Losing vitamins – along with weight – on a diet If you’re looking to shed a few pounds, you’re probably focused on the amounts of fats, carbs or protein you can eat under the various diet plans available. But a new Stanford study suggests that you should also pay attention to how a diet will […]

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Stealthy leads to healthy in effort to improve diet, study shows How do you get college students to eat better? A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that a “stealth” strategy of raising the students’ awareness of environmental and social issues related to food can persuade them to eat more veggies […]

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Stealth equals health It’s a conundrum for the ages: We all know that we’d be better off if we ate healthy food and exercised regularly. And yet we inevitably find ourselves sitting in front of the TV with a burger in one hand and a large soda in the other. Health professionals have spent decades […]

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Stanford researcher’s discovery of ion channel turns ear on its head STANFORD, Calif. — Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like parts of […]

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Brain works best when cells keep right rhythms, new Stanford study suggests STANFORD, Calif. — It is said that each of us marches to the beat of a different drum, but new Stanford University research suggests that brain cells need to follow specific rhythms that must be kept for proper brain functioning. These rhythms don’t […]

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Packard/Stanford study suggests two causes for bowel disease in infants STANFORD, Calif. — New research from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine is helping physicians unravel the cause of a deadly and mysterious bowel disease that strikes medically fragile newborn babies. The findings could lead to a better understanding of […]

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