Author Archives : Dr. Victor Marchione

A few days have passed since we all lost an hour of sleep but if you haven’t quite adjusted to the time change yet, it may be due to your genes. Researcher Dr. Joseph Takahashi explained, “It is likely that advancing our clocks in the spring would more affect owls, those individuals who tend to ...click here to read more

Ninety to ninety-five percent of cases of high blood pressure have no clear cause, though a new study from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Russia has found that hypertension may be linked to changes in brain activity and blood flow that occur in early life. High blood pressure is a risk factor for ...click here to read more

The American Heart Association has found that diets with high gluten content are associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This lowered risk has been attributed to the consumption of cereal fiber, which protects against the development of type 2 diabetes. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley that ...click here to read more

Erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs may do more than just improve bedroom performance. Dr. Daniel Andersson of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that men who took drugs to combat their erectile dysfunction had a 33 percent reduced risk of dying within three years of their first heart attack when compared to men not taking these ...click here to read more

A bladder neck obstruction affects the group of muscles that connect from the bladder to the urethra. These muscles are responsible for holding in urine and releasing it when appropriate. When the bladder neck becomes obstructed, urine flow can be disrupted. This means urine may be prevented from being expelled or it may leak out ...click here to read more

The health benefits of chocolate have long been studied, and now they are being presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, as researchers explored the benefits of chocolate during pregnancy. So far, the noted benefits of chocolate during pregnancy include improving placenta function and reducing the risk of preeclampsia, which ...click here to read more

A new study from Japan has found that adults over the age of 60 who lose a lot of teeth are more likely to develop dementia than those who lose less. Researchers followed 1,566 Japanese adults who were dementia-free at the onset of the study for five years. The beginning of the study had participants ...click here to read more

A recent study has found that heart patients who develop depression may be twice as likely to die within ten years of their diagnosis than their peers with no mental health disorders. Depression is commonly diagnosed in patients with heart conditions and has been found to be a greater predictor of death than which type ...click here to read more