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Most Women Get Low Grades in Healthy Eating During and After Pregnancy
New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst finds a pervasive low-quality diet among pregnant and postpartum individuals, reflecting “an urgent need for widespread improvement.” The study, recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and co-led by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, assessed diet quality in the same ...
New Study Challenges One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines
A new study from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) scientists, sheds light on the complexities of achieving optimal vitamin D status across diverse populations. Despite substantial research on the determinants of vitamin D, levels of vitamin D deficiency remain high. The study was recently published in the journal Clinical Nutrition. “We hope this work can highlight the ...
Study Finds Correlation Between Insomnia and Hypertension in Women
New study from Brigham researchers highlights a correlation between symptoms of insomnia and hypertension in women. Getting enough sleep has never been more difficult in today’s fast-paced environment. Yet new research from investigators in the Channing Division of Network Medicine of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care ...
Cluster of Slightly Unhealthy Traits Linked With Earlier Heart Attack and Stroke
Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits including slightly high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier than their peers, according to research presented at European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023. “Many people in their 40s and 50s have a bit of fat around the ...
AAP Issues Comprehensive Guideline on Evaluating, Treating Children and Adolescents With Obesity
More than 14.4 million U.S. children and teens live with a common chronic disease that has been stigmatized for years and is associated with serious short and long-term health concerns when left untreated, including cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. The disease is obesity, and it can be treated successfully with the recognition that complex ...
Vitamin D Benefits and Metabolism May Depend on Body Weight
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have found new evidence that vitamin D may be metabolized differently in people with an elevated body mass index (BMI). The study, appearing in JAMA Network Open, is a new analysis of data from the VITAL trial, a ...
Adding Yoga to Regular Exercise Improves Cardiovascular Health and Wellbeing
A three-month pilot study of patients with hypertension appearing in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, demonstrates that adding yoga to a regular exercise training regimen supports cardiovascular health and wellbeing and is more effective than stretching exercises. Incorporation of yoga reduced systolic blood pressure and resting heart rate and improved 10-year cardiovascular risk. “The aim of ...
Only 1 in 5 People in the U.S. Has Optimal Heart Health
Approximately 80 percent of people in the U.S. have low to moderate cardiovascular health based on the American Heart Association’s new Life’s Essential 8 checklist according to a new study published in the journal Circulation. Life’s Essential 8, also published in Circulation, details the association’s updated guidance to measure cardiovascular health, adding healthy sleep as essential for ...
Coffee Consumption Link to Reduced Risk of Acute Kidney Injury, Study Finds
A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has revealed that consuming at least one cup of coffee a day may reduce the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) when compared to those who do not drink coffee. The findings, published in the journal Kidney International Reports, show that those who drank any quantity of coffee ...
Obesity May Lead to a Decline in Lung Function in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women
Obesity has been linked to a wide array of health problems. A new study suggests that abdominal obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, may result in a greater risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Study results are published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American ...
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