News tagged with functional food

ACP recommends metformin to treat type 2 diabetes based on CE analysis of oral medications

The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PFCs, chemicals in environment, linked to lowered immune response to childhood vaccinations

A new study finds that perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), widely used in manufactured products such as non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing, and fast-food packaging, were associated with lowered immune response to vaccinations ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Huskies lend insight into mercury risk

Researchers have highlighted the serious health risks associated with the diets of indigenous people by linking the accumulation of mercury in their primary food source to a decrease in the power of antioxidants.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study finds dairy products in adult diets improve cognitive function

Adults who consume dairy products at least once daily have higher cognitive function than those who rarely or never drink milk or eat dairy foods, according to a new study by researchers from the University of South Australia ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chocolate wards off hunger, and maybe sunburn too

Scientists in Canada said Monday that they plan to study whether eating dark chocolate not only satisfies sweet tooth cravings, but protects against sunburn as well.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

FDA questions safety of experimental diabetes drug

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have concerns about bladder and breast cancer seen in patients taking an experimental diabetes pill from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fish placenta is unfavourable survival strategy

Fish with a placenta struggle to adapt to rapid changes in the food supply. They probably evolved in a stable, food-rich environment. As ecosystems change under the influence of humans, they are experiencing greater difficulty ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers develop environmentally friendly process to improve storage stability of probiotics

Probiotic bacteria are rapidly gaining ground as healthy food supplements. However, the production of this "functional food" has its pitfalls: only few probiotic bacterial strains are robust enough to survive conventional ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Evidence of a natural origin for banned drug that plumps up livestock

There may be a natural solution to the mystery of how small amounts of a banned drug that disrupts thyroid function and plumps up livestock gets into their bodies — and the bodies of humans, scientists are reporting. ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleepiness may impair the brain's inhibitory control when viewing high-calorie foods

Daytime sleepiness may affect inhibitory control in the brain when viewing tantalizing, high-calorie foods, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Monday, June 13, in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011, the 25th ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High doses of Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned, Public Citizen says

High doses of the Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned because they are no more effective than low doses and have a sharply increased risk of adverse effects, the advocacy group Public Citizen and a Johns Hopkins University ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eat a protein-rich breakfast to reduce food cravings, prevent overeating later, researcher finds

A University of Missouri researcher has found that eating a healthy breakfast, especially one high in protein, increases satiety and reduces hunger throughout the day. In addition, using functional magnetic ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study identifies neural activity linked to food addiction

Persons with an addictive-like eating behavior appear to have greater neural activity in certain regions of the brain similar to substance dependence, including elevated activation in reward circuitry in response to food ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Youth at risk for obesity show greater brain activity in response to food

Do people overeat because they experience less reward from eating or because they experience more reward from eating? In the March 23, 2011 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience Oregon Research Institute (ORI) senior scient ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research examines vicious cycle of overeating and obesity

New research provides evidence of the vicious cycle created when an obese individual overeats to compensate for reduced pleasure from food.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0