Archive for the ‘Diet’ Category
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
A recent study published in the journal, Epidemiology, suggests that people who live in certain neighbourhoods have an increased chance of developing insulin resistance and subsequent type 2 Diabetes. People who lived in neighbourhoods "more conducive" to exercise and healthy diet had less insulin resistance. These ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
A recent study from Denmark looked at the effect of the consumption of cow's milk on the foetus during pregnancy. The investigators collected data on diet from women in mid-gestation and then follow up post partum data via interviews. In those women who drank >6 glasses per day, there was a strong association ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
The link between high cholesterol and heart disease is fairly well established and accepted in the medical community, however recent research has left investigators wondering about the relationship between cholesterol and stroke. A study just published in The Lancet found that in middle to older age patients, elevated cholesterol was ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Researchers from McGill University in Montreal found that simply by having physicians discuss their patients' risks for heart disease and educate them on how to reduce them, a measurable improvement was seen. Patients were randomised to either receive "usual" care, or to have specific "ongoing feedback regarding their calculated coronary risk and ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Fiber intake may favorably influence a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer. A study conducted by the University of California in the San Francisco Bay Area looked at fiber consumption in people with pancreatic cancer compared to controls (those without pancreatic cancer) and discovered an inverse relationship between pancreatic cancer and ...
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