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National Nutrition Week: All you need to know about nutrition for women’s health

Mid-Day Premium National Nutrition Week: All you need to know about nutrition for women’s health

As India observes National Nutrition Week from 1st to 7th September, Mumbai-based nutritionists decode the role of diet and nutrition in women’s health and share nutrition tips for specific conditions like PCOS, menopause and diabetes

04 September,2024 09:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Raaina Jain
Chronic diseases can increase risk of inflammation, cognitive decline: Experts

Chronic diseases can increase risk of inflammation, cognitive decline: Experts

Chronic diseases like diabetes, heart diseases, and obesity, coupled with lifestyle factors such as low exercise and unhealthy diet can raise your body’s inflammation levels, and contribute to the risk of cognitive decline

01 September,2024 01:41 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Sugar-sweetened beverages pose significant health risks, warn experts

Sugar-sweetened beverages pose significant health risks, warn experts

While consuming sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas, fruit punch, and lemonade, at home or outside is quite a norm, these may lead to significant harm to health

26 August,2024 02:17 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Study reveals new facts about Ozempic, the viral weight-loss drug

Study reveals new facts about Ozempic, the viral weight-loss drug

Ozempic, the weight loss drug that took the world by storm has been under the public scanner for long, and is found to be more devastating than what was originally speculated

23 August,2024 01:09 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Weight-loss drugs & viral diet trends: Are they worth it for weight management?

Mid-Day Premium Weight-loss drugs & viral diet trends: Are they worth it for weight management?

Amidst growing demand for weight-loss drugs like semaglutide (Ozempic) and tirzepatide, and ready access to viral diet trends like the Ducan diet and 7-second coffee rule, mid-day.com speaks to experts to understand their effectiveness and other healthy ways to lose weight

07 August,2024 11:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Raaina Jain
Rising obesity in kids in India can lead to poor health later: Experts

Rising obesity in kids in India can lead to poor health later: Experts

Addressing the rising issue of childhood obesity in India, experts emphasise the long-term health risks associated with it and the need for early intervention. Initiatives like school-based education and healthy meal programs are crucial in managing and preventing obesity

04 August,2024 11:23 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Obesity linked to a type of heart failure, finds study

Obesity linked to a type of heart failure, finds study

US researchers have found how obesity impacts muscle structure in patients with a form of heart failure called "heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)

03 August,2024 11:55 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Liver-related problems are on the rise in youngsters aged 23-35

Liver-related problems are on the rise in youngsters aged 23-35

Various conditions such as alcohol-related liver disease, fatty liver, hepatitis and cirrhosis are causing liver damage are adding to this trend, share experts

26 July,2024 05:07 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
High stress in pregnancy may raise depression, obesity risk in kids later

High stress in pregnancy may raise depression, obesity risk in kids later

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and Dartmouth College conducted a small study of 46 mothers and 40 toddlers and discovered a link between toddler hair cortisol levels -- a long-term stress biomarker -- and maternal prenatal depression

20 July,2024 09:51 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
This AI tool may outperform clinical tests at detecting Alzheimer's

This AI tool may outperform clinical tests at detecting Alzheimer's

To develop the new AI model, the researchers used routinely gathered, non-invasive and low-cost patient data - cognitive tests and structural MRI scans revealing grey matter shrinkage - from over 400 participants in a research cohort in the US

13 July,2024 03:34 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS

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