Author Archives : Bel Marra Health

If you have breathing problems or asthma, some household cleaning products can really bother you and irritate your breathing passages. But there’s hope. New products to help clean the homes of allergy sufferers could one day make their way to the market, thanks to two patents awarded to a research team at the University of ...click here to read more

March is the National Kidney Month 2016, touching upon topics such as kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, and pyelonephritis. The kidneys are part of the urinary tract, and although you technically can live with just one, it’s still a good idea to do what you can to keep them both healthy. Americans often overlook their ...click here to read more

We often talk about high blood pressure and hypertension, as that is a common ailment as we get older. Of course, rising blood pressure is a real health concern as it can contribute to many health complications. But low blood pressure, albeit discussed far less often, is also an important health issue that can have an ...click here to read more

This past week, there was the American Diabetes Association Alert Day, and in order to inform our readers about diabetes, we have compiled our stories to provide you with a diabetes 2016 update, covering type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and prediabetes. Diabetes is a growing problem in America and yet it is a preventable health ...click here to read more

In this weekly health news roundup, we deliver the latest stories on influenza update 2016, endometriosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and kidney stones. As the influenza virus continues to spread, health officials suggest it has yet to reach its peak. Moreover, we uncovered additional health risks in endometriosis and the common genetic link shared between irritable ...click here to read more

To lower your cholesterol, the formula is pretty simple: eat well and exercise. But even if you do exercise daily and avoid all those ‘bad’ food items, sometimes your cholesterol just doesn’t seem to budge. A new report suggests that the number of individuals living with genetically high cholesterol is much higher than previously believed. ...click here to read more

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the number one cause of vision loss, which can contribute to blindness among seniors. Nearly 20 percent of seniors aged 65 to 75 suffer from AMD and yet much is still unknown about the condition. In age-related macular degeneration, abnormal blood vessels invade the retina, and the macula – located ...click here to read more

We’ve all experienced it at some point in our lives, whether we had a large meal or ate broccoli and other leafy greens. What are we talking about exactly? Well, stomach bloat, of course. Bloating can occur at any time, but if it happens too often, the discomfort can really take a toll on your ...click here to read more