Author Archives: Rocio Gallegos, MD

This study evaluated the association between time from the first meal to last meal with weight change. Nearly 550 adults were enrolled in the study. Participants had at least one weight and height measurement registered in the two years prior to the study’s enrollment period. Overall, most participants (80%) reported they were white adults; 12% […]

Researchers have now shown that foods with a high fat and sugar content change our brain: If we regularly eat even small amounts of them, the brain learns to consume precisely these foods in the future. Our tendency to eat high-fat and high-sugar foods, the so-called Western diet, could be innate or develop as a […]

When we give this drug to the mice for a short time, they start losing weight. They all become slim,” said Madesh Muniswamy, PhD, professor of medicine in the health science center’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine. Magnesium is the fourth most abundant element in the body, and plays many key […]

A new study, published in Redux Biology, finds that high doses of selenium have anti-cancer properties. Selenium has been investigated as a potential anti-cancer agent for the reduction of the risk of different malignancies including colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer, as well as an adjuvant to conventional anti-tumour therapies. Such use is limited, however, by […]