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Binge Drinking Raises Type 2Diabetes Risk

Binge drinking causes insulin resistance, which increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to the results of an study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Malaria and typhoid biggest health threat for travelers to tropics

Feeling feverish after a visit to the tropics?  If you’re a traveler, malaria and typhoid fever should top the list of diseases to discuss with your doctor when you return, especially following travel to Western Africa or India, according to a recent study.

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You may have heard that there are ten times more bacteria than human cells in the body.

 

But what if some of those bacteria made you hungry?

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It almost here—the American College Of Nutrition 53rd Annual Conference, in Morristown New Jersey.

 

Check out the schedule of outstanding speakers, and how to register below.

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An international team of researchers led by Harvard Medical School have discovered that the billions of bacteria lining our GI tracts have coevolved with us.

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According to researchers at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Illinois the billions of bacteria in our guts have a newfound role: regulating the immune system and related autoimmune diseases.

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