Does wasabi, the Japanese mustard that comes with sushi, have any health benefits? It always seems to clear my sinuses, at least temporarily.
The answer to your question is yes… and no. First of all, you should know that the green paste that usually comes with sushi isn’t really wasabi. It is a [...]
(HealthDay News) — People who look younger than their age tend to live longer than those who look older than their years, a new study suggests.
The finding came from research that involved 1,826 Danish twins, aged 70 and older, who were given physical and cognitive tests and then had their faces photographed. Three groups of [...]
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(NaturalNews) Maybe you have a childhood memory of forgetting to clean your fish tank’s filter. After all, it’s easy to forget a fish tank even has a filter until it’s so clogged up it starts to malfunction. Eventually, the tank is covered in slime and the health of your fish begins to fail. This scenario [...]
Teenagers are strongly affected by Internet marketing in a way that has yet to be addressed by scientific research or government regulation, a group of scientists has warned in a review published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
“As the media marketplace continues its rapid transformation, becoming a ubiquitous presence in young people’s lives, further academic [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It appears that diabetes is a strong risk factor for liver cancer, raising the risk two- to three-fold, investigators report.
The study, using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results (SEER)-Medicare database, is the first population-based study in the US that takes other major risk factors for liver cancer into consideration, [...]
(HealthDay News) — Thanks to a new liver transplant allocation system that gives preference to patients with the greatest need, rather than time spent on a waiting list, racial disparities among those waiting for new livers are narrowing.
Blacks are no longer much more likely to die or become too sick for a transplant while on [...]
Exercise and healthy diet slow memory loss
By Paul Hoskins
An active lifestyle and a healthy, fish-rich diet are not only good for your heart, they may also help tackle the memory loss associated with old age, two leading neuroscientists said on Wednesday.
As people live longer, finding ways of halting the decline in mental agility is [...]
Eating two or more servings a day of red meat increases your risk of metabolic syndrome by 25 percent, compared to those who have two servings of red meat each week, a new study found.
Drinking diet soda also increased the risk of metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors such as excessive fat [...]
(HealthDay News) — People who apply pesticides have double the normal risk of developing a precancerous blood disorder, say U.S. researchers.
Called MGUS (monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance) and characterized by an abnormal level of plasma protein, the disorder requires lifelong monitoring because it can lead to multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells in [...]
The drinking of acidic sugary beverages like soda pops may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, suggests new research. Although the exact mechanisms aren’t known, the symptoms of obesity and diabetes are both associated with higher incidences of Alzheimer’s.
Ling Li and her colleagues tested whether high sugar consumption in an otherwise normal diet would affect [...]
Psychiatrists have been very reluctant to accept the idea that depressions, which they know so well, may be caused by allergies to common environmental molecules such as foods, airborne particles, and chemicals in water. When patients were depressed and anxious, and at the same time suffered from diseases accepted as allergic, psychosomatic explanations were used. [...]
Drinking more than one acid alcoholic beverage a day dramatically increases your risk of developing a cancerous bowel. Large amounts of highly acidic red meat increases this risk, according to researchers at The George Institute in Sydney, Australia, who analyzed more than 100 international studies reaching as far back as the 1960s.
“It’s the first definitive [...]
(HealthDay News) — Patients who received bone marrow stem cell transplants during coronary bypass surgery (CABG) experienced “excellent long-term safety and survival,” say German researchers, who also noted the first promising results for stem cell transplantation during mitral valve repair.
The study included 35 patients who received CD 133+ bone marrow stem cell transplantation during CABG, [...]
(HealthDay News) — Certain dietary supplements appear to affect the development of colorectal cancer or its recurrence, two new studies suggest.
In one study, researchers from the U.S. National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences found that eating a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids cut the risk of developing colorectal cancer by nearly 40 percent. In [...]
The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties of curcumin, the powerful yellow spice found in both turmeric and curry powders, have been undergoing intense research in various parts of the world.
According to researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, curcumin blocks a key biological pathway needed for development of melanoma and other cancers.
The [...]
(HealthDay News) — The smoke from cannabis, the plant from which marijuana is derived, contains compounds that can damage DNA and increase the risk of cancer just like tobacco smoke, says a new study from the United Kingdom.
In laboratory tests, Rajinder Singh from the University of Leicester and colleagues found certain carcinogens in cannabis smoke [...]
Treatment for heart valve disease depends on the type and severity of valve disease. There are three goals of treatment for heart valve disease: protecting your valve from further damage; lessening symptoms; and repairing or replacing valves.
Protecting your valve from further damage.
If you have valve disease, you are at risk for developing endocarditis, a serious [...]
(NaturalNews) Bicarbonate of soda or baking soda to cure cancer? The amazing abundance of alternative cancer cures is more than most of us know, close to 400! The more notorious alternative cancer cures are the ones that get attacked viciously by the Medical Monopoly. Those cures are the ones that begin to develop into public [...]
(HealthDay News) — Sounds can penetrate deep sleep and enhance associated memories upon waking, new research finds.
In a study linking sounds to what is called spatial memory, researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago showed 50 objects on a screen to study participants and played corresponding sounds, like a cat meowing and a tea kettle whistling. [...]