Nutrition & Diet

8+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1300+ words) It began when Lisa felt a random, jarring “pop” in the lower left side of her stomach. It was forceful enough to send her to the emergency room. A computed tomography (CT) scan resulted in an initial diagnosis of diverticulitis,…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago   (54+ words) Research published in the European Heart Journal found that eating four to six servings of whole grains a day may help reduce several heart disease risk factors. Research published in the European Heart Journal found that eating four to six…...

10+ min ago   (838+ words) University students are famously bad at feeding themselves, but a new study from Brazil offers one of the more detailed portraits yet of exactly how future health professionals eat when nobody is cooking for them....

5+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1156+ words) Some hearts can still squeeze well, yet fail in another way. They become stiff, struggle to relax between beats and leave patients breathless, tired and short of options. A study from King’s College London points to a possible new approach…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago   (684+ words) Get the day off to a healthy start with these suggestions from Susie Burrell. And no, they don’t all involve eggs or yoghurt. When it comes to nutrient intake, metabolism, weight control and energy regulation, getting optimal amounts of protein…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (82+ words) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative bacterium that thrives everywhere from hospital water systems to contact lens solutions, is one of the most formidable opportunistic pathogens in modern medicine. The World Health Organization has placed it on its high-priority list of bacteria…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (378+ words) Does healthy eating stress you out? Choosing healthy foods is an important part of eating right, but cooking them in a healthy way matters too. The best kind of diet is one you can stick to — and that means finding…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1588+ words) We’ve probably all given up alcohol at some point, eager to give our bodies some respite following a period of boozing. Dry January is the big one, squirrelling ourselves away during those long winter nights, swearing off all fun in…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (396+ words) The full rollout of the National School Breakfast Programme by the Ministry of Education Transformation is therefore a major victory for public education in Barbados. Providing free morning meals to nursery and primary school students across the island addresses a…...

19+ hour, 30+ min ago   (127+ words) Posted September 20, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan It is well established that ADHD is driven by a combination of genetic predisposition and early environmental exposures. Parents can transmit genetic predisposition for a disorder to their child, both directly through inherited genes…...