Author Archives : Dr. Victor Marchione

Lack of emotional regulation has been shown to lead to insomnia, this according to new findings. Published in the British Journal of Health Psychology research team lead Markus Jansson-Fröjmark said, “These findings are important because, though the effect size is small, they suggest that teaching people strategies for regulating their emotions might help prevent new ...click here to read more

Has the sound of the telephone ever pulled you like a fish from water out of a deep sleep? You blindly grab for the phone, mumble out a grumpy “hello” only to realize that you haven’t picked up the phone at all, but are speaking into the battery pack at the bottom of your alarm ...click here to read more

Researchers at Lund University have uncovered that the activation of neutrophils – a type of white blood cells – leads to inflammation in the pancreas which results in the development of acute pancreatitis. Professor Henrik Thorlacius said, “Our studies show that neutrophils can form web-like structures of DNA and proteins that are harmful to the ...click here to read more

The habit of smoking still causes about one in five deaths in the United States, so researchers continue to examine the problem, and what they discovered recently is that brain damage during a stroke could in fact help smokers quit smoking. Scientists conducted a pair of studies that showed smokers who suffered a stroke in ...click here to read more

Body hair: Some of us despise it, others spend countless dollars maintaining it, and there’s also a group who let it simply do its thing. Whatever your feelings are towards it, there’s no denying that body hair can offer us insight into our health. Instead of simply thinking about body hair as a nuisance, use ...click here to read more

There are a number of treatments for diabetes including diet, and insulin therapy; however, new research has uncovered a type-2 diabetes treatment involving a way to lower blood sugar using the liver. A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis knew that some treatments for type-2 diabetes make the body ...click here to read more

There are many obvious triggers recognized as stress intensifiers; a sudden deadline, meeting new people or even an accident can have our hearts pounding and our palms sweating. But then there are triggers which we may not even consciously be aware of that are causing us to be stressed. By recognizing these triggers we can ...click here to read more

Researchers have found insulin resistant boost is due to gut bacteria in the digestive system and genetic factors. Insulin is a hormone created by the pancreas and has a large role in metabolism. When the food we eat is broken down it turns into glucose which is a type of sugar that enters the bloodstream. ...click here to read more