Items Tagged ‘sugar’
February 1, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 1, 2019
NBC News, Lowering blood pressure may help cut risk of early dementia, study finds by Shamard Charles, M.D. — Drastically lowering blood pressure may help protect memory and thinking skills later in life, researchers reported Monday — the first hopeful sign that it’s possible to lower rates of mental decline… “In very old people, we […]
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January 4, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 4, 2019
USA Today, Need a new diet this new year? Here’s out to pick one and stick with it by Brett Molina — Focus on small changes at first: Angie Murad, a wellness dietitian with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, said the key to choosing a diet is making sure it’s sustainable. One way to […]
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July 13, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for July 9, 2018
Wall Street Journal, New Effort for Lyme Disease Vaccine Draws Early Fire by Sumathi Reddy — Gregory Poland, director of the vaccine research group at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., published a 2011 study in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases detailing what happened with the previous Lyme vaccine and lessons learned […]
Tags: age-related disease, alzheimer's disease, Angie Murad, artificial Intelligence, asthma exacerbation, Biogen, Career Immersion Program, cervical cancer, Darla Lytle, dementia, Diversity, Dr Felipe Sierra
April 7, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Star Tribune At Mayo, steps toward helping paralyzed patients By Pam […]
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September 16, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik CNN The health condition that concerns Americans most by Jacqueline […]
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October 17, 2012
Mayo Clinic: Sugar-Rich Diets Linked To Cognitive Impairment In Seniors
A Mayo Clinic study has found a link between sugar-rich diets and brain function in seniors. Mayo researchers tracked people over 70 and found that those with diets high in carbohydrates and sugar have nearly four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment. “Sugar is good for your brain because you derive your energy […]
Tags: brain function, Dr. Rosebud Roberts, senior citizens, sugar, sugar-rich diet, WCCO radio
May 24, 2012
Can Sugar Make You Stupid? “High Concern” in Wake of Rat Study
We all know sugary diets can sabotage a waistline. Now it turns out they might make brains flabby too. Sweet drinks scrambled the memories and stunted learning in lab rats in a new study—leading to “thigh concern” over what sugary diets may do to people, according to neuroscientist Fernando Gomez-Pinilla.…The next task for the team […]
Tags: Dr. Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, Dr. Jill Barnes, National Geographic, sugar
August 25, 2009
American Diet Too Sweet for the Heart’s Health
Experts Debate the Value of the American Heart Association’s Call to Cut Our Sugar Intake Sugar sneaks into so much of our food — from spaghetti sauce to salad dressing or peanut butter treats — that it can be near impossible to stop eating added sugars all together. Despite those arrays of pink, blue […]