Category Archives: Health News

A brand-new study is showing that for most dog owners, the canine-human relationship comes with more than just friendship: it can provide measurable health benefits. New research is showing dog owners are four times more likely to meet the recommended physical activity guidelines than non-dog owners. And while that may make sense, the research uncovered ...click here to read more

What to eat and what not to eat can seem like an all-consuming struggle. But should you also be looking at where your food is coming from? I’m not talking about its origin, either. I mean literally: the packaging that wraps your favorite dinners and drinks. Even healthy fruits and vegetables aren’t always safe. You ...click here to read more

A good night’s sleep is essential for good health, and a new study now shows how it can specifically affect blood pressure. This research lead by the University of Arizona has offered a possible explanation of the connection between sleep and blood pressure that has not been linked before. Although the link between poor sleep ...click here to read more

New research is suggesting possible preventative measures for a common type of heart arrhythmia. Known as “heart block,” it is a disruption in the normal electrical signaling between the four valves of the heart. The crossed signals lead to irregular heartbeats which are often treated by a pacemaker. But new research published in JAMA is ...click here to read more

For those who have been consuming only white meat because of high cholesterol levels present in other meat, a new study may bring lean red meat back to your table. New research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is raising questions about red meat and cholesterol. The small study led by scientists at ...click here to read more

It’s hard to say one type of joint pain is worse than the next. It can cripple those who suffer and drastically pick apart a decent quality of life. But there may be no more frustrating pain than when it hits in the wrists or hands. When it becomes impossible or unbearable to button a ...click here to read more

If you want to make your life a little easier, a new study is showing exercise may be the ticket. Researchers from Austria looked at 3,300 people age 65 and older to see how exercise impacted their quality of life. They noted that people who performed the minimum recommended dose of weekly exercise were substantially ...click here to read more

New research shows that long term use of heartburn drugs has been linked to fatal cases of cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and gastrointestinal cancer. Before this study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System, little had been known about the specific ...click here to read more

When gout hits, there’s no question that it can be a painful experience that severely limits your quality of life. And although it’s easy to blame the pain on the lobster you ate last night or the cocktails you had to wash it down, it’s a little bit more than that. Gout is caused by ...click here to read more

According to the results of a meta-analysis published in BMJ Open, consuming sugary beverages is linked with an increased risk of incident gout. A similar result was also found for fruit juice consumption; however, it was not found for the intake of the whole fruit. Gout, a kind of inflammatory arthritis, can cause an attack ...click here to read more

I’m sure you’ve experienced anxiety from a gut feeling before. Maybe you felt like your team was going to lose a big game, a work project wasn’t going to go well, or that storm was fast approaching and you were without an umbrella. But, according to a new scientific review, your gut may play a ...click here to read more

If you have arthritis in the knees, you know how it can affect your life. Not being able to move around comfortably can significantly impact your quality of life. But guess what? Inactivity is not the answer. Activity, although it may be hard to muster up the motivation and dig through the initial pain, will ...click here to read more

A brand-new study published in the European Heart Journal highlights some major gender discrepancies in the effects of cardiac arrest. And it seems like the best way to close the gap is with public awareness. The study indicated that women were less likely to be identified as suffering from cardiac arrest, were given immediate treatment—CPR ...click here to read more

Alzheimer’s and dementia are two of the most pressing health issues in the world, yet there is little evidence that common treatment methods work. Does that mean that the health of your brain faces an inevitable outcome? Thankfully, the answer is no. First, the bad news: a study published in the Journal of the American ...click here to read more