Even a little daily caffeine during pregnancy may lead to smaller baby, study says
Pregnant women who drink caffeine-containing beverages deliver slightly smaller babies compared with those who avoid caffeinated beverages entirely, according to a study published Thursday by JAMA Network Open. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Moderate daily caffeine intake during pregnancy may lead to smaller birth size
Smaller birth size can place infants at higher risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes later in life. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 25, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Caffeine Before Exercise Helps You Burn Fat Caffeine Before Exercise Helps You Burn Fat
Taking caffeine or drinking strong coffee half an hour before aerobic exercise can increase fat-burning, according to a new study in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - March 24, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Orthopaedics News Source Type: news
Hair loss treatment: Caffeine shampoo shown to strengthen hair follicles in study
HAIR loss is intractable but not impossible to deal with. Evidence suggests applying a caffeine shampoo to your head can reduce hair loss. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A strong coffee half an hour before exercising increases fat-burning
(University of Granada) In the afternoon, the effects of the caffeine are more marked than in the morning. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Massive suicidal ingestion of caffeine: a case report with investigation of the cardiovascular effect/concentration relationships - Gr émain V, Chevillard L, Saussereau E, Schnell G, Megarbane B.
BACKGROUND: Caffeine poisoning may cause life-threatening arrhythmias and hemodynamic failure. We aimed to investigate the toxicokinetics (TK), toxicodynamics (TD) and TK/TD relationships of caffeine in a case of poisoning. CASE REPORT: A 47-year-old male ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
What Are Generalized Anxiety Disorder Treatment Components?
Discussion
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is “…excessive anxiety and worry about a number of events and activities coupled with at least one physical symptom, which may include fatigue, poor concentration, restlessness, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep difficulties.” Other ways it presents to the primary care office may be abdominal pain, headache or heart palpitations, dizziness, syncope, numbness, trembling, paresthesia, memory loss, or urinary frequency. It has an estimated prevalence of 15% and is the second most common anxiety disorder in children after social anxiety disorder. GAD can com...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 15, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Regular Caffeine Consumption Tied to Reduced Brain Volume Regular Caffeine Consumption Tied to Reduced Brain Volume
Regular caffeine consumption appears to be tied to decreased gray matter volume, but only temporarily.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - March 3, 2021 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Hair loss treatment: Caffeine shampoo reduces rate of hair loss in men - how to apply it
HAIR loss often runs in the family, which makes dealing with it a tall order. Caffeine shampoo has been shown to treat hereditary hair loss, however. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hair loss treatment: Caffeine is a stimulant which could be effective in hair regrowth
HAIR loss treatment: Caffeine is not only beneficial for those requiring a much needed energy boost in the morning. According to studies applying coffee topically to hair might help stimulate hair regrowth. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To sustain a thriving caf é culture, we must ditch the disposable cup.
(University of South Australia) Takeaway coffees - they're a convenient start for millions of people each day, but while the caffeine perks us up, the disposable cups drag us down, with nearly 300 billion ending up in landfill each year.While most coffee drinkers are happy to make a switch to sustainable practices, new research from the University of South Australia shows that an absence of infrastructure and a general 'throwaway' culture is severely delaying sustainable change. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 28, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Assessing the impacts of ALAN and noise proxies on sleep duration and quality: evidence from a nation-wide survey in Israel - Gabinet NM, Portnov BA.
Sleep is a reversible state that sustains physiological and psychological processes in humans. As well established, individual-level factors, such as stress, smoking, drugs, and caffeine intake, reduce sleep duration and quality. However, studies of the ef... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Caffeine may disrupt the impact of real-time drowsiness on cognitive performance: a double-blind, placebo-controlled small-sample study - Aidman E, Balin M, Johnson K, Jackson S, Paech GM, Pajcin M, Yates C, Mitchelson E, Kamimori GH, Fidock J, Vedova CD, Banks S.
Caffeine is widely used to promote alertness and cognitive performance under challenging conditions, such as sleep loss. Non-digestive modes of delivery typically reduce variability of its effect. In a placebo-controlled, 50-h total sleep deprivation (TSD)... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor
(University of California - San Diego) Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft, stretchy skin patch that can be worn on the neck to continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer's levels of glucose as well as lactate, alcohol or caffeine. It is the first wearable device that monitors cardiovascular signals and multiple biochemical levels in the human body at the same time. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 15, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure
(University of Basel) Coffee, cola or an energy drink: caffeine is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive substance. Researchers from the University of Basel have now shown in a study that regular caffeine intake can change the gray matter of the brain. However, the effect appears to be temporary. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
