Two days of high-sugar diet increases risk for IBD
Photo Cred: Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Short-term increases in sugar consumption could increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new study by researchers at the...
Read MoreNutrition impacts depression in middle, older adulthood
Photo Cred: Trang Doan/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Diet may increase likelihood of depression, especially in middle-aged and older women, according to new research published in the journal BMC Psychiatry. The...
Read MoreGroup visits combined with weight loss counseling improve diabetes outcomes
Photo Cred: Nicole Honeywill/Sincerely Media/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury For people with difficult-to-control diabetes, adding intensive weight management counseling to group medical visits provided extra health benefits beyond improved blood-sugar control,...
Read MoreFunctional medicine model improves quality of life scores, study finds
By Katherine Shagoury Functional medicine is associated with improvements in health-related quality of life, according to a new study by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and published in...
Read MoreArt therapy benefits stressed caregivers of cancer patients
Photo Cred: Bench Accounting/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Coloring and open-studio art therapy benefits stressed caregivers of cancer patients, according to a new study by researchers at Drexel University in Philadelphia,...
Read MoreMaintaining weight loss associated with more favorable heart disease, stroke, and diabetes risk factors
By Katherine Shagoury People who lose weight and keep it off can stabilize or even improve their cardiometabolic risk factors compared to people who regain weight, according to a new...
Read MoreScreening for adverse childhood experiences in integrative healthcare settings
By Julie Luzarraga Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refers to different types of abuse, neglect, and other trauma a person experienced as a child. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Read MoreToolkit provides guidelines for weight loss counseling in primary care
By Katherine Shagoury Healthcare practitioners and researchers have a new tool to combat obesity in primary care settings, according to a new study published in the journal Obesity. In 2011, the...
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