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Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 5:35 PM
     Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, explains the thinking behind the name change to M-Pox.

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 5:17 PM
     FORT WORTH, Texas - Journalists with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper continued their strike Tuesday, claiming they've been pushed to the brink and that parent company...

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 5:11 PM
     It's almost the end of 2022 and we are still talking about Jackson , Mississippi's water crisis. MORE: Mississippi Officials Gave Millions In Welfare Money To Rich Folks But...

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 4:49 PM
     NEW YORK - More seriously mentally ill New Yorkers will be transported to area hospitals for psychiatric evaluations without their consent under a directive Mayor Eric Adams...

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 4:19 PM
     Twitter will no longer enforce its policy against COVID-19 misinformation, raising concerns among public health experts that the change could have serious consequences if it...

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 4:15 PM
     The moms who are at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday traveled from all over the state to offer unlimited hugs, comfort, listening ears and a lot of...

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 4:13 PM
     Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Liu Jie/Xinhua/Getty Images US stocks were mixed Tuesday while oil prices and bond yields rose as investors look to remarks Wednesday from...

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 4:07 PM
     The study's findings may eventually lead to the development of probiotics specifically for people who come down with COVID.

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 4:03 PM
     ALBANY - The state attorney general's office on Tuesday announced it was filing a lawsuit against the operators of a nursing home in Orleans County where residents were...

Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, November 29, 2022 3:55 PM
     It's almost the end of 2022 and we are still talking about Jackson , Mississippi's water crisis. MORE: Mississippi Officials Gave Millions In Welfare Money To Rich Folks But...

WebMD Health Tuesday, November 29, 2022 1:38 PM
     Deaths from heart disease and stroke among adults living in the United States have been on the decline since 2010. But the COVID-19 pandemic reversed that downward trend in 2020, new research shows.

WebMD Health Tuesday, November 29, 2022 1:28 PM
     A first in a series examining the impact and potential of artificial intelligence in health care.

WebMD Health Tuesday, November 29, 2022 12:46 PM
     Get parenting tips to help ease holiday stress with your children.

WebMD Health Tuesday, November 29, 2022 12:19 PM
     Outpatient visit and hospitalization rates are the highest in over a decade.

WebMD Health Tuesday, November 29, 2022 11:54 AM
     Ozempic, a weekly injection that helps boost insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes, also suppresses appetite, which leads to weight loss. Stories of celebrities using the drug off-label to lose a few pounds have led to an explosion of interest.

WebMD Health Tuesday, November 29, 2022 11:49 AM
     Kids who are overweight or obese often struggle with school work, and now new research provides clues on how excess weight may harm the developing brain.

Mark's Daily Apple Tuesday, November 29, 2022 1:30 PM
    

Chrononutrition is a relatively new specialty in the fields of nutrition and biology that tries to understand how the timing of food ingestion affects health. The central idea here is that metabolic health, cardiovascular health, and body composition come down not just to what and how much we eat but also when we eat.  You are, of course, aware that our bodies operate on a roughly 24-hour rhythm governed by circadian clocks. The sleep-wake cycle is the most obvious example. Many other aspects of human biology are also governed by 24-hour clocks operating both in the central nervous system and the peripheral organs and tissues. Chrononutrition seeks to answer two broad and related questions: How do the body's natural clocks affect food choices and metabolism? How does food timing affect circadian rhythmicity and, consequently, various health markers? The latter is particularly relevant to people who, probably like you, strive to make food, movement, and lifestyle decisions to maximize their health and longevity. Although the topic of chrononutrition has only gained traction within the past decade, evidence increasingly suggests that we may be able to manipulate food timing to improve well-being. Today, I'll briefly review the underlying premise of chrononutrition and return to a question that has come up many times in our community: Should I be eating or skipping breakfast if my goal is optimal health now and for decades to come? Chrononutrition 101 Here's what you need to know to understand chrononutrition: First, many biological functions are guided by central and peripheral clocks. I already mentioned sleep-wake. Body temperature is another example. Body temperature peaks in the afternoon and decreases overnight, hitting its nadir in the early morning hours. More to the point of this post, many aspects of metabolism also operate on a circadian rhythm. These include Saliva production Gastric emptying and gut motility (the movement of food through the digestive tract) The release of digestive enzymes  Nutrient absorption Beta cell function (insulin release from the pancreas) Glucose tolerance Hunger Second, that elusive and enigmatic target we call "health" depends on proper circadian rhythm alignment—everything happening when it should. Research shows, for example, that circadian misalignment, as happens with shift work and eating at the wrong times, leads to impaired immune function. Third, we stay "on time" thanks in part to behaviors that tell the body's clocks what time it is. These behaviors, like sleeping at night and getting early morning sun exposure, are called zeitgebers. Eating at the proper times is another zeitgeber that keeps our circadian rhythms aligned, contributing to physiologic homeostasis. Conversely, eating (or sleeping or getting light exposure) at the wrong times causes misalignment and dysfunction.  The implication, then, is that we can use what we know about the body's natural rhythms to figure out the best and worst times to eat, and the consequences of getting it wrong. That's chrononutrition. So What ARE the Right and Wrong Times to Eat? There are few things that scientists agree on, but I bet you'd be … Continue reading "What is Chrononutrition?"

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Dignity Health Medical Groups Blog Tuesday, November 29, 2022 4:02 PM
     November is Diabetes Awareness Month and, according to the CDC, over the last two decades the number of adults with diabetes in the United States has more than doubled. 

We spoke with Tarandeep Kaur, MD, an endocrinologist with Dignity Health Medical Group — Stockton, to learn more about prediabetes and diabetes management.