September 2019

September 28

How Cam Newton’s vegan diet may be hurting Panthers QB’s play and injury recovery
By Brendan Marks, www.charlotteobserver.com

Prefilled THC cartridges#1 suspect in vape illness outbreak
By Salynn Boyles Medpage Today, September 27, 2019

A nation divided: US politics taking physical, emotional toll on Americans
By John Anderer, Study Finds

Multi-Omits analysis identifies mitochondrial pathways associated with anxiety-related behavior
PLOS Genetics, Published: September 26, 2019

Improving fruit and vegetable intake attenuates the genetic association with long-term weight gain
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 110, Issue 3, September 2019, Pages 759–768

Lifelong choline supplementation ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease pathology and associated cognitive deficits by attenuation microglia activation
Aging Cell, First published: 27 September 2019

Matcha tea decreases anxiety by activation dopamine and aerating receptors
By Kim Stewart, www.todayspractioner.com, August 12, 2019

Xylitol treats nasal mucosa in rhinitis medicamentosa: an experimental rat model study
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05605-3

Probiotics reduce health care cost and societal impact of flu-like respiratory tract infections in the USA: An economic modeling study
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019; 10 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00980://

Transcriptional changes in prostate of men on active surveillance after a 12-mo glucoraphanin-rich broccoli intervention-results from the Effect of Sulforaphane on prostate CAncer PrEvention (ESCAPE) randomized controlled trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Apr 1;109(4):1133-1144

Dose-dependent detoxication of the airborne pollutant benzene in a randomized trial of broccoli sprout beverage in Qidong, China
Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Sep 1;110(3):675-684

September 21

Mushroom consumption and incident risk of prostate cancer in Japan: A pooled analysis of the Miyagi Cohort Study and the Ohasaki Cohort Study
International Journal of Cancer, First published: 04 September 2019

9/11 attack tied to cardiovascular risk in firefighters, study says
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN 

Assessing the effects of vegetable consumption on the psychological health of healthy adults: a systematic review of prospective research
Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Jun 1. pii: nqz080. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz080. [Epub ahead of print] 

Egg consumption, cholesterol intake, and risk of incident stroke in men: the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 110, Issue 1, July 2019, Pages 169–176

Instagram clamps down on diet and cosmetic surgery posts
September 19, 2019 

Overweight people more likely to have overweight dogs:study
September 18, 2019

Flu season alert: Hand sanitizer not very effective against virus strain, study warns
By John Anderer, September 20, 2019

Vegans and vegetarians may have higher stroke risk
BMJ 2019;366:l4897

Kamala Harris urges Americans to reduce red meat to help save the earth, despite saying ‘I love cheeseburgers’
By Scott McDonald, Newsweek, September 4, 2019

Attending Heart School and long-term outcome after myocardial infarction: A decennial SWEDEHEART registry study
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, First Published September 13, 2019

Health fears prompt Swiss 5G revolt
AFP Relax NewsSeptember 18, 2019

Despite the growing burden of diet-related disease, medical education does not equip students to provide high-quality nutritional care to patients
The Lancet, Published: April 03, 2019

September 14

Findings fortify low riboflavin, migraine link
By Damian McNamara, medscape.com, July 30, 2019

Prospective cohort study of caffeinated beverage intake as a potential trigger of headaches among migraines
The American Journal of Medicine, August 2019Volume 132, Issue 8, Pages 984–991

Patients whose blood pressure only spikes at the doctor’s office are twice as likely to die of a heart attack or other cardiac event
By Ruth Hailu, statnews.com, June 10, 2019

Could eating local food reduce blood pressure and diabetes risk
By Tim Newman, Medical News Today, July 26, 2019

Cannabidiol induces rapid and sustained antidepressant-like effects through increased BDNF signaling and synaptogenesis in the Prefrontal Cortex
Mol Neurobiol, February 2019, Volume 56, Issue 2, pp 1070–1081

Association of estimated long-term exposure to air pollution and traffic proximity with a marker for coronary atherosclerosis in a nationwide study in China
JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(6):e196553

Air pollution exposure during fetal life, brain morphology, and cognitive function in school-age children
Biological Psychiatry, Volume 84, Issue 4, 15 August 2018, Pages 295-303

Is there a relationship between chocolate consumption and symptoms of depression? A cross-sectional survey of 13,626 US adults
Depression and Anxiety, First published: 29 July 2019

Tickle therapy could help slow aging
Aging August, Volume 11, Issue 14, pp 4836-4857

Electromagnetic fields may hinder spread of breast cancer cells
Communications Biology volume 2, Article number: 303 (2019)

NSAIDS may increase CVD risk in OA
Arthritis and Rheumatology First published: 06 August 2019

Modern caveman offers ‘Neanderthal’ survival courses in Italy
Agence France-Presse, August 12, 2019

Exciting step towards world-first blood test for diagnosing celiac disease
Science Advances 07 Aug 2019: Vol. 5, no. 8, eaaw7756

Another baseball mystery: Why do players seem to live longer?
By Nicholas Bakalar, The New York Times August 7, 2019

September 7

Ben & Jerry’s wants to make CBD-infused ice cream
By Dalvin Brown USA Today, May 31, 2019

Salt substitute hakes up hypertension in community trial
By Crystal Phend, MedPageToday, September 3, 2019

Teenage boy goes blind after existing on Pringles, white bread and french fries
By Jack Guy, CNN, September 3, 2019

Lifestyle, not genetics, explains most premature heart disease
www.escardio.org

Post-exercise hypotension and skeletal muscle oxygenation is regulated by nitrate-reducing activity of oral bacteria
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Volume 143, 1 November 2019, Pages 252-259

Are nitrates and nitrites in foods harmful?
www.healthline.com

Healthy diet reduces markers of cardiac injury and inflammation regardless of macronutrients: Results fro the OmniHeart trial
International Journal of Cardiology, Available online 1 August 2019

Deaths prompt alert about vaping risks
By Brianna Abbott and Jennifer Maloney, The World Street Journal, September 7, 2019

Hospitals should adopt disposable scopes for gut, F.D.A. says
By Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times

What genetics is teaching us about sexuality
By Steven M. Phelps and Robbee Wedow, The New York Times, Aug. 29, 2019 

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