by Christian Goodman | Mar 5, 2017
In 2009, Alzheimer’s disease was the fifth leading cause of death in Americans over the age of 65. By 2013, researchers concluded the prevalence of dementia was between five and seven percent for people over the age of 60 worldwide, translating to 35 million...
by ShellyManning | Mar 4, 2017
Researchers in Great Britain recently asked an interesting question. Why are so many people with and without officially diagnosed arthritis reporting to hospitals with exactly the same types of joint pain? The team wondered how humans came to have the kind of...
by Christian Goodman | Mar 3, 2017
Many of us know we must exercise to remain healthy, but we find our gym visits and being stuck indoors on an endlessly looping treadmill painfully boring. But now Danish research, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, has revealed...
by Jodi Knapp | Mar 2, 2017
Recently, West Virginia University and University of Virginia scientists decided to find out if an ancient exercise is genuinely beneficial for type 2 diabetics or if it is just a re-emerging fad. They identified 159 of the best previously performed studies on...
by Scott Davis | Mar 1, 2017
While many people dislike green vegetables because of their bitter taste, a new type of green is now becoming popular that is definitely not bitter. They are tender, mild-tasting, and lack most of the bitterness of green plants, and most taste nothing like what you’d...
by Christian Goodman | Feb 28, 2017
In the past few years, medical scientists have developed a huge interest in the composition and health effects of a specific substance in your stomach and intestines. The widespread advertising of food products that contain their building blocks shows a huge interest...