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Controlling High Blood Pressure in Diabetics may Prevent Organ Failure
Study Shows that High Blood Pressure in Diabetics is the Main Cause of Organ Failure rather than the Diabetes A Rutgers study published October 4, 2018, in the Journal Clinical and Experimental Hypertension demonstrates how extremely high blood pressure causes organ damage in diabetics and thus the key to preventing life-threatening organ failure is…
Read MoreBest Protein for Rebuilding Muscles in Seniors
When seniors are inactive, especially during hospital stays or in recovering from operations or illnesses, they lose a lot of muscle mass. Aging also contributes to losing muscle mass and this is called sarcopenia. Researchers from McMaster embarked on a study that was published October 4, 2018, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition to…
Read MoreCancer Vaccine Shows Success for HER2-positive Cancers
Imagine a vaccine that can stop cancer? While this may sound too good to be true, in fact an immunotherapy vaccine for HER2-positive cancers has shown positive results in a Phase 1 clinical trial, according to a news release by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). These results were presented at the Fourth…
Read MoreResveratrol Administered to Noses in Mice Helped Prevent Lung Cancer
Resveratrol Resveratrol is an anti-oxidant found abundantly in the skin of grapes, mulberries, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, bilberries, peanuts, pine trees, knotweeds and many other plants. It is also sold as a nutritional supplement and has been shown to be safe. Resveratrol found to Kill Cancer Cells in the Laboratory In 2003 researchers made an amazing…
Read MoreParkinson’s Disease, Dairy Products and Uric Acid
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. At present, there is no cure and medicines and procedures are mainly for treating symptoms. It is estimated that a million Americans are afflicted with PD and about 10 million people have it worldwide. PD is characterized by; Tremors (usually one-sided) Slow movement…
Read MoreA Cruise Brings Fun and Fresh Air to People with COPD
Many people afflicted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) never get to go out places, as they are hampered by being tied down to oxygen tanks, get over tired from any kind of exertion, while they spend most of their lives struggling just to breathe. However, in New Hampshire in the United States is a…
Read MoreDaily Aspirin Treatment not Necessary for Healthy Seniors
An Aspirin a Day Did not Keep the Doctor Away While the benefits for aspirin therapy are known for being beneficial to people with coronary artery disease (CAD) to prevent heart attacks and strokes, no one knew whether aspirin therapy was also beneficial for healthy people who did not suffer from cardiovascular medical problems. ASPirin…
Read MorePeople with Heart Disease Fare Better with Mediterranean Diet than the US Southern Diet
Just how important diet is was brought home recently by a large study that showed that following an US Southern Diet could prove deadly for people with heart disease. The results of this study were published July 12, 2018, in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The Study For 7.1 years researchers from the…
Read MoreEating Nuts may Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
Nuts May Prevent Re-Occurrence of Stage III Colorectal Cancer A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology February 28, 2018 showed that people who had Stage III colon cancer had a better survival rate and less of a chance of the cancer returning if they ate nuts at least twice a week. The study…
Read MoreForty-two percent of Women with Asthma Developed COPD
Women with asthma are at high risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma and COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). A Canadian study was published July 17, 2018, in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society Journal by researchers from the University of Toronto, Carlton University and Western University to determine why women with…
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