Category Archives: Health News

One of the painful symptoms of diabetes is peripheral neuropathy. It’s the result of nerve damage and poor circulation. Nitric oxide may help support healthy circulation. Boosting nitric oxide, or NO, might help improve circulation, so your extremities get the oxygen and nutrients they need to function. Pain from neuropathy – common in people with ...click here to read more

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it’s tempting to risk a family get-together despite the pandemic. But if you’ve got heart problems, it’s wise to reconsider. COVID-19 and flu season act as a double whammy of risk for people with heart disease. Being extra vigilant about risk and current treatment practices is essential to lower ...click here to read more

Many people are becoming increasingly concerned about the side effects of wearing a face mask, including how they affect cognitive performance. As the world learns how to cope with the pandemic by wearing face masks, questions about the safety of them, especially in hot environments, have come to the forefront. Face masks are recommended by ...click here to read more

If you start your day with a couple of cups of coffee each morning, you could be doing double duty for Parkinson’s prevention. So, drink up! New research published online by Neurology is showing an association between caffeine consumption and Parkinson’s risk. This is not the first time such a link has been found. What ...click here to read more

People who experience back pain with sciatica may find it to be beneficial to start physical therapy right away. According to new research in Annals of Internal Medicine, this new advice goes against what doctors usually advise patients with back pain to do. Normally, when people have back pain, they are told to remain active ...click here to read more

Managing blood sugar seems easy from a theoretical standpoint: eating less of it and things should level out. But it’s not that easy. New research suggests another possible risk factor for high blood sugar and type-2 diabetes: popular antacids. In a large-scale review featuring over 200,000 participants, researchers found that regular use of proton-pump inhibitors ...click here to read more

There’s a lot of talk going around about immune health. Wash your hands for 20 seconds, wear a mask, and social distancing are all ways you can cut down your chance for a COVID-19 infection. But do you really know how your immune system is doing? A healthy immune system can help you fight illness ...click here to read more

A new study published in the journal Science Immunology suggests cells in the immune system may play an essential role in protecting mental health, including preventing depression. According to the research, an inflammatory autoimmune response within the central nervous system linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) has also been found in healthy ...click here to read more

Your evening routine could use a bit of a shake-up if you’re trying to manage type-2 diabetes. New research is pointing out that sleep cycles could play a huge role in diabetes management. The study goes beyond sleep duration and quality. Instead of looking at how long and how well people slept, it paid attention ...click here to read more

You might be feeling it a little more as the temperatures drop, particularly in your hands and feet. If you can’t seem to keep these extremities warm in the cooler seasons, you could be experiencing Raynaud’s phenomenon. Raynaud’s phenomenon affects circulation in the fingers and toes. At the same time, it can also occur, although ...click here to read more

New findings from researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) suggest more aggressive strategies to lower cholesterol levels in early adulthood to avoid heart problems later in life. Having elevated cholesterol during teens or early twenties can increase a person’s risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular events during ...click here to read more

If you’ve always had a healthy bladder and never experienced a bladder infection, you may take your body’s ability to remove urine for granted. So far, you’ve been lucky. But if and when a problem arises, you’ll likely wish you’d paid to bladder health. Bladder complications might be more common than you’d think. Urinary tract ...click here to read more

One of the most pressing health issues facing aging folks is falling. Falling can increase the chance of a severe bone break that has the potential to hinder your life. It might be crazy to think that most people fall when out for an unassuming walk. They can even happen on the way from the ...click here to read more

Flu season is right around the corner, and health officials are already ringing the alarm. It’s not that the flu is expected to be particularly dangerous this year; instead, there’s another severe virus circulating. It’s called COVID-19. You might have heard of it. The worry comes from the fact that symptoms can be confusing, and ...click here to read more