by Jodi Knapp | Apr 4, 2017
According to the American Cancer Society, only 14% of those diagnosed with this deadly cancer survive beyond five years at even stage 1, while only 1% of stage 4 sufferers survive that long. Early diagnosis is uncommon, however, because with this kind of cancer, the...
by Jodi Knapp | Mar 22, 2017
Doctors seldom report diabetes as a cause of death on a death certificate. Instead, they usually record the most direct cause of death, like heart failure or kidney failure, even if diabetes happens to be the cause of these. So researchers in Boston set out to...
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 Jodi Knapp | Feb 26, 2017
Many researchers believe that lifestyle modification programs addressing type 2 diabetes suffer from the serious defect of poor long-term compliance. They believe that people adhere to the new lifestyle changes only at the beginning, but later lapse back into their...
by Christian Goodman | Feb 23, 2017
The health benefits of getting optimum amounts of vitamins and minerals are many, and people are even finding out that just a mild deficiency can have widespread consequences, especially for vitamins that affect many processes in the body. One vitamin in particular is...
by Scott Davis | Feb 18, 2017
How does one little grain manage to do so much in such a small amount? The focus of today’s feature article will look at a miracle grain and how many people- even those who are gluten-free – can reap the seemingly endless benefits of it. Can one food really lower...