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This article is about the lower life expectancy in the United States. The US mortality rates up to 20 years ago were the same as other comparable industrial states. Now life expectancy in the US is about 4.5 years lower than in other comparable states. A publication in PLOS ONE summar

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August 16, 2023

by Ray Schilling

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car accidents, cardiovascular disease, excess deaths, firearms, homicides, intentional injuries, life expectancy, mortality rates, obesity, opioid overdoses

On February 24, 2023 CNN reported about research that demonstrated how marijuana affects your heart. Dr. Ishan Paranjpe is a resident physician at Stanford University who conducted this study. It has not been published yet, as the findings will first be presented on March 5, 2023 at t

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March 15, 2023

by Ray Schilling

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cardiovascular risk, coronary artery disease, heart attacks, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, irregular heartbeats, marijuana, mendelian randomization, obesity, type 2 diabetes

New research shows that there is an alarming rise in cancer among young people. Here is a summary of the findings. Briefly, the article states that patients in the 20, 30 and younger than 50-year age group are more and more diagnosed with advanced stage cancers. Colon cancer tops this

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December 21, 2022

by Ray Schilling

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cancer among young people, colon cancer, colorectal cancers, consumption of alcohol, diabetes, hormone disturbances, inactivity, obesity, poor lifestyles, smoking

Notably, a new study showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy helps patients with obesity to lose weight. This was published here and is based on a publication in Frontiers in Nutrition. 43 patients were randomized to one of these 3 groups: Education and health group (EH group) A phys

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June 02, 2021

by Ray Schilling

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anxiety, cognitive-behavioral therapy, depression, education and health group, emotional eating, Interdisciplinary therapy plus cognitive behavioral therapy group, obesity, physical exercise group, quality of life, weight loss

We do not often hear about gene therapy for diabetes. But there is new evidence, which makes this topic timelier. Dr. Fatima Bosch from the University of Barcelona, Spain has done impressive experiments on mice showing that obesity and diabetes could be cured. Essentially, Dr. Bosch f

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April 29, 2020

by Ray Schilling

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diabetes, fibroblast growth factor 21, fibroblast growth factor 21 hormone, gene experiments, gene therapy, insulin production, life expectancy, obesity, pancreatic islet cells, stem/progenitor cells

A Guelph research group has detected that an avocado compound can improve diabetes. They isolated avocatin B (AvoB), a fatty acid oxidation inhibitor. Researchers tested this first on mice. They fed mice a high fat diet for 8 weeks; half of them were fed avocatin B, the other half not

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November 27, 2019

by Ray Schilling

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avocado compound, avocatin b, clinical trials, diabetes, fatty acid deposits, incomplete mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation, insulin sensitivity, mitochondria, muscle samples, obesity

A new study showed that skipping breakfast and heart disease are related. The study involved 6550 adults in the US, aged 40 to 75. Over a period of 18.8 years 2,318 deaths occurred. Of these 619 deaths were due to cardiovascular disease. Questionnaires determined that 5.1% never had b

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May 08, 2019

by Ray Schilling

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cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality, cholesterol and triglyceride level increases, heart disease, obesity, refined carbs, skipping breakfast, starchy foods, sudden death, sugar

Junk food can cause several cancers. This is what a European food study found. First of all, they also developed a new labeling system for food quality. According to this Nutri-Score logo bad food gets a deep orange color label or a classification “E”. Furthermore, healthy food shows

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October 24, 2018

by Ray Schilling

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advanced glycation end products, cancer, candy, eating junk foods, hypoglycemia, insulin reaction, junk food, metabolic syndrome, obesity, sweet desserts

A large study from Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA showed that plant protein is better than animal protein. They showed this with a large group of study participants. And they used a fixed end point, namely mortally rates. The prospective cohort study of US health care professional

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September 21, 2016

by Ray Schilling

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animal protein, heavy alcohol intake, lifestyle factors, mortally rates, obesity, physical inactivity, plant protein, processed meat, red meat, smoking

Colorectal Cancer Low In Fish-Eating Vegetarians

Researchers from Loma Linda University followed 77,659 men and women who were from the Seventh-Day Adventist Churches for 7 years. This church group has been researched in the past as it is a cohesive cohort of non-smokers and non-drinkers. Many are also vegetarians, but not all. Food

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August 19, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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colorectal cancer, diabetes, fiber content, fish eating, hypertension, lycopenes, mediterranean diet, obesity, vegetables, vegetarians

Lower Life Expectancy in the United States

How Marijuana Affects your Heart

Alarming Rise in Cancer among Young People

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Patients with Obesity to Lose Weight

Gene Therapy for Diabetes

An Avocado Compound Can Improve Diabetes

Skipping Breakfast And Heart Disease

Junk Food Can Cause Several Cancers

Plant Protein Is Better Than Animal Protein

Colorectal Cancer Low In Fish-Eating Vegetarians

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