Healthy meal deliveries boost quality of life for people with heart failure

Healthy meal deliveries boost quality of life for people with heart failure

Providing healthy, medically tailored meals or boxes of fresh produce along with nutrition counseling with a dietitian led to improved quality of life for people with heart failure compared to people who received dietary counseling without healthy food deliveries, according to a preliminary late-breaking science presentation today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2025. The meeting, Nov….

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Brazil welcomes China lift of ban on poultry imports | News

Brazil welcomes China lift of ban on poultry imports | News

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Healthy lifestyle habits plus GLP-1 RA drugs can improve heart health of people with Type 2 diabetes

Healthy lifestyle habits plus GLP-1 RA drugs can improve heart health of people with Type 2 diabetes

People with Type 2 diabetes who combined healthy lifestyle habits with GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications had a greater reduction in risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular disease death, compared to people only taking the medication, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions…

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Maria Branyas Morera blowing out candles on the occasion of her 117th birthday on March 4, 2024. Arxiu de la família Branyas Morera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Study explains how genetics and lifestyle combined to keep a 117-year-old healthy

A groundbreaking analysis of a 117-year-old woman reveals how protective genetics, a balanced microbiome, efficient metabolism, and resilient immunity work together to sustain health into extreme old age. Maria Branyas Morera blowing out candles on the occasion of her 117th birthday on March 4, 2024. Arxiu de la família Branyas Morera, Public domain, via Wikimedia…

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Study: Can fitness apps work long term? A 24-month quasi-experiment of 516,818 Canadian fitness app users. Image Credit: Nan_Got  / Shutterstock

Do fitness apps change behavior in the long run?

A massive two-year study reveals fitness apps can help people take more steps, but the improvements are modest and uneven—raising big questions about who benefits most and how to make digital health tools sustainable. Study: Can fitness apps work long term? A 24-month quasi-experiment of 516,818 Canadian fitness app users. Image Credit: Nan_Got  / Shutterstock…

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Expanding education boosts lifestyle medicine adoption across health systems

Expanding education boosts lifestyle medicine adoption across health systems

Expanding access to lifestyle medicine education opportunities-such as continuing medical education (CME) courses, professional certification, webinars, mentoring and peer-to-peer connections, and conference participation-can facilitate the adoption of the medical specialty across health systems, according to a new study published in Translational Behavioral Medicine. This qualitative study conducted by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)…

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Donald Trump Can’t Pronounce Ubiquitous Drug He Blames for Autism

Donald Trump Can’t Pronounce Ubiquitous Drug He Blames for Autism

President Donald Trump apparently did not prepare for his major declaration linking autism to one of the world’s most common over-the-counter pain relievers. The president announced on Monday that the administration had found links between autism and pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol. However, the 79-year-old president collided head-on with the…

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