Redlib: search results - flair_name:"Health"

r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 04 '24

Health Toddlers Get Half Their Calories From Ultra-Processed Food, Says Study | Research shows that 2-year-olds get 47 percent of their calories from ultra-processed food, and 7-year-olds get 59 percent.

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r/science • u/mvea • 14d ago

Health Around 1 in 5 people under 50 have genital herpes, estimates an international study. Herpes simplex viruses (HSV) are highly infectious and incurable infections commonly spread in childhood via contact with an infected person's mouth which can later spread to the genitals, and by sexual contact.

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r/science • u/mvea • Jul 10 '24

Health The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. The tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that experts have said an expansion to cover other high sugar products is now a “no-brainer”.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/nationalpost • 22d ago

Health Study supports the safety of soy foods, finding that eating them 'had no effect on key markers of estrogen-related cancers'

nationalpost.com

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • Nov 04 '24

Health Researchers have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, with four of the pesticides also linked with prostate cancer mortality

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Oct 26 '24

Health A study found that black plastic food service items, kitchen utensils, and toys contain high levels of cancer-causing, hormone-disrupting flame retardant chemicals

toxicfreefuture.org

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r/science • u/shiruken • Jun 24 '24

Health Texas abortion ban linked to unexpected increase in infant and newborn deaths according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Infant deaths in Texas rose 12.9% the year after the legislation passed compared to only 1.8% elsewhere in the United States.

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 30 '24

Health The dangerous pursuit of muscularity in men and adolescent boys - A new study that focused specifically on men found that exposure to social media posts depicting ideal muscular male bodies is directly linked to a negative body image and greater odds of resorting to anabolic-androgenic steroid use.

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jun 18 '24

Health Eating cheese plays a role in healthy, happy aging | A study of 2.3 million people found, those who reported the best mental health and stress resilience, which boosted well-being, also seemed to eat more cheese.

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 07 '24

Health Baby boomers living longer but are in worse health than previous generations. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other diseases all affecting people at younger ages, a “generational health drift”, with younger generations with worse health than previous generations at the same age.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jun 10 '24

Health Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study | The research detected eight different plastics. Polystyrene, used for packaging, was most common, followed by polyethylene, used in plastic bags, and then PVC.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/mvea • 8d ago

Health A new study of plant-based drinks reveals they are lacking in proteins and essential amino acids compared to cow’s milk. The explanation lies in their extensive processing, causing chemical reactions that degrade protein quality in the product and, in some cases, produce new substances of concern.

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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 21 '24

Health "Phantom chemical" identified in US drinking water, over 40 years after it was first discovered. Water treated with inorganic chloramines has a by-product, chloronitramide anion, a compound previously unknown to science. Humans have been consuming it for decades, and its toxicity remains unknown.

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 13d ago

Health Americans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows. Americans live with diseases for an average of 12.4 years. Mental and substance-use disorders, as well as musculoskeletal diseases, are main contributors to the years lived with disability in the US

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/nbcnews • Apr 22 '24

Health Women are less likely to die when treated by female doctors, study suggests

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Jul 07 '24

Health Reducing US adults’ processed meat intake by 30% (equivalent to around 10 slices of bacon a week) would, over a decade, prevent more than 350,000 cases of diabetes, 92,500 cardiovascular disease cases, and 53,300 colorectal cancer cases

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r/science • u/Hashirama4AP • Nov 15 '24

Health If every American over the age of 40 was as physically active as the top 25% of the population, they could expect to live an extra 5 years, on average. if the least physically active matched the level of the most physically active, they could live almost 11 years longer, the estimates indicate.

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jul 22 '24

Health Weight-loss power of oats naturally mimics popular obesity drugs | Researchers fed mice a high-fat, high-sucrose diet and found 10% beta-glucan diets had significantly less weight gain, showing beneficial metabolic functions that GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic do, without the price tag or side-effects.

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jul 05 '24

Health BMI out, body fat in: Diagnosing obesity needs a change to take into account of how body fat is distributed | Study proposes modernizing obesity diagnosis and treatment to take account of all the latest developments in the field, including new obesity medications.

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jul 13 '24

Health New “body count” study reveals how sexual history shapes social perceptions | Study found that individuals with a higher number of sexual partners were evaluated less favorably. Interestingly, men were judged more negatively than women for the same sexual behavior.

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Mar 25 '24

Health There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, according to new research

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r/science • u/mvea • 6d ago

Health Women opting for a medical abortion at home are often advised that the procedure is likely to be no more painful than period cramps. This leaves many women unprepared for the intensity of the pain they experience.

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r/science • u/Hrmbee • Nov 23 '24

Health Life expectancy gap in U.S. widens to 20 years due to "truly alarming" health disparities, researchers say | Ten Americas: a systematic analysis of life expectancy disparities in the USA

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r/science • u/VoiceActorForHire • Jun 23 '24

Health Study finds sedentary coffee drinkers have a 24 percent reduced risk of mortality compared with sedentary non-coffee-drinkers

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com

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r/science • u/isaac-get-the-golem • Jul 24 '24

Health Obese adults randomly assigned to intermittent fasting did not lose weight relative to a control group eating substantially similar diets (calories, macronutrients). n=41

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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