Health
Forced Exercise Reduces Anxiety, Depression
BOULDER, Colo. (UPI) — Rats forced to exercise in a study were protected against stress and anxiety the same as rats who ran without being forced, U.S. researchers say. Benjamin Greenwood, an assistant research professor in University of Colorado at Boulder, said there was a question whether people reap the same mental benefits of exercise […]
Regular Exercise Reduces The Risk Of Liver Cancer
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (UPI) — Swiss researchers say patients at risk from hepatocellular carcinoma — the most common form of liver cancer — may reduce their risk by regular exercise. Jean-Francois Dufour of Inselspital, the Bern University Hospital, said two groups of mice were fed a control diet and a high-fat diet. The mice were divided […]
Study: Belief In God Positively Influences Psychiatric Treatment
BOSTON (UPI) — Patients’ belief in a deity may have a significant positive effect on the outcome in short-term treatment for psychiatric illness, U.S. researchers say. The study, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, suggested people with a moderate to high level of belief in a higher power do significantly better in short-term psychiatric […]
Sleep-Deprived Men Have Lower Sperm Count, Smaller Testicles
ODENSE, Denmark (UPI) — Men who consistently lacked sleep had a higher risk of deformed and lower sperm counts than men who were well rested, researchers in Denmark say. Tina Kold Jensen of the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues said they found the sleep-deprived men also had a higher risk of lower testosterone levels […]
Fasting May Help Those With Diabetes, Heart Disease
BIRMINGHAM, England (UPI) — A British researcher says existing research indicates intermittent fasting may help those with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, alongside with weight loss. A review led by James Brown from Aston University in Birmingham, England, evaluated the various approaches to intermittent fasting — fasting on a given number of consecutive or alternate days […]
Sugary Drinks May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
LONDON (UPI) — One sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 22 percent, researchers in Britain say. Dr. Dora Romaguera of Imperial College London and researchers from the InterAct consortium analyzed the consumption of juices, sugar-sweetened soft drinks and artificially sweetened soft drinks collected in the […]
Gen X Not The Slackers Expected, They’re Burdened Like Their Parents
NEW YORK (UPI) — The MTV Generation, often derided as “slackers,” are affluent, stable and saddled with jobs, mortgages and families as their parents, a U.S. survey found. A study from the MetLife Mature Market Institute reported 70 percent of Gen Xers — born between 1965 and 1976 — live with a spouse or partner. […]
About Half Of U.S. Obese Children Deficient In Vitamin D
DALLAS (UPI) — Nearly half of U.S. children who are obese do not have sufficient levels of vitamin D, a U.S. pediatrician says. Dr. Christy Turer of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, a pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, said risk of vitamin D deficiency was even higher for severely obese and minority […]
Survey: Most Family Caregivers Lie To Those They’re Caring For
NAPLES, Fla. (UPI) — Seventy-three percent of U.S. adults who care for an elderly parent of family member admit to lying to the person they’re caring for, a survey indicates. AgingCare.com surveyed more than 700 people taking care of an elderly parent or family member and found: – Of the 73 percent of family caregivers, […]
More Green Spaces: Better Health, Less Stress, More Money
EXETER, England (UPI) — People who live in cities with more green space reported less mental distress, better health, higher life satisfaction and income, British researchers say. Mathew White and colleagues at the European Centre for Environment & Human Health at the University of Exeter Medical School examined data from a national longitudinal survey of […]
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