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Some research suggests that each body type has certain characteristics in terms of weight, fat, and muscle — but there’s less data to support the dietary and exercise recommendations, so don’t expect this to be a magic bullet. When it comes to your body, Catudal says there are common elements among body types that suggests how much muscle or fat you tend to have, as well as how fast or slow your metabolism may be, and thus how easy or difficult it may be for you to lose weight....

These products are increasingly being legalized for medical uses across the United States, but it’s important to take certain precautions into consideration before you head to your local dispensary (in states that have them). Indeed, the NMSS emphasizes that, to date, most studies involving the drug and its derivatives have included “relatively small numbers of people with MS” and used different measures for effectiveness. “We have to ask ourselves, what is the level of evidence?...

More recently, the spice has been associated with the treatment of irritable bowel diseases (IBD), including ulcerative colitis. Turmeric’s potential healing powers come from curcumin, a phytochemical that is the active substance in turmeric, says the American Gastroenterological Association. Both turmeric and curcumin (on its own) are now sold widely as supplements. While curcumin has been shown to have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunosuppressive properties, much of the research conducted to date has been in test tubes or animals....

“Treatment was tedious, and I was constantly looking in mirrors to see if my eyebrow had a huge flake in it,” says Singer, now 27. “It felt like insanity — three years of using ointments every day and being a regular at the dermatologist’s office and I only achieved a heightened sense of paranoia and insecurity.” Singer turned to products derived from CBD, the component of cannabis that does not produce a “high....

Produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), CES is an opportunity to showcase the latest tools and technologies that empower and enhance people’s lives. It’s also a time to hear from industry leaders on what their companies are working on and how they see the future of tech. As in years past, developments in health and wellness technology are a focal point at CES 2021, including several new devices that enable remote medical monitoring as well as some aimed specifically at pandemic safety....

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men and women in the United States. But despite the availability of both noninvasive (stool-based tests) and invasive (virtual colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy) screening modalities to allow for early detection, we still struggle with getting patients screened in a timely fashion. RELATED: Chadwick Boseman’s Death Highlights Changing Trends in Colorectal Cancer Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Persist In 1997, key stakeholders from the private and public sector with the shared goal of raising screening rates formed the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), and established an initiative entitled “80 Percent in Every Community,” with a goal of getting 80 percent of average-risk Americans appropriately screened....

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the United States, following prostate cancer and lung cancer for men and breast cancer and lung cancer for women. Moreover, while colorectal cancer rates have fallen in people over 60 in the United States, they rose by about 2 percent per year in people ages 40 to 49 from 2012 to 2016, according to data from the American Cancer Society (ACS)....

At the same time, CoolSculpting is a strictly cosmetic procedure and isn’t effective as a means of weight loss, says Joshua Zeichner, MD, the director of cosmetic and clinical research in the dermatology department at Mount Sinai Hospital’s Department of Dermatology in New York City. Because the cold temperatures delivered by the device penetrate only the upper layers of fat below the skin, the procedure is best used to eliminate small areas of stubborn fat....

While the novel coronavirus (now officially called COVID-19) has killed more than 2,700 people and infected more than 80,000 around the world, the United States has largely been spared so far by comparison. The United States now has 35 confirmed cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Friday. “Even though the number of confirmed cases is very small, coronavirus has blown influenza off the news pages, so people are more interested in it,” says William Schaffner, MD, a professor of preventive medicine in the department of health policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee....

A study published January 26 in Environmental Science & Technology found that plastics found in everyday products like frozen meal packaging, yogurt containers, drink bottles, and even kitchen sponges may impact weight gain. “Our experiments show that ordinary plastic products contain a mix of substances that can be a relevant and underestimated factor behind overweight and obesity,” said Martin Wagner, PhD, a coauthor of the study and an associate professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) department of biology, in a press release....

“We need to reframe our thinking about SARS-CoV-2,” the virus that causes COVID-19 infections, says the study’s senior author, Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, the chief of research and development at the VA Saint Louis Health Care System and a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in Saint Louis. “It is compellingly clear that SARS-CoV-2 is much worse than the flu,” Dr. Al-Aly says. “It results in a higher risk of post-viral illness and can affect nearly every organ system — including the brain....

Although you can’t change a diabetes diagnosis, you can take steps to ease your anxiety. What Is Anxiety, and How Might It Affect People With Type 2 Diabetes? Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time, but for someone with an anxiety disorder, feelings of worry and fear are overwhelming or uncontrollable — and they persist and may even worsen over time, notes the Mayo Clinic. People with anxiety may have intrusive thoughts, avoid certain situations that cause distress, and have physical symptoms like high blood pressure....

Water dreams are common, and they carry deep, primal significance. Of all the dream symbols, water seems to be the universal sign of subconscious thoughts and emotions. Jonah was swallowed by a fish in the water. Noah built an ark to survive the flood of the earth. Water plays an integral role in numerous pieces of literature, art and mythology. Drowning in the water is one of the most common ways people fear dying, but consuming water is also necessary for life and health....

Both tremors and dyskinesia are relatively common: About 70 percent of people with Parkinson’s will experience tremors at some time during the course of their disease, according to the Parkinson’s Foundation, and a review published in 2012 in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease found that about 40 to 50 percent will experience dyskinesia after five years of starting treatment. “People often mix up tremors and dyskinesia because they’re both involuntary extra movements,” says Todd Herrington, MD, PhD, a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School....

It’s completely normal and even enjoyable to think about food, meal planning, grocery shopping, or whatever you’re craving for dinner tonight, says Susan Zinn, a licensed certified professional counselor and eating disorder specialist in private practice in Santa Monica, California. But for many people, excessive thoughts about food and eating — especially as they relate to body weight and shape — can be preoccupying and anxiety inducing, and can even impede their ability to function....

But do people who are depressed and take an antidepressant have improvements in their health-related quality of life compared with those who don’t take medications? Not according to a new national study of U.S. adults: Though the people taking medications for their depression had some improvements in health-related quality of life, they weren’t significantly greater than those reported by individuals with depression who didn’t take the drugs, according to a new analysis published April 20 in PLoS One....

I did my part to take care of the patient; after all, she had done her bit to keep me right-side up after my surgery… Then I got it. My version of the bug was far, far from as bad. I had a bit of nausea and a slight fever for half a day. Then I was back on the mend. I started to think about the last time I got sick, really sick; I couldn’t remember....

The study showed certain metabolites found in people with type 2 diabetes were linked with metabolites found in people who ate fewer eggs, but were not linked with metabolites found in people who ate more eggs. Metabolites are substances produced during metabolism. Researchers observed these associations among people who ate an average of one egg a day. The study was published in December 2018 in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Research....

“Soy is an important source of protein in a plant-based diet,” says Qi Sun, MD, ScD, a researcher at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston and the lead author of the paper. “More and more, we are realizing how important a plant-based diet is not only to human health, but also for the earth.” Dr. Sun and his team analyzed data from more than 200,000 participants involved in three different prospective studies that tracked eating habits for more than 30 years....

For the study, researchers examined data on 6.1 million people 10 years and older in Denmark, including 5.5 individuals who received at least one course of antibiotics between 2000 and 2018. During the study period almost 53,000 people were newly diagnosed with IBD, including both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Compared with people who never used antibiotics, those who did were significantly more likely to develop IBD at all age groups in the study....