Low-Dose THC Can Relieve Stress; More Does Just the Opposite
Cannabis smokers often report that they use the drug to relax or relieve stress, but few studies provide clinical evidence of these effects.
Timing Meals Later at Night Can Cause Weight Gain and Impair Fat Metabolism
Timing Meals Later at Night Can Cause Weight Gain and Impair Fat Metabolism Findings provide first experimental evidence of prolonged delayed eating versus daytime eating, showing that delayed eating can also raise insulin, fasting glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels
Low Testosterone After Testicular Cancer Is Common, Linked to Chronic Health Problems
“We can now cure 19 out of 20 cases of testicular cancer, but a significant number of testicular cancer survivors have low testosterone, and that can affect other aspects of their health. Based on this study and others, clinicians should ask testis cancer survivors whether…
Pregnancy After Breast Cancer Does Not Increase Chance of Recurrence
“These data provide reassurance to breast cancer survivors that having a baby after a breast cancer diagnosis may not increase the chance of their cancer coming back. For many young women around the world who want to grow and expand their families, it’s very comforting…
Too Much Stress for the Mother Affects the Baby through Amniotic Fluid
If the mother is stressed over a longer period of time during pregnancy, the concentration of stress hormones in amniotic fluid rises, as proven by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Zurich. Short-term stress situations, however, do not seem to have an…
Childhood obesity causes lasting damage to the body
Obesity in childhood has long term health implications stretching into adulthood, a new study in the journal Obesity Reviews reveals.
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Mum and Baby Sleeping in Same Room Associated with Less Sleep, Unsafe Sleep Habits
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends parents keep babies in the same room with them to sleep for the first year to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). But room sharing between babies and mothers beyond the first four months is associated with…
Simple Step to Protect People with Type 1 Diabetes Against Heart Disease
One additional injection of insulin three hours after eating has been shown to protect people with type 1 diabetes from cardiovascular disease – the leading cause of death among people with the condition.A small preliminary clinical trial published in Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research has…
World No Smoking Day: Increasing the price of tobacco by 5% reduces consumption by 3.5%
In a 30-year-old study conducted by social medicine expert Michael Kunze into pricing policy and tobacco consumption, it was found that increasing prices by only 1% reduces consumption by 0.5%. Under the guidance of the MedUni Vienna smoking expert, diploma student Richard Felsinger has completed…
Does stress lead to lengthier periods of sick leave?
The duration of a person’s unfitness for work is determined by more than his/her primary diagnosis. Patients often report psychological problems and a feeling of being burnt out. Antonius Schneider and colleagues analyzed whether an association exists between such psychological symptoms and the length of…
Deep Sleep Maintains the Learning Efficiency of the Brain
For the first time, researchers of the University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have demonstrated the causal context of why deep sleep is important to the learning efficiency of the human brain. They have developed a new, non-invasive method for…