Category Archives: Health News

How would you rate your grocery store? New research has found that the very grocery store you visit to get nutritious food could also be making you fat. The findings come from Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Researchers from Food and Brand Lab identified 100 changes that grocers can implement to promote healthy selections among ...click here to read more

An FDA-backed study suggests getting a smoker to quit isn’t as easy as reducing the amount of nicotine in their cigarettes. In 2009, the US Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act was passed, which allows the FDA to regulate the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. The FDA has supported research to determine if lowering ...click here to read more

New research suggests a moderate amount of high-quality protein can improve health and protect muscle mass, so researchers want the American and Canadian food guides to revise their recommended servings. Both the Canadian and American food guides recommend about two and three servings of meat and alternative items a day. This category is where we ...click here to read more

Current research reports that only one in every three American seniors have their diabetes under control, according to John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2012, of the 11.8-million American seniors in the U.S., 25.9% had diabetes. The numbers continue to increase annually. Seniors in this case are over the age of 65. ...click here to read more

Research indicates the early administration of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) plays a role in preventing serious AIDS-related diseases. The New England journal of Medicine has recently published the results of an in-depth study on the Strategic Timing of Anti-Retroviral Treatment (START) for AIDS. The study was done by researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...click here to read more

More and more adults are visiting clinics to receive anticoagulation prescriptions to treat atrial fibrillation, says a study by the University of Michigan. According to a study led by the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, doctors in the U.S. reported more than 2.83-million treatment visits for use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) in the last quarter of ...click here to read more

Biotechnology company Biogen released clinical trial data it said represented a significant reduction in amyloid plaques in the brains of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease. The findings were presented to the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. Biogen’s PRIME study is an ongoing Phase 1b randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple-dose study evaluating the safety, tolerability and clinical effects ...click here to read more

A research team led by Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald at the Medical Research Council Cancer Research Unit at the University of Cambridge has developed a unique sample collector that can help doctors diagnose esophageal cancer – cancer of the gullet – when it’s still in its early, treatable, stage. The collector is basically a sponge swab ...click here to read more

In an attempt to uncover better treatment for kidney stones, researchers conducted clinical trials of a kidney stone medication called tamsulosin. What they found was on small kidney stones tamsulosin had minimal effect, putting its results on par with the placebo. But tamsulosin was effective at breaking down larger kidney stones making them easier to ...click here to read more

Although travelling the world can be an enlightening, enjoyable experience, there are negative health effects associated with international air travel. When embarking on international flights – typically quite long – flyers may experience cold and flu like symptoms. Researchers at Griffith University have found that elderberries may help combat the negative health effects of international ...click here to read more

A new study published in the American Society for Microbiology’s online journal, mBio, shows that scientists are on the verge of creating a ‘broad-spectrum’ vaccine that can provide a wide range of protection against different influenza strains. Researchers change the vaccine every year because they know that even If the vaccine is just a little ...click here to read more

Results of a post-mortem examination of brain tissue has added a new suspect to the list of causes for Alzheimer’s disease. It was believed that one of the important causes of the disease were amyloid plaques in the brain tissue. Another key cause is tau, a protein that abnormally aggregates into threadlike tangles inside nerve ...click here to read more

Like a fine wine, it only gets better with age. New research has found that blood vessels, in particular, can actually improve over time. Although oxidative stress can be linked to illness, researchers from the University of Missouri have uncovered that aging may offer protection to blood vessels from oxidative stress. Many age-related illnesses can ...click here to read more

Lithium is being touted as a way to restore basic biological processes in human cells and animal models, according to researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “By adjusting basic biological activities involved in cell death and energy production, we were able to rebalance cells toward more normal functioning,” said Marni Falk, of the hospital’s ...click here to read more