We all know that regular exercise is important in maintaining the overall health of our bodies. By engaging in a regular exercise routine we can effectively manage our weight, boost our immune system, increase our lung capacity, and protect our heart and cardiovascular system from disease. In fact, exercise has been proven to be one Read the entire post…
People who drastically limit their calorie intake can reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease and stay young longer, real-life research finds. The study of obviously dedicated members of an organization called the Caloric Restriction Optimal Nutrition Society found they scored significantly better on such major risk factors as cholesterol, blood pressure and insulin Read the entire post…
More than 23 million people in the United States suffer from migraines. 2 to 3 million of those Americans are chronic sufferers, experiencing a minimum of one severe migraine per month. Only a migraine sufferer can truly understand just how debilitating an attack can be. Migraines can seriously disrupt a person’s professional and social life, Read the entire post…
Cervical cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer affecting women in the United States today. Nearly 15,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year, with nearly 4,000 women ultimately succumbing to the disease. Cervical cancer occurs when abnormal cells develop along the cervix, and begin to grow out of control. Conventional Read the entire post…
Heart surgery patients can gain hope, confidence, optimism and a sense of control through religious faith and prayer, according to new University of Michigan research. The researchers studied 224 cardiac patients over 19 months for their prayer coping and religiosity, general health and mental health, cardiac status, social support, depression, and socio-demographic factors. They concluded Read the entire post…
It is estimated that as much as 40% of the general population suffers from vitamin B12 deficiency. That number may be even higher, as the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency are often mistaken for other illnesses. Vitamin B12 is essential to maintaining a healthy body. It helps to regulate metabolism, and is vital to the Read the entire post…
Sun exposure has a protective effect against the development Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), a blood cancer, Australian researchers report. Dr. Anne Kricker, of the University of Sydney, and colleagues investigated the possibility that high sun exposure is associated with an increased risk of NHL – but they found the opposite — according the results of a Read the entire post…
We were all taught in school that vitamin D builds strong bones and teeth. While vitamin D definitely plays a role in building strong bones, researchers are finding that it also plays an integral role in the total health of the human body. People with a vitamin D deficiency are at an increased risk for Read the entire post…
Chronic back pain can shrink the gray matter in your brain by as much as 11 percent in one year, the same amount of brain density that’s lost in 10 to 20 years of normal aging, says a Northwestern University study. The research, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, found that every year of chronic Read the entire post…
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer affecting men and women around the world. It is also one of the most life-threatening. More than 200,000 new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed every year in the United States alone, and that figure does not appear to show any signs of diminishing. In a way, Read the entire post…
