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WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Are you the type to linger over a meal, or do you tend to eat quickly without giving it much thought?New research confirms that you're better off going the slow route, because fast eaters tend to consume more and be more vulnerable to gaining weight and becoming obese. And it uncovers a new wrinkle: If you grew up with siblings, where you probably had to compete for whatever was on the table, you're more likely to be a fast eater.Speedy eating makes you prone to eating more because it takes a bit of time for your body to recognize that you're starting to feel full, explained Connie Diekman, a St. Louis-based registered dietitian and former president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics."We don't recognize that feeling of fullness...

WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Two people in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine trial developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, but it's highly doubtful the vaccine is to blame, according to a just-published case study.Although both people were in the same trial, one was given the vaccine and the other was given a placebo of saline solution."That strengthens the possibility that the case in our report may have been a coincidence," said study author Dr. Anthony Amato, a neurologist at Harvard Medical School in Boston.Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare condition in which the immune system attacks nerve cells. Symptoms begin with weakness in the hands and feet and can progress to paralysis.Though the condition can be life-threatening, most people recover.The exact cause of...

WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Being jailed puts teens with untreated psychiatric disorders at increased risk for long-term mental health struggles, researchers say."These are not necessarily bad kids, but they have many strikes against them," said study lead author Linda Teplin. "Physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect are common. These experiences can precipitate depression. Incarceration should be the last resort." Teplin is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago."Clearly, we must expand mental health services during detention and when these youth return to their communities," she added in a Northwestern news release.Teplin's team has been interviewing a randomly selected group of 1,800 people...

WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- It doesn't seem right to put "silver lining" and "pandemic" in the same sentence. But the past year of COVID-19 has been a boon for bicycling, an indisputably healthy activity."Bikes have been one of those bright spots, as we've been getting through this last year," Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told the National Bike Summit in early March. "People have been rediscovering how we get around, to the extent we still can."The numbers bear that out.Bike sales rose by more than 40%, according to the National Bike Dealers Association, and stores around the country still report shortages. Two surveys during the year by the advocacy group PeopleForBikes indicated that 10% of adults in the U.S. hopped on a bike for the...