by Christian Goodman | Jul 30, 2016
University of Southampton researchers recently decided to do what so many scientists often overlook; namely, obtain an understanding of the disease from the patient’s perspective. In this case, they were interested in Meniere’s disease, the most common cause of...
by Scott Davis | Jul 29, 2016
We’ve been told that one of the most essential things you HAVE to do to prevent high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack is to exercise regularly. Although this is true in a way, a new study reveals specific types of exercises that millions of people all over the...
by Jodi Knapp | Jul 27, 2016
Heavy meat-eaters and people looking to transition to a vegetarian or vegan diet who want to cut down on their meat consumption have long looked for a healthy meat substitute that is not just soy or vegetable extract. Researchers have now discovered one such soy-free...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 26, 2016
Italian researchers at Guglielmo da Saliceto hospital in Piacenza made an alarming discovery recently. It seems that a device almost everyone uses spikes your blood pressure to a dangerous level several times per day. In this unusual study conducted on 49 women with...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 25, 2016
In 2015, a University of Wisconsin researcher published a fascinating study in the journal Sleep and Breathing on the relationship between snoring and asleep apnea and the year’s seasons. They discovered that for a specific time of the year, both snoring and sleep...
by Scott Davis | Jul 24, 2016
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced recently the disturbing news that 1.3 million people die every year of heart attack caused by a somewhat surprising cause. You’ve been told to eat healthy, exercise, reduce stress and lower cholesterol and high blood...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 23, 2016
Insomnia is no fun. So if you can do a fun exercise and it helps you fall asleep, then wouldn’t that be fun? And we have the solution for you. In March 2016, the journal Sleep Medicine printed an interesting study that shows a specific form of exercise helps...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 22, 2016
Getting more exercise, eating right and reducing stress aren’t the only non-drug ways to drop blood pressure. A new study out of Carnegie Mellon University revealed a simple, kind activity that drastically lowers blood pressure. The best part is that this activity is...
by Jodi Knapp | Jul 21, 2016
At the beginning of 2016, the Journal of Gerontology published a surprising study that seems to contradict everything scientists thought they knew about the relationship between marriage quality and type 2 diabetes. Up to then, most scientists thought that a happy...
by Scott Davis | Jul 20, 2016
There is an abundance of prescription blood thinner drugs available meant to dissolve blood clots and prevent stroke and heart attack. But despite the attracting advertising, the fact is that the side effects of these drugs are extremely dangerous. Nature has,...