Stay informed on the latest health news everyday with articles on all aspects of healthy living including recalls, studies, fitness news and nutrition trends plus advice, tips and views from Activebeat’s own panel of professional health experts.
Researchers at Ohio State University have drawn links between fast food consumption and lower test scores among children. Meanwhile, a less surprising finding reveals that kids who consume a lot of fast food are more likely to be obese. The study, which was carried out by Ohio State University assistant professor Dr. Katy Purtell, involved […]
2 min read
The number of American children living with type 1 diabetes is rising, a new study has found. According to Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s Department of Research & Evaluation, between 2002 and 2009 the number of children with the disease rose from 24 per 100,000 to 27 per 100,000. The study, which was led by Kaiser […]
2 min read
A new study has found that people who are exposed to the drugs designed to treat human immunodeficiency virus (or HIV) are more likely to develop hearing problems. The study, which has since been turned into a report published by the journal JAMA Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, involved the examination of roughly 380 […]
2 min read
Does your New Year’s resolution involve losing some body fat? Then it’s time to break out the weights. New research shows that men who performed 20 minutes of weight training each day kept the fat off better than men who engaged in aerobic activities. The findings, which were recently published in the journal Obesity, did […]
2 min read
Having your child learn to play a musical instrument could help them develop their language skills, a new study has found. The study — which was led by Northwestern University’s Nina Kraus, a professor of communication studies — examined children participating in Los Angeles, California’s Harmony Project, which gives kids from low income households access […]
2 min read