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Wheat is the second most produced grain in the world after corn.

From bread, pizza, pasta to tortilla, wheat is ubiquitous. Even desserts, dressings, and soups—items usually not associated with grains—often contain plenty of wheat to enhance flavor, texture, or taste ...

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Heart failure is a major public health issue across the world.

Some risk factors for heart failure are well understood and are relatively easy to measure clinically, such as obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar. However, these risk factors account for ...

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

May 31, 2018

Most people know their job affects their health. But how? One study of 200,000 people–monitored over 7.5 years–shows the risk of heart disease depends on the type of job. Two key factors determine job strain: how demanding it is and how much control ...

Inflammation reflects wide variety of physiological and pathological processes because it is a response triggered by damage to living tissues.

Inflammatory responses are a defense mechanism that has evolved in our bodies to protect tissues from infection and injury. For instance, consider ...

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Siblings, offspring, and parents have approximately 50 percent similarities in their genetic material. This sharing of genetic material allows for traits and risk factors to collect within a family. Similarly, individuals are more likely to share similar genetic variation wi ...

A PLOT FOR AGING

Muscle and bone health peaks around the age of twenty-five. That’s when the hormone responsible for maintaining them peaks. The subsequent decline–widely studied–is part of the natural aging process.

The Massachusetts Male Aging Study looked at the effect of aging ...

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Hormones are critical for human health. They play important roles in aging, mental health, reproduction, pregnancy, wellness and optimal health.

Both men and women share most of the hormones, but some are predominantly associated with one gender than the other.

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