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Over a 24-year-period, more than 200,000 men (n=46,341) and women (n=159,907) had dietary intake assessments performed every four years via survey. During the period, 3,216 CRC cancer cases were reported. Men with the highest 20% of ultra-processed food consumption had a 29% higher risk of developing colorectal cancer. For women, no association was seen between ultra-processed food consumption and risk of CRC. Ready-to-eat meat products and sugar-sweetened drinks among men and ready-to-eat/heat mixed dishes among women had the highest risk of CRC. Yogurt and dairy-based desserts had a negative associated risk for women.

This study scientist is trying to understand how food and the brain are intimately connected. How can the elements of food and the byproducts of their breakdown change the genetic code that governs our physiology?

The founding editor of Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology teases out for us our physiologic response to salt, sugar, fat, and water that creates a recipe for obesity – a recipe being used daily by many Americans with obvious results. His recommendation? “Drinking more water and reducing salt intake offer cheap, easy and healthy strategies that may prevent or treat obesity.” Click to see the evidence behind the conclusion.

This summary of a study from Johns Hopkins University says it might just matter how you take your pills – with special implications for bedridden or sedentary patients.

One of the most prevalent neurological symptoms in COVID-19 patients is anosmia, which may be brought on by extensive olfactory receptor downregulation. Doctors may prescribe antibiotics, antihistamines, and other drugs to treat a patient’s anosmia, depending on the underlying reasons of the condition.

Examining data on nearly half a million participants from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study revealed that individuals in the highest quintile of total fish intake had a 22% higher risk for malignant melanoma compared to those in the bottom quintile.