Author Archives : Bel Marra Health

Close to 30 million Americans aged 50 and older have trouble hearing. At least one million people in the country, including children and adults, are deaf. Despite these sad statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) failed to include hearing loss in its last study on the presence of disability in the United ...click here to read more

Tears give you good vision, protect your eyes from irritants and keep them healthy. Crying your eyes out can actually be good. Dry eyes on the other hand, make it more difficult to perform some activities, can cause damage to your corneas and decrease your vision. While dry eyes may not sound like a serious ...click here to read more

A once unknown protein, referred to as TMIGD1 protein could help lower the rate of kidney failure from kidney disease, easing pain for millions and significantly slashing healthcare budgets. Researchers at Boston University discovered that TMIGD1 (transmembrane and immunoglobulin containing 1) is involved in protecting cells – known as epithelial cells – from injury. These ...click here to read more

A link has been uncovered between farm dust bacteria and its ability to protect people from asthma and allergies. The findings were discovered by researchers at VIB (a life science institute in Belgium) and Ghent University. Previous research on children who consumed raw cow’s milk revealed it could protect them against allergies and asthma. Those ...click here to read more

New research has uncovered a link between alcoholic liver disease and vitamin A. To reach the new findings researchers conducted numerous experiments on different groups of mice, some received food with alcohol, and some food without alcohol. Researchers examined enzymes in the liver and other organs like the kidneys, heart and lungs from the mice ...click here to read more

A recent study uncovered that acupuncture is even more effective in back pain relief than drugs such as ibuprofen. Acupuncture is a traditional form of Chinese medicine frequently used to treat pain. It consists of inserting exceptionally thin needles through the skin at tactical pressure points on the body. A team of researchers from the ...click here to read more

Obstructive sleep apnea is causing brain damage by breaking down the blood-brain barrier – a vital player in the safeguarding of brain tissue. A recent study at UCLA uncovered the first evidence that proves the dangers of obstructive sleep apnea on the brain. When the blood-brain barrier is broken or compromised, it is not able ...click here to read more

Sunlight is more powerful than any drug; it is safe, effective and available free of charge. If it could be trademarked, it would be history’s greatest medical breakthrough. And that’s because sunlight produces vitamin D in the body. In the summer months, the human body can synthesize vitamin D when just 10 percent of their ...click here to read more