Eating cured meats frequently can lead to lower lung function and potential COPDFrequent consumption of cured meats results in lower lung function test scores and increases the odds of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a large cross-sectional survey of adults in the U.S.The study results appear in the second issue for April 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and...
Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer for women who delay childbirthStudy presented at AACR meeting suggests that breastfeeding has protective benefit for both receptor positive and negative tumorsBreastfeeding can offset the increased risk of invasive breast cancer for women who had their first full-term pregnancy after the age of 25, a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) suggests.The...
While mellowing with age has often been thought to have positive effects, a Purdue University researcher has shown that doing so could also help you live longer.Dan Mroczek (pronounced Mro-ZAK), an associate professor of child development and family studies at Purdue University, compared neurotic and non-neurotic men over time and tied change in the trait with mortality."We found that neurotic men whose levels...
The first phase of a caloric restriction study in human subjects at the Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University found evidence suggesting that calorie-restricted diets differing substantially in glycemic load can result in comparable long-term weight loss. The study, part of the multi-center Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Restricting Intake of...
