A recent prospective cohort study found no statistically significant link between the consumption of ultra-processed foods or red meat during pregnancy and the development of probable postpartum depression. Researchers tracked 264 pregnant women in Iran between October 2022 and May 2023 to determine if dietary choices serve as a modifiable factor for maternal mental health, … Read more
Prescribing Movement as Clinical Treatment A team of psychiatric researchers is arguing that physical exercise should move from informal lifestyle advice to a formal clinical treatment. A new Viewpoint published in the journal Brain Health argues that exercise should be prescribed with the same precision as medication, specifying dosage, frequency, and intensity to target cognitive … Read more
Exercise Program Drives Remission in Young Adults with Type 2 Diabetes In a discussion, primary care physician Kevin Fernando and professor of clinical integrative physiology Juleen Zierath examined new trial data showing that a 12-week exercise and low-calorie diet program reversed early-onset type 2 diabetes in half of participants under 40. Zierath, who moderated the … Read more
An estimated 107 million US adults used wearable health devices in 2024, marking a 58% increase since 2019, according to data covered by Medscape. While 74 million Americans reported routine use—including 37 million managing obesity—clinicians and researchers warn that insufficient clinical validation and data-driven anxiety remain significant hurdles for medical integration. How Many Americans Used … Read more
Researchers tracking more than 340,000 adults over a mean 13.4-year period found that high total alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, according to a prospective cohort study published in the Nutrition Journal. United Kingdom Biobank Cohort Tracked 340,924 Adults The study utilized data from the United … Read more
Attrition rates in carefully designed exercise studies can range from 25% to 50%, with average adherence hovering around 66% for those who finish. Even exercise researchers struggle to keep patients consistently active, despite the well-documented benefits of stronger hearts, lower blood pressure, and improved brain health. Plasma volume drops first after stopping training Not much … Read more
Moderate seafood consumption of approximately 100 grams per day is associated with lower all-cause mortality among women, according to a prospective cohort study published in The Journal of Nutrition. Researchers tracked 90,944 Japanese adults for an average of 20.8 years to examine how different fish types, omega-3 fatty acids, and processing methods relate to long-term … Read more
Adults with higher cardiorespiratory fitness face a significantly lower risk of developing depression and anxiety over time, according to a large UK Biobank study published online October 8 in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Participants in the highest fitness quartile registered a 24% lower risk for depression and a 17% lower risk for anxiety compared … Read more
Hair cortisol concentrations measuring chronic stress show no meaningful association with most cardiac structures or functions among middle-aged adults, according to a cross-sectional observational study published October 7 in Heart. Led by Simon Söderholm of Linköping University in Linköping, Sweden, the research examined 3,005 participants aged 50 to 64 years from an imaging-based cohort, Medscape … Read more
Postoperative behavioral and psychological factors—most notably binge eating and eating disinhibition—drive recurrent weight gain following metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS). While MBS is the most effective treatment for severe obesity, patients experience widely different weight trajectories after reaching their lowest postoperative weight, known as the nadir. Some individuals maintain this loss for several years, while … Read more