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Newswise: Beyond Eggs: Protein Sources That Strike the Right Balance
Released: 10-Mar-2025 8:05 PM EDT
Beyond Eggs: Protein Sources That Strike the Right Balance
UT Southwestern Medical Center

High-protein diets and protein-enriched foods seem to be everywhere we turn. It’s a nutrition trend with a refreshingly positive vibe. Unlike carbohydrates and fats, protein is the only one of the three macronutrients that doesn’t get vilified – instead of cutting back, we’re encouraged to boost our intake!

Newswise: Health Researcher: ‘Daylight Saving Time Messes with Our Biological Clocks’
Released: 5-Mar-2025 11:55 AM EST
Health Researcher: ‘Daylight Saving Time Messes with Our Biological Clocks’
Virginia Tech

As clocks spring forward for daylight saving time this weekend, a Virginia Tech expert warns that the time change can have serious health consequences. “Research shows that daylight saving time messes with our biological clocks by reducing morning sunlight exposure, which pushes our sleep schedules later and can have negative effects on health,” says Carla Finkielstein, a professor at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and an expert in circadian clocks and cancer biology.

Newswise: What’s Next for Weight Loss in 2025? Some Say It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the BMI, Among Other Things
Released: 23-Jan-2025 8:55 PM EST
What’s Next for Weight Loss in 2025? Some Say It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the BMI, Among Other Things
Hackensack Meridian Health

This National Healthy Weight Week, there’s a growing call to overhaul the way obesity is currently diagnosed.

Newswise: A Powerhouse of Obesity Research – Then and Now
Released: 13-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
A Powerhouse of Obesity Research – Then and Now
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The “Ozempic Revolution” did not start with celebrities posting their weight-loss success stories on Instagram, or slick TV ads featuring the earworm jingle: “Oh, Oh, Oh, Ozempic!”

Newswise: Devise a dietary game plan for Super Bowl parties
Released: 2-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Devise a dietary game plan for Super Bowl parties
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Football fans who plan to attend food-and-beverage-packed Super Bowl parties should have a dietary game plan to ensure that watching the big game is a healthy affair, according to a lifestyle medicine expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center.



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