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Vitamin D Improves Blood Sugar in Diabetics may Prevent Disease

In a study to be presented this year at The Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting, doctors have found a direct correlation between diabetes and insufficient vitamin D levels in the blood. Vitamin D is readily available from sunlight and may be a key factor in controlling and even preventing diabetes.


Hope For Alzheimers Disease

Currently there are no successful treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease, but scientists may have discovered a remarkable compound found in plants that offers new hope. These compounds called polyphenols are found in cocoa (dark chocolate), berries, nuts, wine as well as other fruits and vegetable...


Muscle Pain From Workout Reduced with Ginger

Ginger has long been used in eastern medicine as a remedy for common illnesses like colds. Now researchers have discovered it has anti-inflammatory properties and may relieve muscle pain. Professor Patrick O’Connor, at the University of Georgia department of kinesiology, who is studying ginger and...


Best Workout For Back Pain Is Weight Training

Statistics show that 80% of North Americans will suffer from low back pain at sometime during their life. Almost all back injuries heal within 3 months, but 10% of individuals who injure their back go on to experience chronic back pain throughout their life.


Monitoring of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer May Be The Best Treatment

When a doctor tells a man he has prostate cancer, the fear of death unconsciously grips his soul. But a recent study shows that most men with prostate cancer die from other causes and that the best treatment for low risk patients may be nothing more that active surveillance, or just watching to see if the tumor grows.


Hidden Fructose Is Making America Fat

Over the past 20 years high fructose corn syrup has replaced table sugar as the most common sweetening agent used in foods and beverages because it is less expensive for manufacturers. Researchers have been suspicious that fructose behaves differently than sugar when it is metabolized and could be ...


New Version of Old Drug Gives Hope For Treating Rosacea

Rosacea is a common condition showing up on the faces of 14 million adults in the US. It manifests as itchy, painful, thickened skin with redness, bumps, pimples and sometimes watery eyes and is more common on fair skin. If left untreated it can start to burn or sting.


How Much Salt Do You Eat A Day

Most Americans are already aware of the dangers of eating too much salt and many take the precaution of avoiding adding salt to their meals. What most Americans are unaware of is that almost all of the extra salt they are eating is coming from packaged foods and restaurants.


Chocolate to the Rescue

If you like chocolate and are looking for a way to avoid the guilt from indulging in your cravings, then here’s the good news; small amounts of daily chocolate have been shown to lower blood pressure and reduce the risk for heart disease and stroke. Frank Ruschitzka, Professor of Cardiology and Di...


Addition of Vitamin D Improves Asthma

Physicians have long recognized that vitamin D is essential for good health. Now, surprising research reported by doctors of the National Jewish Health, has shown that vitamin D can dramatically improve asthma in children and adults. The results of their study demonstrated that reactions to common...


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