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Factors that influence the health of our blood vessels, such as smoking, high blood and pulse pressures, obesity and diabetes, are linked to less healthy brains, according to research published in the European Heart Journal. Continue reading “Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity each linked to unhealthy brains”
A new study published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease finds that mothers’ stress levels at the moment they conceive their children are linked to the way children respond to life challenges at age 11. SFU health sciences professor Pablo Nepomnaschy led an interdisciplinary research team on this first cohort study. Continue reading “Maternal stress at conception linked to children’s stress response at age 11”
Of the 30 million Americans with diabetes, 90 to 95 percent have type 2, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading “Moderate muscle strength may lower risk for type 2 diabetes”
New research published in Depression and Anxietyindicates that, unlike other anxiety disorders, social anxiety disorder may have a direct effect on alcoholism. Continue reading “Social anxiety disorder may increase risk of alcoholism”
New University of Liverpool research, published in Pediatrics, highlights the negative influence that social media has on children’s food intake. Continue reading “Influence of social media on children’s food intake”
Too much time in front of the bedroom TV deprives the child of more enriching developmental activities and may explain, in part, less optimal body mass, poor eating habits and socio-emotional difficulties as a teenager, says the study, published Dec. 26 in Pediatric Research. Continue reading “A television in the bedroom?”
