WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, (HealthDay News) — Sugar-sweetened drink consumption accounts for more than 2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes, and 1.2 million new cases of heart disease worldwide annually. According to new research published Jan. 6 in the journal Nature Medicine, people all over the world are impactedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Mediterranean diet is renown for its ability to improve heart health and help folks lose weight. Now a new rat study says this eating pattern also might provide folks a boost in brain power. Lab rats fed a Mediterranean diet developed changesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Three GLP-1 drugs are best at helping obese and overweight people drop weight, including one that hasn’t yet been approved for that purpose. A new evidence review published in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that the widely-known drugs tirzepatide (Zepbound) and semaglutideContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new diet is on the New Year’s resolution list for nearly half of U.S. adults, according to a new survey from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. However, many plan to pick up diets with dicey track records, survey results show. AboutContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Weight loss tops many folks’ list of New Years resolutions, and lots of people are turning to cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic to help them drop excess pounds. These drugs, called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), work in several different ways toContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first prescription medication specifically for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): the weight-loss drug Zepbound. In a news release published Dec. 20, the FDA stated that Zepbound, part of the GLP-1 receptor agonist medicinesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks who switch to artificial sweeteners in drinks and food may be drawn to other types of unhealthy fare — bringing down the quality of their overall diet, new research suggests. The study, published recently in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, trackedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to sweets, the type a person chooses can have a significant impact on their heart health, a new study finds. Sugary drinks significantly increase a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure, irregular heartbeat and other heart health problems, results showed.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The sugar known as fructose could be a kind of rocket fuel for cancer cells, and lowering fructose intake could be one way to fight the disease, new research suggests. Fructose is already ubiquitous in American diets, due to the heavy use ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The home front hardships of World War II illustrate how too much sugar is harming people’s health today, a new study shows. British children who endured wartime rationing of sugar wound up with lifelong health benefits, researchers discovered. Sugar restrictions during kids’ firstContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Oct. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Did you know that sodium is the bad guy in salt, raising your risks for high blood pressure and other heart ills? Luckily for Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working to make it easier for you and your family to eatContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Want to keep a stroke a bay? Drink water, nothing fizzy and skip fruit drinks. That’s the key takeaway from a global review that also raises a red flag for people who drink more than four cups of coffee a day. “While [highContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — “Stealth” foods are sneaking saturated fat and added sugars into even the strictest diets, a new study shows. Most saturated fats and added sugars come from well-known sources – soft drinks, cheese, pizza, ice cream, cakes and pies. But even supposedly healthy foodsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Emboldened by success in its initial efforts to cut dietary salt intake by Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced Phase II of the endeavor. U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend that a person consume no more than 2,300 milligrams (mg) ofContinue Reading