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Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies
Over the past few years, a new class of medications has transformed the treatment of obesity. Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro work primarily by reducing appetite, helping people eat less and feel full sooner. Their success has demonstrated something important: Body weight is biologically regulated, and targeting the right biological ...Read more
Environmental Nutrition: Are you curious about the carnivore diet?
The carnivore diet is an extremely restrictive eating pattern that includes only animal-based foods — such as meat, poultry, eggs, fish, seafood, and in some cases limited dairy — while cutting out all plant-based foods, including fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, seeds and nuts. Because it eliminates carbohydrates almost entirely, it’s...Read more
How to boost your fiber intake without feeling bloated
Fiber is an essential nutrient that supports digestion, promotes healthy weight management, and may reduce your risk of conditions like diabetes and heart disease. However, if you boost your fiber intake too quickly, it can cause bloating.
This is because your body can’t fully digest fiber. Instead, your gut produces bacteria that break it ...Read more
5 simple ways to improve gut health
Gut health is easy to take for granted — or to ignore completely, if everything is generally functioning well. But gut problems can affect your overall health in a variety of ways, from the obvious (stomach discomfort) to less obvious effects on mood and immune function.
Why gut health matters
An essential aspect of gut health centers on the...Read more
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Dos and don’ts of deadlifting
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Weights are part of my regular workout, but I’ve noticed more people at my gym deadlifting. I’d like to try it. What are the benefits, and how do I get started?
ANSWER: Deadlifting can add variety and take your workout to a new level. It’s a great full-body exercise that targets the larger muscle groups in your lower ...Read more
Food for Naught
Cochrane Reviews are high-standard, independent systematic reviews of health care research. The latest to be published looks at whether intermittent fasting -- a practice of limiting eating to only a few hours each day -- is an effective way to lose weight.
According to the reviewers, current existing evidence says no.
The review found that ...Read more
Federal funding for people in poverty heading to anti-abortion centers instead
The bulk of the money Missouri gives to its crisis pregnancy centers comes from federal funds meant to assist families experiencing poverty with basic necessities and child care, Republican Rep. Jason Smith said on the U.S. House floor in January.
As many as $3 of every $4 for pregnancy centers in Missouri was from the federal Temporary ...Read more
Taxpayer dollars flood pregnancy centers. Oversight hasn't followed
The patient came in with a belly full of blood, Dr. Leilah Zahedi-Spung recalled. Her pregnancy was ectopic, no longer viable, and could have killed her if left untreated. But when she went to a mobile pregnancy help center offering free care in an RV in St. Louis, she was told the pregnancy could be saved.
By the time she saw Zahedi-Spung days...Read more
Should you take daily aspirin to prevent bowel cancer?
Doctors have long recommended daily aspirin for years as a low-cost protection against cancers of the lower bowel.
New research suggests there might not be a dependable benefit for low-risk patients. However, the drug can increase the risk of dangerous bleeding by preventing clotting, according to a report published in the Cochrane Library Feb....Read more
'What's your plan for this pregnancy?' Comfort, shame and a missed diagnosis
For nearly 60 years, crisis pregnancy centers have been a pillar of the anti-abortion movement.
Largely staffed by volunteers or part-time workers, these centers — sometimes referred to as pregnancy resource centers — offer limited services related to pregnancy and are guided by a religious mission to stop people from considering abortion. ...Read more
Insurance Company Now Requires Preapprovals For Medications
DEAR DR. ROACH: My insurance company has suddenly instituted all kinds of new rules that require me to get preapprovals for medications (including seizure medicines) that I have been taking for years. I didn't find out until I tried to renew my medicine, and now I may run out. Why are they doing this? Isn't it dangerous? -- D.M.
ANSWER: In my...Read more
One more reason to enjoy EVOO
Your body has a burning desire for EVOO and other oils with a lot of monounsaturated oleic fatty acid, such as canola and sunflower oil. (Salmon, avocados and nuts also deliver a good dose). That's the conclusion of a new study that looked at which fats your body chooses to burn for energy and which get stored as fat deposits.
Published in the ...Read more
Florida Senate tries to fund AIDS drug program amid state cuts
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A week after Florida cut nearly 12,000 people off the state program providing affordable access to life-saving HIV/AIDS medication, state senators are making a last-minute move to fund the program in full for the next few months.
The Florida Department of Health blindsided lawmakers in January when it announced a plan to ...Read more
Just thinking about tequila, whiskey or wine shifts your mindset – new research
Thinking about certain types of alcohol can alter your mood and trigger certain mindsets, especially among young consumers. For instance, tequila calls up a party mindset, whiskey activates a masculine mindset, and wine primes a sophistication mindset.
Those are the key takeaways of a new study my team and I published in the journal ...Read more
Higher buprenorphine doses help patients stay in opioid use disorder treatment, new study finds
Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more likely to stay in treatment. Those on 17 to 24 milligrams averaged 190 days in care compared to 90 days for those on 8 milligrams or less. Yet Black patients are less likely than white patients to receive the higher ...Read more
Newsom picks a dogfight with Trump and RFK Jr. on public health
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration.
After Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez for refusing what ...Read more
Despite their successes, some mobile crisis response teams are in crisis
It was a snowy afternoon in Bozeman, a city of nearly 60,000 nestled among the mountains of southern Montana. Temperatures hovered in the mid-30s.
The city’s mobile crisis team had just gotten a call about a man walking around outside without shoes. The man’s family told the team he was having a mental health crisis and wouldn’t come ...Read more
Trump's cuts to Medicaid threaten services that help disabled people live at home
OTTUMWA, Iowa — Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of what it spends for caregivers who help him live at home instead of in a nursing home.
Sam Walker, 35, has severe autism and other disabilities. He is deaf and cannot speak. ...Read more
Coming to your senses
Aristotle was the first person to list the five senses as sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Around 2,000 years later, an English scientist added muscular sense -- what we now call proprioception -- to describe our automatic awareness of the position or movement of our body parts in relationship to each other. More recently, scientists ...Read more
How Waist Sizes Get Reduced With Coolsculpting, Laser And Lipo
DEAR DR. ROACH: I had several abdominal surgeries decades ago. Now that I'm approaching 70, I cannot seem to lose my tummy. My waist is approaching 35 inches despite a strict Mediterranean-style diet, walking or biking for over 30 minutes daily, and weight lifting daily.
I would like to consider a more aggressive approach. My goal is to ...Read more
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