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Mothers’ Nutrition Pivotal for Healthy Child Growth, Study

November 3, 2016 SrijitaChild, for, Growth, Healthy, mother's, nutrition, Pivotal, Study

Improving mothers’ nutrition before and during pregnancy is pivotal to reducing child stunting in developing countries, researchers said on Tuesday, as a new study showed poor child growth often starts in the womb. Defined as low height-for-age, stunting affects one in three children in the developing world and carries severe, irreversible consequences for both physical health and cognitive function. An analysis of data from 137 developing nations by a team of Harvard scientists found the leading cause of stunting is fetal growth restriction (FGR) – poor fetal growth in the…

Natural Compound Can Reduce Signs of Ageing: Study

November 2, 2016 Srijitaageing:, Can, Compound, natural, of, reduce, signs, Study

Supplements of a natural compound can compensate the human body for the loss of energy production, and reduce the typical signs of ageing, a study has found. With age, the body structure loses its capacity to make a key element of energy production called NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide). This results in gradual weight gain, loss of insulin sensitivity and decline in physical activity. A team of researchers at Washington University – St. Louis, has found a natural compound called NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide)with potential anti-ageing remedies. NMN naturally occurs in a…

Screening Infants Could Prevent Early Heart Attacks: Study

October 28, 2016 SrijitaAttacks, Could, Early, Heart, Infants, Prevent, Screening, Study

Screening young children for high cholesterol at the same time as they receive routine vaccinations could prevent hundreds of heart attacks in young adults each year, researchers in Britain said Wednesday. Their study in the New England Journal of Medicine aimed to uncover a silent killer in young adults known as familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic disorder that often leads to early heart disease. FH runs in families, and if left untreated can raise the risk of heart disease at a young age as much as 100 times, according to…

Dieting Success May Depend on Brain Wiring: Study

October 28, 2016 SrijitaBrain, depend, Dieting, May, On, Study, Success, Wiring:

Can’t stick to a diet? Your brain wiring may be to blame, say scientists who found that the ability to self-regulate body weight may depend on a person’s brain structure. Obesity and dieting are increasingly common in contemporary society, and many dieters struggle to lose excess weight, researchers said. After studying the connections between the executive control and reward systems in the brain, Pin-Hao Andy Chen from Dartmouth College in the US and colleagues showed that dieting success may be easier for some people. This is so because they have…

Highly Caffeinated Drinks May Affect Brain: Study

October 28, 2016 Srijitaaffect, Brain, Caffeinated, drinks, Highly, May, Study

Drinking highly caffeinated beverages mixed with alcohol triggers changes in the adolescent brain which are similar to taking cocaine, suggests a study. Energy drinks contain as much as 10 times the caffeine as soda and are often marketed to adolescents. The results published in the journal Alcohol showed that adolescent mice given high-caffeine energy drinks were not more likely than a control group to drink more alcohol as adults. But when those high levels of caffeine were mixed with alcohol and given to adolescent mice, they showed physical and neurochemical…

Younger Pregnant Women More Prone to Strokes: Study

October 28, 2016 SrijitaMore, pregnant, prone, Strokes, Study, to, Women, younger

According to a study, pregnancy in young women may increase the risk of stroke as compared to their older counterparts of childbearing age. The findings showed that stroke risk was more in women aged 12 to 24 years and increased significantly by 60 per cent in women 25 to 34 years during pregnancy or post partum period up to six weeks after delivery. However, there was no difference in stroke risk in women who were 35 years or older. “We have been warning older women that pregnancy may increase their…