Month: September 2020

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A diet high in ultra-processed foods loaded with sugars, oils, fats, and starches could age you more quickly, according to a new study. Researchers found that eating three or more servings a day of highly-processed food was linked to shorter telomeres, chromosome structures that mark your biological age.  In contrast, a diet rich in whole foods and plants, like the Mediterranean diet, is linked to longer telomeres and lower risk of chronic illnesses, data showed.  Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Highly processed foods loaded with fat, salt, sugar, and starch could be aging you prematurely, according to new research presented at the 2020 European and International Obesity Congress. Eating at least three servings of processed food a day is associated w...

A new analysis of several studies in which steroid drugs were used to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients found the drugs significantly helped reduce patient deaths, bolstering earlier, preliminary evidence for the benefit of these medications. In multiple studies involving a total of 1,700 patients, a number of corticosteroids—anti-inflammatory drugs that can damp the effects of an overactive immune system—helped reduce deaths from COVID-19 by about a third, compared with patients who didn’t receive steroids, according to the analysis published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, called a meta-analysis, was performed by scientists and physicians convened by the World Health Organization. The authors analyzed the results of seven studies, between ...

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Dr Fauci is back in action, with a new, smoother voice after surgery to remove a polyp from his vocal cord - and Americans are taking note of his new sound.  Many took to Twitter to express their shock that 'Dr Fauci's voice is so different now!' with some even saying it was nearly unrecognizable.  America's top infectious disease doctor underwent surgery to remove a benign polyp on his vocal cord on August 20.   Polyps, small soft tissue lesions, can develop as a result of irritation from allergies, fume exposures, trauma, smoking or, in Dr Fauci's case 'overuse of the voice.'  As the voice of infectious disease expertise in the US, the 79-year-old coronavirus task force member has been using his a lot since the pandemic came to the US at the beginning of the year.  After a few days off ...