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(Agence France-Presse) ● Wed, July 1, 2020 2020-07-01 09:04 725 6657ac82168da9fa101c8a40662d5cf4 2 Health sugar,health,fat,study,united-states,processed-food Free A new US study has found that eating a diet high in sugar could lead to more fat being deposited around the heart and stomach, which can be harmful to health and increase the risk of disease. Carried out by researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, the new study looked at 3,070 healthy participants aged 18 to 30 who had their food and beverage intakes measured three times over a 20-year period to assess their intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (such as soft drinks, fruit drinks, energy drinks) and sugar added to foods (for example when cooking or in processed foods). After a 25-year follow-up, the participants also underwent CT scans to measure fat volumes in their abdomen and around the heart. The findings, published … [Read more...] about Eating too much sugar could lead to more fat being stored around the organs

Scientists in Germany are cautiously optimistic about new multiple sclerosis therapy possibilities after decoding the functions of two crucial proteins. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. There is no known cure, and treatments attempt to improve function after an attack and prevent new attacks. Almost 3 million people globally suffer from MS. Now, researchers at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, have announced a breakthrough in the investigation of the proteins Tenascin C and Tenascin R. MS is the most common demyelinating disease, or illnesses of the nervous system in which the myelin sheath of neurons is damaged. This damage impairs the conduction of signals in the affected nerves. The reduction in conduction can cause deficiency in sensation, movement and cognition. The myelination process requires the migration, proliferation, and differentiation of so-called oligodendrocyte … [Read more...] about Protein Study Could Pave Way for New Multiple Sclerosis Therapy

(Agence France-Presse) Paris   ● Mon, June 22, 2020 2020-06-22 10:02 734 6657ac82168da9fa101c8a4066097084 2 Health sugar,health,diabetes,Alzheimers Free A study led by French researchers from Inserm (the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research) and the University of Montpellier points to a link between excessive consumption of sugary foods and an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s in people with a genetic predisposition to the disease. For the study, nearly 2800 French people over the age of 65 were followed over a 12-year period, in order to identify factors likely to increase their risk of dementia. While genetic predisposition plays an important role in the onset of Alzheimer’s, environmental factors such as diet may also have an impact. The authors of the study published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia set out to explore how daily sugar consumption could affect the development of the disease. Previous studies in animals have … [Read more...] about Eating too much sugar could increase the risk of Alzheimer’s

Bill Gates now owns more farmland than anyone else in the United States, as the tech tycoon has quietly purchased 242,000 acres of farmland in several states across the country. Gates is now America’s largest private farmland owner, with hundreds of thousands of acres spanning across 19 U.S. states, according to the Land Report . The tech billionaire owns 69,071 acres in Louisiana, 47,927 acres in Arkansas, and 20,588 acres in Nebraska. Gates also owns land in Arizona (25,750 acres), Illinois (17,940), Mississippi (16,963), Washington (16,097), Florida (14,828), Idaho (9,233), Indiana (9,136), Ohio (8,915), California (4,509), Colorado (2,270), Michigan (2,167), Wisconsin (1,188), Wyoming (975), North Carolina (874), Iowa (552), and New Mexico (1). Gates’ farmland now totals 242,000 acres. While Gates is still the top farmland owner in the U.S., not all of the property he owns is farmland. As the Land Report notes, 24,800 acres of the land is transitional, located on the … [Read more...] about Bill Gates Is America’s Largest Private Owner of Farmland

Protests continued in cities across the country Saturday after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that had guaranteed the right to abortion in the United States. As states began to enact abortion bans and clinics stopped offering the procedure, large crowds gathered in cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, some jubilant, others dismayed at the decision that stripped away women’s constitutional right to abortion. Both sides predicted the fight over abortion would continue. Key highlights: President Joe Biden called it a “sad day” for the U.S. and said it would be up to voters in November to select candidates who would protect a host of rights — not just abortion but also marriage equality and the right to contraception. Centrist Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, suggested they were misled by Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, two key votes in the decision to overturn Roe. SEE NEW … [Read more...] about Protests and celebrations as Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: Live updates

Going to the museum can be a therapeutic exercise. The concept may be somewhat surprising, but it’s one that is gaining ground. Such cultural therapy can have a host of health benefits including relieving chronic pain and easing mental suffering, according to a recent American study. Millions of people visit museums each year. While many go to museums to learn, these visits can also improve their physical condition and mental well-being. That’s what researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found in their study published in the Journal Of Positive Psychology. Katherine Cotter and James Pawelski have compiled and reviewed over 100 scientific publications and reports on the multiple benefits of culture on our health. They found that contact with artworks significantly reduced anxiety and stress. Recent studies have shown that visiting an art museum has a measureable impact on the secretion of hormones responsible for our well-being such as cortisol and serotonin. … [Read more...] about Study: a museum visit has a positive impact on our mood and mental well-being

UNIVERSITI Sains Malaysia (USM) has produced 110 out of 152 local neurosurgery specialists in the country. This, said neurosurgeon and the varsity’s lecturer Prof Datuk Dr Jafri Malin Abdullah, is based on the latest data acquired from the National Specialist Register (NSR). Despite the number of specialists produced, there is still a shortage of neurosurgeons in the country, he said. The Health Ministry, he added, had tasked USM as a pioneer of the programme, together with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Malaya (UM), with producing more neurosurgeons to meet the population’s needs.“The ministry had requested for us to train some 25 specialists yearly,” he said, adding that the varsities will be working together to achieve the target starting December this year. Prof Dr Jafri Malin, who also chairs the USM School of Medical Sciences Brain and Behavioural Cluster, was speaking at the USM 59th convocation ceremony in George Town, Penang, on May 21. At the … [Read more...] about ‘More neurosurgeons needed’

One of the most important modules I teach my medical students is on patient safety . We cover why safety incidents occur, how to learn from them and most importantly how to prevent them. There are lots of different ways of learning from our mistakes in medicine, most of which involve Sherlocking through the events to understand the pinch points where error occurred. Often mistakes are made because of a lack of something: not enough staff, not enough equipment, not enough time, not enough leadership. They are very often singular events, and the people involved are horrified that the mistake has occurred on their watch. But, as so many scandals of the last two years have demonstrated, sometimes they are not singular events. Sometimes safety incidents are indicative of a wider, more persistent culture that promotes and condones actions that perpetuate unsafe and even deadly practices. How does such a culture develop and persist? A single common idea runs through all the … [Read more...] about How Boris Johnson’s appalling standards contaminated No 10

Air in urban Britain is filthy . Sometimes it can feel almost like breathing through the fug of second-hand smoke in a pre-smoking-ban boozer. It is the cause of asthma in children and a host of other respiratory complaints. It is deleterious to health generally. We really need to clean up. Councils have sought to do this by restricting, even banning, cars – particularly in streets near schools around pick-up and drop-off times in an attempt to discourage school run snarl-ups. This is not just with a view to cleaning up the air, or the fact that walking is good exercise when childhood obesity is a problem. The roads around schools can sometimes look like a fresh reboot of Mad Max . The sight of parents cussing each other, even coming to blows, is something we could do without. Proponents of such schemes often point to how nice car-free cities can be – Copenhagen is often cited – once people get used to the idea. There is academic research in their favour too. … [Read more...] about ‘Traffic-free’ is a marvellous idea – unless you’re disabled

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 Amy Martin was 14 years old when Roe v. Wade was decided, establishing a right to abortion that she took for granted for nearly five decades. Martin was 56 when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, a right she took advantage of when she married her partner of 30 years last year. And when the court overturned that first decision on Friday, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing in his opinion that the court should next reexamine cases granting LGBTQ rights, Martin found herself seized with new terror that the second one could also fall. "What if gay marriage is the next thing?" said Martin, 63, who recently retired from her job at a Cleveland law office, and whose health-care benefits come from her wife's policy. "The fabric of our country and what it's been based on, it's fraying." As the implications of the court's abortion decision continued to … [Read more...] about The Supreme Court prompts the question: Who gets rights in America?