by Julissa Clay | Feb 23, 2024
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, is strongly related to our food and beverage intake, but researchers are still gathering the details. Strangely, according to a new study in BMC Public Health, one specific healthy food may drastically worsen your NAFLD. In...
by ShellyManning | Feb 18, 2024
A seemingly small habit—adding a common seasoning to our food—might have terrible implications for our kidney health. In fact, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open, it can increase your risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) by a terrifying 11%. Worst of all,...
by Julissa Clay | Feb 17, 2024
Shingles is a painful inflammatory skin condition. Unfortunately, the long-term pain that sometimes follows it, called postherpetic neuralgia, is even worse. The journal Pain Research and Management has just presented two cases of such patients, for whom intravenous...
by Scott Davis | Feb 16, 2024
Of the thousands of different herbal formulas sold for enlarged prostate, there is actually one that works. That is according to a new study in the latest American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology. Best of all, you can find this herb in all health food...
by Christian Goodman | Feb 15, 2024
One challenge in treating high blood pressure is that there seem to be so many factors that affect this disease. A bad diet, lack of exercise, high cholesterol, and obesity are just a few examples of the hundreds of things considered to cause high blood pressure. But...
by Christian Goodman | Feb 14, 2024
Young-onset dementia, a condition affecting people under 65, has traditionally been attributed mainly to genetic factors. But a new study in JAMA Neurology reveals that it is not all in our genes. In fact, six out of seven causes of dementia are completely...
by Jodi Knapp | Feb 13, 2024
Calorie-restricted diets are hard to adhere to because calories are too difficult to count. But people with type 2 diabetes must lose weight to help treat their condition. A useful new study in JAMA Network Open now reveals a much simpler, easier-to-follow eating...
by ShellyManning | Feb 11, 2024
One of the essential things to treat arthritis is movement. You absolutely must get some movement for your joints. But a new study published in Nature Communications reveals that it’s not just if or how, but when you move that’s important. In fact, move at the wrong...
by Jodi Knapp | Feb 10, 2024
It’s becoming a scientific trend to think of healthy dieting as a pattern of intake, rather than the consumption of specific individual healthy or unhealthy foods. For example: examining the ‘average American diet’ rather than just the affect of fried potatoes....
by ShellyManning | Feb 9, 2024
If you have been diagnosed with gout, you have probably been told to cut down on acidic food like meat, which is not bad advice. But a study published in the latest edition of JAMA Network Open reveals the #1 cause of gout. Without addressing this one factor, all...