Browsing: Medicine for the Soul

This Father’s Day, iSense is encouraging families to move beyond the typical ties, tools, and gadgets and give dad something he truly needs: better sleep. Because when dads sleep better, everything improves – from energy and focus to recovery, patience and overall well-being.

A large new study using advanced imaging found that abdominal obesity, sometimes referred to as a “beer belly,” is associated with more harmful changes in heart structure than overall body weight alone, especially in men.

Researchers have found that a specific body profile – higher muscle mass combined with a lower visceral fat to muscle ratio – tracks with a younger brain age, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and learning, according to two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. Research into the effects of lifestyle and physical fitness on adolescent brain function remains limited to date.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched an effort to advance research on whole-person health and create an integrated knowledge network of healthy physiological function. Whole person health involves looking at the whole person – not just separate organs or body systems – and considering multiple factors that promote health. For example, a multicomponent lifestyle intervention including healthy diet, physical activity and stress management may improve multiple and interconnected aspects of health including cardiovascular (e.g. blood pressure), metabolic (e.g. glucose metabolism) and musculoskeletal function (e.g. muscle strength).