Coasting downhill

Article Abstract:

Researchers have analyzed 43 studies done over the past 28 years, and they have found little evidence that the weight gain and loss cycle of dieting slows metabolism, alters fat distribution, or jeopardizes lean body mass. The most significant consequence of dieting cycles lower morale.

Health aspects, Reducing diets, Dieters

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Sweet silence: can sugar cut down on crying?

Article Abstract:

Newborns given a sucrose solution before they were pricked on the heel to take a blood sample cried for less time than infants given water or a weaker sucrose solution before the heel prick. Cuddling the infant may have been as effective, but that was not tested.

Physiological aspects, Sugar, Control, Crying in infants, Infant crying, Sugar in the body

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Watch the washout: can stress affect your medications?

Article Abstract:

A recent study indicates that stress can inhibit the effectiveness of blood-thinning medications. In the study the benefits of a strict fish-oil regimen were destroyed just after eight minutes of stress.

Anticoagulants (Medicine), Anticoagulants, Stress (Psychology)

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