Background: Periodic prolonged fasting (PF) extends lifespan in model organisms and ameliorates multiple disease states both clinically and experimentally owing, in part, to its ability to modulate the immune system. However, the relationship between metabolic factors, immunity, and longevity...

Osteoarthritis is a condition that is commonly treated pharmacologically, although nonpharmacological therapies are often used initially. Drug therapy recommendations are found in guidelines on osteoarthritis treatment. This paper presents specific drugs for treatment of osteoarthritis during...

Background: Infants with greater temperamental negative affectivity are at higher risk for overfeeding and excess weight gain. Objective: To examine whether strategies to promote responsive bottle-feeding within WIC promoted healthier maternal feeding practices and infant weight status among...

Context: Studies in rodents and humans suggest that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)-sweetened diets promote greater metabolic dysfunction than sucrose-sweetened diets. Objective To compare the effects of consuming sucrose-sweetened beverage (SB), HFCS-SB, or a control beverage sweetened with...

Background Low job control may predict shorter breastfeeding (BF) among working mothers and may contribute to racial disparities in BF. Methods We used demographic, employment, and health data for n = 631 observations from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Job control scores came from a...

Some individual fruits have been widely researched for their effects on overall health and correlations with chronic diseases. The beneficial effects of mango supplementation on metabolic diseases have been detected. However, research into mango consumption on gut health, including the microbiome,...

Background: Higher prenatal ambient air pollution exposure has been associated with impaired neurodevelopment in preschoolers and school-aged children. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between prenatal ambient air pollution exposure and neurodevelopment during infancy....

Objective: To describe mothers' awareness and use of paced bottle-feeding (PBF) and to investigate whether the use of PBF was associated with maternal characteristics and infant feeding practices. Methods: Cross-sectional, online survey. Participants were mothers of infants < 12 months of age (n ...

Introduction: Induction of lactation in a non-gestational parent has numerous potential benefits including parent-child bonding, optimal nutrition, and health benefits to the child and breast- or chest-feeding parent. For transgender women and nonbinary people on estrogen-based, gender-affirming...

Scope: Four weeks' of concentrated grape powder (GP) consumption reduces circulating cholesterol in healthy free-living subjects consuming a low-fiber/low-polyphenol diet. Here, the study aims to investigate the underlying mechanisms for cholesterol reduction by evaluating biomarkers of cholesterol ...