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Stopping weight loss drugs is followed by weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on heart and metabolic health markers such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure, finds a study published in The BMJ.
A higher intake of food preservatives, widely used in industrially processed foods and beverages to extend shelf-life, is associated with a modestly increased risk of cancer, finds a study from France published in The BMJ.
To assess a patient’s overall well-being and identify potential health risks, clinicians routinely ask questions on a wide range of topics, such as car seats, mental health, diet, sexual activity, alcohol, exercise and smoking.
Maintaining a bedroom temperature of 24°C (75°F) at night while sleeping reduces stress responses in older adults, according to new Griffith University research published in the journal BMC Medicine.
Violent crime has fallen to historic lows in Chicago, although gun violence continues to plague neighborhoods with concentrated poverty. A 2023 study of five major cities showed that more than 55% of shootings occurred in just 9% of total census…
An international intervention co-led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) and the KU Leuven Institute of Healthcare Policy in Belgium shows that redesigning hospital work environments with the Magnet Model…
Every January, it can seem like the pressure to lose weight enters full swing. Ads for diet supplements and weight loss drugs abound. Gyms are full of people with a renewed commitment to fitness after the holidays.
Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar, according to the latest edition of federal nutrition advice released Wednesday by the Trump administration.
Researchers demonstrate that transferring healthy mitochondria from support glial cells to nerve cells could reduce nerve pain and degeneration.
For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.