High blood pressure may not necessarily an emergency
Visits to emergency departments for patients with hypertension increased by 64 percent between 2002 and 2012 while hospitalizations for those visits declined by 28 percent. A study published in Annals...
View Article10 hours weekly activity lowers risk of 5 chronic diseases
Higher levels of total physical activity are strongly associated with lower risk of five common chronic diseases – breast and bowel cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, finds a study in The BMJ...
View ArticlePeople who read books live longer – longevity mantra
According to a new study conducted by researchers at Yale University, a chapter a day may keep the coroner away, which found that reading books can help a person to live longer. Published in the...
View ArticleResveratrol in red wine and grapes can correct hormone imbalance in women...
Resveratrol–a natural compound found in red wine and grapes–can help address a hormone imbalance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a leading cause of infertility in women, according to a...
View ArticleAntioxidant may protect offspring of obese mothers from fatty liver disease
Antioxidant pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) may prevent the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in offspring, revealed by researchers in The FASEB Journal. The research is the first to...
View ArticleVitamin B lowers effects of air pollution induced heart disease
B vitamins can mitigate the impact of fine particle pollution on cardiovascular disease, revealed by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Healthy non-smokers who took...
View Article3 lifestyle changes may slow onset of dementia
Evidence supporting three interventions that might slow cognitive decline and the onset of dementia is encouraging — Cognitive training, blood pressure management for people with hypertension, and...
View ArticleGene editing may prevent genetic and inherited diseases
For the first time, researchers have corrected a disease-causing mutation in early stage human embryos with gene editing. The technique, which uses the CRISPR-Cas9 system, corrected the mutation for a...
View ArticleWash apples with baking soda to remove pesticide
Removal of pesticide residues from fresh produce is important to reduce pesticide exposure to humans. A new study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry on Thursday, found that...
View ArticleRheumatoid arthritis may be triggered by bacteria in milk
A strain of bacteria commonly found in milk and beef may be a trigger for developing rheumatoid arthritis in people who are genetically at risk, revealed by a team of UCF College of Medicine...
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