ROCHESTER, Minn. — A litany of high-impact health stories stood out in 2019, nearly all of them with endings that remain to be written. These included record-breaking opioid settlements, a new treatment for cystic fibrosis, the promise and peril...
Read MoreNEW YORK — The most popular vegetable in America is — corn! That’s according to a survey of 2,000 Americans who were asked which vegetables they liked and disliked the most. However, it turns out the most surprising result of the study may be...
Read MoreAn extreme case of “fussy” or “picky” eating caused a young patient’s blindness, according to a new case report published today [2 Sep 2019] in Annals of Internal Medicine. The University of Bristol researchers who...
Read MoreSINGAPORE — Adding mushrooms to your meals more frequently may help sharpen your brainpower. A new study finds that seniors who consume two portions of mushrooms per week are half as likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI). MCI is...
Read MoreIt has been a fundamental tenet of nutrition: When it comes to weight loss, all calories are created equal. Regardless of what you eat, the key is to track your calories and burn more than you consume. But a large new study published on...
Read MoreIn August of 2016, the New England Journal of Medicine published a striking report on cancer and body fat: Thirteen separate cancers can now be linked to being overweight or obese, among them a number of the most common and deadly cancers of all...
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Background Lifestyle interventions focusing on weight loss remain the cornerstone of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) management. Despite this, the weight losses achieved in research trials are not easily replicated in the clinic and...
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