Consuming sucrose and high fructose corn-sweetened beverages increases liver fat and decreases insulin sensitivity Decreased insulin sensitivity is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes Significant changes in liver fat and insulin sensitivity seen in just two weeks of consuming sugary beverages
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British Reporter — The number of adults aged 30–79 years with hypertension has increased from 650 million to 1.28 billion in the last thirty years, according to the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, detection, treatment and control, led by
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In a recent webinar presented by the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Matthew Baum and a team of principal investigators with the COVID States Project explained the results of their latest report. A series of nineteen surveys
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Since the pandemic began, parents and researchers have been trying to understand how it affects children’s mental health. For 18 months, children have dealt with the disruption of their daily lives, fear of COVID-19 contagion, and sometimes death in the family.
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British Reporter — Billions will still be without safe water and sanitation even in 2030, writes Professor Rob Hope, Director, Water Security Initiative, Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment. The Global Education Summit next week, hosted by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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British Reporter — Largest review of all large-scale studies to date finds red and processed meat increase the risk of heart disease, University of Oxford notes.
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British Reporter — Analysis of young people’s proximity to woodlands has shown links with better cognitive development and a lower risk of emotional and behavioural problems.
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British Reporter — A short, group-based mindfulness training for pregnant women and their partners reduces the chance of a medically unnecessary caesarean birth by 50% and doubles the chance of a natural birth. This is the conclusion of UvA researchers Irena Veringa,
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British Reporter — Over a decade ago, as a primary care physician with a Ph.D. in economics, Kevin Volpp, director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) in the Perelman School of Medicine, noticed an interesting phenomenon in health
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British Reporter — Most men know about the general rules for healthy living: eat healthy, exercise, get lots of sleep and water, etc. But when you go a step further and look at health on a micronutrient level, it can be overwhelming.
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