This Type of Arthritis is No Barrier to Physical Exercise

This Type of Arthritis is No Barrier to Physical Exercise

by | Jun 20, 2019

Knee arthritis is no fun. It makes walking, bending and straightening more painful, sometimes to the point where sufferers simply stop moving around. Luckily, a new study in the journal Arthritis Care & Research shows that we shouldn’t necessarily hang up our...
This Commonplace Food Fights Diabetes

This Commonplace Food Fights Diabetes

by | Jun 19, 2019

Scientists have known for some time that whole grains seem to prevent type 2 diabetes, but they don’t understand exactly why yet. But a new study led by Finnish researchers published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition adds more to this debate by...
Common Meds That Harm Your Brain

Common Meds That Harm Your Brain

by | Jun 18, 2019

A new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine, published in the journal JAMA Neurology has revealed some disturbing truths about drug side effects. Certain types of drugs destroy brain tissue and negatively impact various cognitive functions. Worse still,...
See What High Blood Pressure Makes You Crave…

See What High Blood Pressure Makes You Crave…

by | Jun 17, 2019

If you’re like most people with high blood pressure, you’ll find yourself being a lot more conscious about what you put in your mouth, but what if your mind tries to talk you into doing something that’s bad for you? Some heavier people blame their weight gain on a...
How Cholesterol Causes Strokes and Heart Attacks

How Cholesterol Causes Strokes and Heart Attacks

by | Jun 16, 2019

Our immune systems are supposed to keep us healthy, but occasionally they do their jobs a little too well…well enough to kill us, in fact. You can read about one example of this in a new study by German scientists, in the journal, Nature. They’ve been looking at...
Is Vertigo Caused By Your Bones?

Is Vertigo Caused By Your Bones?

by | Jun 15, 2019

It sounds odd, but there is a real relationship between your bones and the sensation of spinning dizziness known as vertigo. Past research on the subject has been inconsistent though, so a team of researchers looked at previously published studies to try and nail down...
ED Could Be in Your Genes

ED Could Be in Your Genes

by | Jun 14, 2019

By now, we know that men with type 2 diabetes are more likely than the general population to suffer from ED. Scientists have found that type 2 diabetes causes nerve damage and arterial damage, so they assume that it’s this that limits blood flow to the penis. The...
One Spice to Cure Them All

One Spice to Cure Them All

by | Jun 9, 2019

If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan, please let me apologize for riffing on the, “One ring to rule them all,” quotation. And if that leaves you scratching your head, then let me apologize for sounding weird, but the comparison seemed too good to resist! In the famous...
Two Painless TMJ Treatments Compared in New Study

Two Painless TMJ Treatments Compared in New Study

by | Jun 8, 2019

Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) is a painful condition that can make your face hurt, your jaw ache and chewing food painful. A new study in the Journal Drug Invention Today has just compared ultrasound therapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to...
Is Your Lack of Sleep Killing You?

Is Your Lack of Sleep Killing You?

by | Jun 7, 2019

We spend a third of our lives asleep, or at least we should do. Plenty of us don’t get that magic eight hours every night and we find ourselves stumbling on through the next day anyway. But it turns out that we can’t keep pushing ourselves like this forever....