Search Results for: weight loss

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which – even if well managed – can result in occasional flare-ups. As there is no cure for Crohn’s disease, it is a lifelong condition that a patient must live with. There are management techniques and treatment options available, but these do not guarantee that a patient ...click here to read more

Pineapples are a popular tropical fruit, but did you know that even just drinking pineapple juice can offer many health benefits? Pineapples are quite versatile, as they can be cooked, eaten raw, added to other foods, juiced – and even their leaves can be preserved to make art. Pineapples are typically known to come from ...click here to read more

Looking for a fresh exotic fruit to add to your diet and take your salad bowl to the next level? Go tropical with the versatile papaya, the tender orange fruit with a soft, buttery consistency and a sweet, almost musky taste. Inside, you’ll also find the black, round seeds. They’re edible too, although their peppery ...click here to read more

Fatty liver disease may be treated with natural sugar, and new potential treatment targets have been discovered. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with obesity and sugar consumption. There is currently no effective treatment to combat the condition except to lose weight to decrease fat accumulation in the liver. While studying mice, researchers found ...click here to read more

Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease that impacts over one million Americans, but as debilitating as it can be, a colitis flare-up can be managed and prevented. When a person has ulcerative colitis, it causes inflammation of the colon, which is the largest section of the large intestine. It is a chronic ...click here to read more

Fibromyalgia symptoms can vary greatly and overlap with many other health conditions, which can make it much more difficult to diagnose fibromyalgia – especially because the underlying mechanisms still aren’t fully understood. Unfortunately, there isn’t a specific test for fibromyalgia, and that is why it’s so important to fully understand the symptoms in order to ...click here to read more

Kidney stones can be caused by excess zinc level toxicity in the body. Findings from a study reveal that zinc levels may be at the core of kidney stone formation. The study was conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco outlining new approaches to kidney stones. Their findings were published in PLOS ONE. Lead author ...click here to read more

Gastritis symptoms can include upper abdominal pain, bloating, and nausea. Gastritis can be seen as a group of conditions that mainly have one commonality: the inflammation of the stomach’s lining. There are two main types of gastritis: acute and chronic. In acute gastritis, symptoms are sudden, and in chronic gastritis, symptoms appear over time. Symptoms ...click here to read more

Symptoms of psychosis in teens and young adults may be reduced after a first psychosis episode through exercise, according to new findings. Study author Joseph Firth said, “Establishing an exercise regime for people with psychosis is likely to be much more effective when they are younger, and in the earliest stages of treatment. Getting people ...click here to read more

We’ve all experienced it at some point in our lives, whether we had a large meal or ate broccoli and other leafy greens. What are we talking about exactly? Well, stomach bloat, of course. Bloating can occur at any time, but if it happens too often, the discomfort can really take a toll on your ...click here to read more

A new study has found that women’s risk of asthma increases with obesity. Almost nine percent of Americans have asthma. Normal-weight individuals have a seven percent incidence of asthma, compared to eight percent rates among those who are overweight. Among obese Americans, 11 percent were found to have asthma. Obese women in particular had the ...click here to read more

Evidence from a study at the University of California, San Francisco indicates that up to a third of women who have gone through menopause appear to suffer more disruptive symptoms if they are prone to urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence ranges from occasional leaking urine when you cough or sneeze to having the urge to urinate ...click here to read more

Prediabetes, the stage just before someone is usually diagnosed with diabetes, has been linked to an increased risk of kidney damage. When a person has prediabetes, their blood sugar level is higher than normal, but not high enough to be considered diabetic. This does put the person at a much higher risk for developing type ...click here to read more

Fibrosis prevention in Crohn’s disease was found to be possible with new immune cell-related approach. The researchers from the University of Bristol have shown that a protein – IL-13 – could hold the key to the prevention of Crohn’s disease-related fibrosis. A major complication of Crohn’s disease is fibrosis – the hardening and thickening – ...click here to read more