Article They looked at the mean vitamin D serum level of 1,368 patients. The study found 634 patients with poor prognosis and 669 patients with good prognosis. Patients with a poor prognosis  had much lower serum levels of vitamin D than compared to those with good prognosis; this was statistically significant. TL;DR Patients with a…

Article They took 99 overweight/obese participants were assessed for cardio and muscular fitness.  Visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue were measured with a CT scan and measured cardio and muscular fitness. They found that cardio fitness and not muscular fitness was associated with visceral adipose tissue decreased. However, age, cardio fitness, and muscular fitness were associated…

Article 36 men were asked to perform eccentric actions of the elbow flexors and placed into one of  3 recovery groups (roller, sham, control). They found a single session of roller massage applied on elbow flexors had no effect on recovery of MIVC, muscle swelling, ROM and DOMS. TL;DR Roller massages do not improve recovery

Article This study compared two cities to one another, Baltimore and Philadelphia, after implementation of a beverage tax in Philadelphia. They looked at receipts of all participants for a two week period at pre-tax, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. Statistically significant reductions of taxed beverage purchases at 3 and 6 months, but not…

Article The researchers looked at the literature and found that infants between the ages of 9-18 months were influenced by food focused activities as well as non-food activities. These activities could help influence whether the infants would possibly become obese in the future. They suggested developing fun non-food focused activities (playing with bubbles, musical instruments) mitigated…

Article In this study, they found taking a specific enzyme produced after exercise from one mouse and placing it in another mouse was effective. The enzyme was glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-specific phospholipase D1 (Gpld1), a GPI-degrading enzyme and acts to improve age related brain degeneration and cognitive impairments. TL;DR Specific enzymes produced from exercise can be transferred from one…

Article There are many organs that COVID-19 may target due to a common receptor that COVID-19 uses to enter, ACE2. This can cause issues in cardiac, renal, endocrine, and ocular systems and more. TL;DR COVID-19 has been shown to cause more than respiratory issues, many organs are affected due to a common receptor on all of…

Article In a mouse model, this study demonstrated that receptor positive breast cancer are affected by a fasting diet. This is effected by decreasing certain hormones (insulin, leptin, etc.). They found combined with a specific treatment (oestrogen therapy) a fasting like diet further decreased these hormones that are negatively associated in these cancers. TL;DR A…

Article White rice has been associated with type 2 diabetes while brown rice is inversely associated. This study looked at 166 overweight adults ages 25-65. They were placed on either a brown rice or white rice diet and the outcomes looked at were blood glucose, insulin, glycosylated Hb (HbA1c), insulin resistance, and lipids as well as high-sensitivity…

Article This was a phase 1 trial where they tested an mRNA vaccine on 45 patients ages 18 to 55 years old. There were 3 different dose groups, n=15. Each dose group received a total of 2 vaccinations 28 days apart. They found dose appropriate anti-SARS-CoV-2 titer increases. There were some minor side effects “fatigue, chills,…