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- Six-hour time-restricted feeding inhibits lung cancer progression https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-03131-y 63 comments
- The effect of high-polyphenol Mediterranean diet on visceral adiposity https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02525-8 9 comments
- Bidirectional genetic overlap between bipolar disorder and intelligence https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02668-8 6 comments
- Vegetarian and vegan diets and risks of total and site-specific fractures https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01815-3 16 comments
- Study suggests that long-term increases in circulating caffeine may reduce bodyweight and the risk of osteoarthrosis and osteoarthritis https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-024-03298-y 77 comments science
- People with higher BMIs are over 10% more likely to develop obesity-related cancers such as colorectal, kidney, pancreatic or ovarian cancer even if they don't have a cardiometabolic condition such as heart disease or type 2 diabetes. (N = nearly 600,000 people) https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-03114-z 305 comments science
- Plant-based swaps may cut diabetes and heart disease risk, major review finds. Analysis of 37 studies finds largest health benefits come from replacing processed meat, with 20% reduction in type 2 diabetes https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-03093-1#:~:text=Conclusions,health%20and%20all%2Dcause%20mortality. 569 comments science
- A study of 458,000 participants shows spending time with loved ones may reduce the risk of an early death, while never being visited by friends of family can raise the risk even for people who don’t live alone. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-03055-7 16 comments science
- Effects of ketogenic diet on health outcomes: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials | BMC Medicine https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-02874-y 18 comments science
- Study finds link between ‘free sugar’ intake and cardiovascular disease https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02712-7 161 comments science
- "Green Mediterranean diet” high in polyphenols and fiber can reduce that visceral fat. After 18 months, those subjected to the diet saw a visceral fat reduction of 14 percent; eaters of the Mediterranean Diet saw a 7 percent drop. Visceral fat among “healthy eaters” was reduced by 4.5 percent https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02525-8 62 comments science
- A large study that involved 79,952 US-based men found that those who ate the largest amounts of healthy plant-based foods had a 22% lower risk of bowel cancer compared with those who ate the least. The researchers found no such link for women. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02623-7#Sec9 3 comments science
- Plant-based dietary patterns defined by a priori indices and colorectal cancer risk by sex and race/ethnicity: the Multiethnic Cohort Study https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02623-7#Abs1 3 comments science
- Associations between grip strength, brain structure, and mental health in > 40,000 participants from the UK Biobank | BMC Medicine https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02490-2 59 comments science
- Medium- and longer-term cardiovascular effects of e-cigarettes in adults making a stop-smoking attempt: a randomized controlled trial https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02451-9#Sec24 3 comments science
- Vegetarian women are at a higher risk of hip fracture: A study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02468-0 407 comments science
- Regular dairy consumption significantly increased the risk of developing liver and breast cancer in a population of 510,000 Chinese adults https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02330-3 39 comments science
- Dairy Products Linked to Increased Risk of liver cancer and female breast cancer in Chinese adults: an 11-year prospective study of 0.5 million people https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02330-3 13 comments science
- Lifelong excess weight may almost double a woman’s risk of developing womb cancer. For every five extra BMI units, a woman’s risk of endometrial cancer increases by 88%. This study is an interesting first step into how genetic analyses could be used to uncover exactly how obesity causes cancer. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02322-3 163 comments science
- Long-term perturbation of the peripheral immune system months after SARS-CoV-2 infection | BMC Medicine https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-02228-6 3 comments science
- Vegetarian and vegan diets and risks of total and site-specific fractures: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study. Non-meat eaters, especially vegans, had higher risks of either total or some site-specific fractures, particularly hip fractures. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01815-3 49 comments science
- Associations between dietary patterns and the incidence of total and fatal cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in 116,806 individuals from the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-01958-x 4 comments science
- Meat consumption and risk of 25 common conditions: outcome-wide analyses in 475,000 men and women in the UK Biobank study https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-01922-9 4 comments science
- A new study that followed 475,000 men and women in the UK over a period of 8 years found that a higher consumption of unprocessed red meat, processed meat, and poultry meat was associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, pneumonia and other serious illnesses https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-01922-9 17 comments science
- Genetically proxied milk consumption and risk of colorectal, bladder, breast, and prostate cancer: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01839-9?s 3 comments science
- Vegans have a higher rate of bone fractures https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01815-3 219 comments science
- Vegetarian and vegan diets and risks of total and site-specific fractures: results from the Oxford study https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01815-3 63 comments science
- Vegetarian and vegan diets and risks of total and site-specific fractures: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01815-3 14 comments science
- People with low cardiorespiratory fitness and grip strength had higher odds of depression, anxiety, or both (n=152,978). Public health strategies to reduce common mental disorders could include combinations of aerobic and resistance activities. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01782-9 10 comments science
- Sauna bathing is associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality and improves risk prediction in men and women: a prospective cohort study | BMC Medicine https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-018-1198-0 9 comments europe
- Cigarette smokers who spent more time with people who used electronic cigarettes were more likely to report past quit attempts and high current motivation to quit, finds new research (n = 12,787), contrary to concerns that e-cigarettes may undermine motivation to quit by renormalising smoking. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-018-1195-3 4 comments science
- Moderate drinking associated with lower risk of heart disease but consistency matters https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-018-1123-6 3 comments science
- A new study finds that changing the prices of seven foods by 10% could reduce deaths due to stroke, diabetes and cardiovascular disease by 23,000 a year and address health disparities in the United States https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-017-0971-9 260 comments science
- Major Depression Improves After Improving Diet, a randomized clinical trial found https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-017-0791-y 9 comments science
- Day of admission for patients with hip fractures was not associated with increased mortality. Sunday surgery, delay to surgery of more than 24-hours, discharge on Sunday or out-of-hours discharge were associated with increased 30-day mortality. Mortality during inpatient stay was lower on weekends. http://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-017-0825-5 15 comments science
- The placebo effect was specifically studied as an intervention in a randomized controlled trial, and it was found to improve outcomes 6 months after heart surgery and to lower inflammatory markers, suggesting it may be useful as a short-term intervention even in highly invasive medical procedures. http://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0767-3 62 comments science
- "Our results provide further evidence that nut consumption may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, cardiovascular disease, total cancer, and all-cause mortality, and possibly mortality from diabetes, respiratory disease, and infectious disease" https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0730-3 13 comments science
- Male doctors are more likely to have legal action taken against them than female doctors http://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-015-0413-5 5 comments science
- New study of newborns' telomere length found that obese and overweight mothers risk shortening the lives of their children by up to 17 years https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0689-0 9 comments science
- In 31% of clinical trials there are discrepancies between the registered and published primary outcome http://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-015-0520-3 10 comments science