Obesity during pregnancy affects son development
Photo Cred: Leah Kelley/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A mother’s obesity in pregnancy can affect her child’s development years down the road, including impaired motor skills in preschoolers and lower IQ...
Read MoreGlutamine may reduce obesity-induced inflammation
Photo Cred: Bill Oxford/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Glutamine could help people with obesity reduce inflammation of fat tissue and reduce fat mass, according to a new study published in the...
Read MoreWatermelon supplements may offer health benefits, study finds
Photo Cred: Jill Wellington/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Eating watermelon in the form of powdered supplements helped adult obese mice avoid some detrimental health effects of an unhealthy diet, according to...
Read MoreCaffeine may offset some health risks of high fat, sugar diets
Photo Cred: Chevanon Photography/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Caffeine may offset some of the negative effects of an obesogenic diet by reducing the storage of lipids in fat cells and limiting...
Read MoreFederal appeals court rules Affordable Care Act insurance mandate unconstitutional
Photo Cred: Samad Ismayilov/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled last week that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate requiring...
Read MoreResearchers find potential link between lifetime lead exposure and dementia
Photo Cred: Magda Ehlers/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Several studies indicate a downward trend in the incidence and prevalence of dementia, and researchers are now offering a new hypothesis suggesting the...
Read MoreChemical compound in essential oils may improve wound healing
Photo Cred: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A chemical compound found in essential oils improves the healing process in mice when it is topically applied to a skin wound, which...
Read MoreResults show that higher breast cancer risk can be reversed with weight loss
Photo Cred: i yunmai/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Women who lost weight after age 50 and kept it off had a lower risk of breast cancer than women whose weight remained...
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