Category: Wellness

March 14, 2022

Close the blinds, draw the curtains and turn off all the lights before bed. Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, compared to sleeping in a dimly lit room, harms your cardiovascular function during sleep and increases your […]

March 10, 2022

Eating a balanced diet including protein from a greater variety of sources may help adults lower the risk of developing high blood pressure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. Nearly […]

January 26, 2022

An increase in daily physical activity of 10 minutes could help to save more than 100,000 lives, researchers say. In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine (JAMA Network), a team from the National […]

January 21, 2022

If you’re looking for exercise advice these days, chances are you don’t have to look very far. Before social media, sessions with a personal trainer or a coach might have been your go-to for advice on what you should (or […]

January 7, 2022

Interventions aimed at promoting physical activity in people with asthma could improve their symptoms and quality of life — according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers looked at whether interventions such as aerobic and strength or […]

November 11, 2021

Women who exercise shortly after having non-reconstructive breast cancer surgery appear to regain better shoulder and arm mobility and experience less pain than those who receive standard care, suggests a study published by The BMJ today. A team of researchers […]

October 12, 2021

Intermittent fasting can produce clinically significant weight loss as well as improve metabolic health in individuals with obesity, according to a new study review led by University of Illinois Chicago researchers. “We noted that intermittent fasting is not better than […]

October 5, 2021

My lab started the concept of time-restricted eating or what is now popularly called intermittent fasting. My lab studies circadian rhythm, which is the internal timetable for our body to carry out different tasks at a pre-determined time of the […]

September 28, 2021

Nutritious breakfast and lunch linked to emotional wellbeing in pupils across the age spectrum include good nutrition in public health strategies for kids’ mental health, urge researchers. Higher fruit and veg intake are significantly associated with better mental health in […]

September 20, 2021

The prevalence of obesity around the world has tripled over the past 40 years, and, along with that rise, dieting and attempts to lose weight also have soared. But according to a review article publishing September 20 in the journal […]

September 13, 2021

So many of us dream of living up to that aspirational goal of keeping to a morning workout routine. Wouldn’t it be nice to to be up with the sun, riding our luxury stationary bikes (in front of a floor-to-ceiling […]

September 8, 2021

Good sleep-time recovery is associated with a health-promoting diet and health-promoting eating habits, as well as with lower consumption of alcohol, according to a new study investigating psychological and physiological well-being among working-age Finnish adults. The association of physiological recovery […]

September 2, 2021

The cardiovascular implications of physical exercise can be improved by helping individuals design and set out to accomplish key goals, resulting in lasting benefits and improved behavioral changes. Exploring the decision making related to physical exercise in low-income, high-risk, areas […]

August 31, 2021

It’s time to reshape the full-body workout. When we think of these types of routines, we typically think of working the core, glutes and legs, and arms. But if we want to really care for our overall well-being, we need […]

August 23, 2021

A six-month exercise programme helps maintain normal heart rhythm and reduces the severity of symptoms in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to late breaking research presented at ESC Congress 2021. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heart rhythm disorder that makes […]

August 16, 2021

What you eat plays a leading role in your health and well-being. When someone eats healthy, it helps to protect against many chronic diseases such as heart disease, prediabetes, type 2 diabetes and obesity. But with so many fad diets […]

July 22, 2021

Jackson Avenue is the main road that cuts through Oxford, Miss. At its northern limit, it circles the Ole Miss campus where Raven Saunders had spent the past three years as a student athlete. At its western end, Jackson splits […]

July 8, 2021

When a parent takes an infant to the Children’s Health Center in San Francisco for a routine checkup, a pediatrician will check the baby’s vitals and ask how the child is doing at home. Then Janelle Bercun, a licensed clinical […]

June 10, 2021

It’s no surprise if your cabinet is filled with supplements. A 2019 survey showed that 77% of Americans are consuming some sort of dietary supplement, such as vitamins and minerals. But there’s a lot you should consider before swallowing your […]

April 28, 2021

Processed diets, which are low in fiber, may initially reduce the incidence of foodborne infectious diseases such as E. coli infections, but might also increase the incidence of diseases characterized by low-grade chronic infection and inflammation such as diabetes, according […]