by Julissa Clay | Apr 16, 2021
It’s a well-known fact that overeating and obesity can lead to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). But, according to a new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, there is another factor that is twice as likely as overeating to cause NAFLD. Nobody...
by Christian Goodman | Apr 11, 2021
Usually when talking about high blood pressure, it is recommended that you sit less and exercise more. But sometimes sitting can be more effective than exercising in lowering blood pressure, as proven in a new study published in the Journal of Human Hypertension. In...
by Jodi Knapp | Apr 10, 2021
When making decisions about our health, we sometimes need to choose between two evils. Should we, for example, take medication that causes side effects or risk not treating a disease that could potentially kill us? Natural remedies usually provide the best of both...
by Christian Goodman | Apr 9, 2021
At any given time, two-thirds of all dementia patients are of just one gender. This is a widely established fact. But why is this gender so much worse hit by dementia than the other? That’s the subject of a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. It was...
by ShellyManning | Apr 8, 2021
When you are diagnosed with arthritis, the typical treatment involves a visit to your doctor, who then prescribes you painkillers and sends you home. This incurs the doctor’s consultation fee plus the medication costs and, worst of all, the side effects. But the...
by Christian Goodman | Apr 7, 2021
Some lifestyle changes are very difficult to commit to. Others are decidedly more simple—even as easy as switching out the oil you normally buy. Today we will look at a study researching the effects of an oil whose popularity is rising at breakneck pace, and for good...
by Julissa Clay | Apr 6, 2021
It is widely thought that nail fungus is a problem caused by poor hygiene, but it is actually a condition that occurs in many people with perfectly good hygiene. It can be caused by fungi and yeasts that occur naturally in the environment and on our skin. These fungi...
by Julissa Clay | Apr 4, 2021
Some people wouldn’t even call this a sport. It’s often looked down on as an activity for lazy people who don’t want to do a real workout. But a study presented at a virtual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology revealed that this lazy man’s sport improved...
by Scott Davis | Apr 3, 2021
If you have been suffering from acid reflux for some time, it’s likely that you’ve developed a sense of which foods make the problem worse. A new study published in the Journal of the Formosan Medical Association pinpoints how cutting out just one specific food item...
by Christian Goodman | Apr 2, 2021
Beans have long been praised for having various health benefits. But a new study from Mexico shows exactly how one particular type of bean beats high blood pressure with a knockout blow. Not only does it load your body with antioxidants that lower blood pressure, it...