build a healthy diet with 91 percent of the calories coming from ultra-processed foods (as classified using the NOVA scale) while still following the recommendations from the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). […]
‘Smart’ drugs can decrease productivity in people who don’t have ADHD, study finds
New research from the University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourne, published in Science Advances, shows neurotypical workers and students taking cognitive enhancers, or ‘smart’ drugs, may actually be inhibiting their performance and productivity. Drugs such as methylphenidate, sold under the brand name Ritalin among others, are commonly prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder […]
Researchers pinpoint brain cells that drive appetite in obesity
A team at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has discovered a group of brain cells that boosts appetite when there is a prolonged surplus of energy in the body, such as excess fat accumulation in obesity. The researchers discovered that these cells not only produced the appetite-stimulating molecule NPY, but they in fact made […]
AI Poses Serious Threats to Health and Human Existence, Researchers Say
Despite the potential for negative health outcomes with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), most research is biased toward its benefits, without sufficient consideration of effective regulations that would be needed to avoid those harms, according to an expert analysis. There are three key threats the technology poses to human health and well-being, including upending […]