Diet By The Decade: Your Guide To Feeling Great Every Decade
Every decade for a woman comes with new responsibilities, changing hormones and shifting nutritional needs. Trying to follow the best nutritional advice can be a daunting task, but easier if we can understand our nutritional needs for every decade. Knowing the best foods to include in your daily diet can leave you feeling your very best, regardless of your age.
The Roaring 20s
A busy decade for young women, most women at this age are busy founding their careers, starting families or exploring relationships. Women in their 20s need to focus their diets on getting enough of these key nutrients; calcium, iron and b vitamins...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heart Birth Defects Dropped After Folic Acid Was Added to Food
Canadian study found that structural problems saw biggest declinesSource: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Congenital Heart Defects, Folic Acid (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heart Birth Defects Dropped After Folic Acid Was Added to Food
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2016 -- The introduction of folic acid-fortified foods in Canada was associated with a decrease in babies being born with heart defects, a new study found.
Researchers reviewed data from nearly 6 million births in Canada. The... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Modest Doses of Folic Acid Slow CKD Progression Modest Doses of Folic Acid Slow CKD Progression
Effect was seen in patients with chronic kidney disease living in areas without folic acid fortification.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Does Folic Acid Prevent Childhood Obesity?
Health care professionals have known for decades that women of childbearing age should take folic acid, because it reduces a baby's risk of being born with the neural tube defect, spina bifida. New research shows there may be another good reason for mothers-to-be to take the mineral — it may prevent obesity in children. In [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Outlook & Research into Alzheimer ’ s
Developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease is an active area of research. Scientists are testing a number of drugs to see if they prevent Alzheimer’s disease, slow the disease, or help reduce behavioral symptoms.
There is evidence that inflammation in the brain may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and that drugs to cut down on inflammation may help. One recent study showed that two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs — rofecoxib and naproxen — did not slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in people already diagnosed.
Scientists believe, however, that anti-inflammatory dru...
Source: Psych Central - August 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jane Framingham, Ph.D. Tags: Alzheimer's Memory and Perception Alzheimer's disease anti-inflammatory drugs drug testing Ginkgo biloba mental decline new treatment vitamin E Source Type: news
Genetic Testing Before Pregnancy Should Be as Common as Taking Folic Acid
Very few pre-pregnancy checklists include carrier screening as an important health item. (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shivani Nazareth Source Type: news
Are Heart Attack Risk Calculators Wrong?
The Truth About Heart Disease
Since the 1950s the medical industry has been peddling the myth that high cholesterol causes heart attacks. But here’s the truth. As Americans’ cholesterol levels have gone down, heart disease has not. It remains the number one cause of death in the United States.
I use a better warning system for heart attacks. I measure my patients’ telomeres.
What are telomeres?
You know by now that telomeres are the little countdown clocks at the end of your chromosomes. They prevent DNA strands from unraveling.
When you are young your telomeres are long. But every time a cell divides the telomeres...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - July 25, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Heart Health Source Type: news
Prenatal Multivitamins Don't Help Much, Study Says
For pregnant women, taking prenatal vitamins may be a waste of money, a new review of previous research suggests.
Instead of taking multivitamin and mineral supplements, pregnant women should focus on improving the overall quality of their diets, and should take just two vitamins:folic acid and vitamin D, according to the review, conducted by researchers in the United Kingdom.
“We found no evidence to recommend that all pregnant women should take prenatal multinutrient supplements beyond the nationally advised folic acid and vitamin D supplements, generic versions of which can be purchased relatively inexpensively,&r...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 13, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Prenatal Multivitamins Don't Help Much, Study Says
For pregnant women, taking prenatal vitamins may be a waste of money, a new review of previous research suggests.
Instead of taking multivitamin and mineral supplements, pregnant women should focus on improving the overall quality of their diets, and should take just two vitamins:folic acid and vitamin D, according to the review, conducted by researchers in the United Kingdom.
“We found no evidence to recommend that all pregnant women should take prenatal multinutrient supplements beyond the nationally advised folic acid and vitamin D supplements, generic versions of which can be purchased relatively inexpensively,&r...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vitamins while pregnant: healthy or unnecessary?
A recent article in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin on the BMJ states that other than folic acid and vitamin D, there is limited evidence of the benefits of the often expensive prenatal multivitamins. This story has been picked up by many media outlets including BBC News, CBC News, and The Japan Times. The conclusions are in line with what Cochrane evidence has shown. Below we provide links to our related evidence and summaries of the findings.Vitamin C supplements in pregnancyAbstract, Full ReviewVitamin E supplements in pregnancyAbstract, Full ReviewFolic Acid Supplements to prevent birth defectsAbstract, Full Revie...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - July 12, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: mumoquit at cochrane.org Source Type: news
Pregnancy supplements 'don’t help, just take vit D and folic acid'
Conclusion
This report aimed to assess the current UK guidance for vitamin supplementation in pregnancy and the evidence on which it is based.
Overall the findings are in line with the current recommendations. However, this study cannot be assumed to be a comprehensive systematic review on the effectiveness and safety of vitamins during pregnancy. There is lack of detail on any formal methods and we don't know if the researchers assessed all available evidence on the supplements or whether they have cherry picked ones that fit in with the recommendations.
The researchers suggest a further limitation that many of the...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Medication Source Type: news
Pregnancy supplements 'don ’t help, just take vit D and folic acid'
Conclusion
This report aimed to assess the current UK guidance for vitamin supplementation in pregnancy and the evidence on which it is based.
Overall the findings are in line with the current recommendations. However, this study cannot be assumed to be a comprehensive systematic review on the effectiveness and safety of vitamins during pregnancy. There is lack of detail on any formal methods and we don't know if the researchers assessed all available evidence on the supplements or whether they have cherry picked ones that fit in with the recommendations.
The researchers suggest a further limitation that many of the...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Medication Source Type: news
Pregnant women who take vitamins to boost baby's health 'are wasting their money'
The only supplements pregnant women need is folic acid and vitamin D. Expensive multivitamins are unnecessary, a report in the BMJ's Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Multivitamins in pregnancy ‘should be avoided’
Women advised to take folic acid and Vitamin D, and eat a balanced dietRelated items from OnMedicaNew evidence why pregnant women do not need to ‘eat for two’Vitamin D deficiency Poor vitamin D levels linked to adverse pregnancy outcomesVitamin D supplements in pregnancy don’t boost babies’ bone strengthScotland plans to fortify flour with folic acid (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - July 11, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
