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Breakthrough study identifies novel infant gut bacteria
Breakthrough Study Identifies Novel Infant Gut Bacteria

Breakthrough Study Identifies Novel Infant Gut Bacteria

The scientists discovered a new gut bacteria, a novel strain of Bifidobacterium longum (B. longum), which is prevalent...

Breastfeeding Potentially Lowers Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Events
Breastfeeding Potentially Lowers Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Events

Breastfeeding Potentially Lowers Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Events

Research Highlights: Breastfeeding women are found less likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) events including...

Children more likely to like vegetables
Children more likely to like vegetables if mothers ate more during pregnancy, research claims

Children more likely to like vegetables if mothers ate more during pregnancy, research claims

Every parent knows the struggle of trying to get young children to eat their greens at dinner time. But scientists now...

Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development? (news)
Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development?

Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development?

Study identifies processes in the gut that drive fat build-up around the waist (news)
Study identifies processes in the gut that drive fat build-up around the waist

Study identifies processes in the gut that drive fat build-up around the waist

Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity (news)
Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity

Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity

Researchers find gut microbiome plays an important role in atherosclerosis (news)
Researchers find gut microbiome plays an important role in atherosclerosis

Researchers find gut microbiome plays an important role in atherosclerosis

Prenatal vitamin D tied to lower risk of underweight babies and birth defects (news)
Prenatal vitamin D tied to lower risk of underweight babies and birth defects

Prenatal vitamin D tied to lower risk of underweight babies and birth defects

Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity (news)
Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity

Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity

NIH-funded study: Fish oil, blueberry may boost cognitive performance (news)
NIH-funded study: Fish oil, blueberry may boost cognitive performance

NIH-funded study: Fish oil, blueberry may boost cognitive performance

Maternal vitamin D deficiency may cause cognitive and physical development impairment in newborns (news)
Maternal vitamin D deficiency may cause cognitive and physical development impairment in newborns

Maternal vitamin D deficiency may cause cognitive and physical development impairment in newborns