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You’ve probably heard about the Mediterranean diet, as it’s often hailed as being the go-to diet to support a healthy heart. But benefits of the Mediterranean diet can span further than the heart — studies have shown it can support your liver too. Many of us don’t think to eat a diet for our liver, ...click here to read more

A new study has shown that older adults can reduce the risk of becoming frail by following the Mediterranean diet. Frailty is a highly common syndrome that often develops in older adults. The risk of frailty is well known to increase with age. Frailty is related to sustaining additional damage during a fall, eventual disability, ...click here to read more

Urolithiasis (urinary tract stones) have been related to an increased risk of stroke in a new study from Kaohsiung Medical University. It has been shown in previous research that urinary tract stones are often connected with cardiovascular diseases, but there is only limited research on the connection between the stones and stroke. The researchers used ...click here to read more

Have you ever flexed your foot the wrong way and experienced the excruciating pain of your calf cramping? Or how about having to stop an exercise because of a muscle cramp? Muscle cramps are painful and they can occur at the most random times, robbing you of your ability to do anything. But why does ...click here to read more

A new study has found that even one night of bad sleep is enough to impact your brain health — more specifically, increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers found that a night of bad sleep increases protein build-up in the brain, which is linked to Alzheimer’s disease. A build-up of beta-amyloid protein is ...click here to read more

Gastroparesis is a condition in which the stomach motility (spontaneous contraction of the muscles) does not function properly. When stomach muscles are strong and healthy, they push the food forward along the digestive tract, until it is ready to be released through the bowels. In gastroparesis, the motility is limited or does not work at ...click here to read more

Cholecystitis can be life-threatening and often involves removal of the gallbladder; however, treatment can also include adopting a cholecystitis diet. Cholecystitis is essentially inflammation of the gallbladder. Gallstones that block the tube that leads out of the gallbladder cause cholecystitis. In the majority of cases, a blockage leads to a build-up of bile that triggers ...click here to read more

Getting older is one of the major contributing factors of memory loss. Over time, our ability to recall weakens. For some, this progresses to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease and eventually, these individuals no longer have any memory of who they are or the world around them. Another risk factor that researchers and doctors are becoming ...click here to read more

Gout is said to affect more than eight million patients in the United States alone. It is a complex form of arthritis that is the result of a build-up of uric acid crystals in the joints, resulting in severe pain, often in the big toe or other joints in the feet. The uric acid build-up ...click here to read more

Poor circulation in the legs usually also means that there is decreased blood flow to other parts of the body. It’s often a sign of an underlying health issue. Our circulatory system has an important function. It supplies the entire body with oxygenated blood while delivering nutrients, hormones, and medications to various tissues. If you ...click here to read more

Aging is an inevitable part of life. With each passing year, we get older. As we age, changes occur. Many of us want to hold on to our youthful appearance for as long as we can. For this reason, the anti-aging business is continuously booming with consumers spending hundreds to not look their age. But ...click here to read more

How do you take your meat? Rare, medium-rare, or well-done? You may base your cooking on flavor, but maybe you should consider the impact of how you eat your meat on your blood pressure. The American Heart Association has suggested that cooking meat at high temperatures could pose a risk to your health. And this ...click here to read more

Ulcerative proctitis is a mild form of ulcerative colitis. Between 25 and 30 percent of people diagnosed with ulcerative colitis have this form of the condition. Ulcerative proctitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characterized by small lacerations in the intestinal tract which break through the mucosal lining. This form of colitis affects the rectum ...click here to read more

A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found a correlation between cooking meat over an open flame and the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Data were examined from 113,561 women and 24,679 men from three separate studies. Among them were nearly 8,000 diagnosed cases of T2D. What they found ...click here to read more