Food Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality (Food) 27 Mar 2021 Consumption of ultra-processed foods increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Researchers compared processed food intake…
Food Study Finds Two Servings Of Fish Per Week Can Help Prevent Recurrent Heart Disease (Food) 9 Mar 2021 An analysis of several large studies involving participants from 58 countries, spearheaded by researchers from McMaster University, has found that eating oily fish regularly can help prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD)…
Psychology University of Limerick Research Finds New Link Between Personality and Risk of Death (Psychology) 17 Feb 2021 Ground-breaking research led by University of Limerick has revealed for the first time that the immune system directly links personality to long-term risk of death. The study sheds new light…
Medicine Preventing Spread of COVID-19 Earlier Saves Lives (Medicine) 17 Jan 202117 Jan 2021 Rates of mortality from COVID-19 are lower in areas where public health measures aimed at preventing the spread of the disease were implemented earlier in the outbreak, according to a…
Botany How Does Distance and Density Dependence Vary across Life Stages of Plants? (Botany) 12 Jan 2021 The Janzen–Connell (J-C) hypothesis suggests that specialized natural enemies cause distance‐or density‐dependent mortality among host plants and is regarded as an important mechanism for species coexistence. However, there remains significant…
Food Eating Fish, But Not Meat, Offers Key Health Benefits (Food) 19 Dec 2020 Compared with meat eaters, fish eaters have a lower risk of several adverse heart diseases, including stroke. These findings, which were part of new research looking at the diets and…
Medicine Fiji’s Vaccine Program Reduces Childhood Death And Illness: Study (Medicine) 27 Nov 2020 Fiji’s national vaccine program against pneumonia, a serious lung condition, and rotavirus, a common disease which causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting, has reduced illness and death, new research shows. Fiji…
