Worrying About Your Heart Increases Risk for Mental Health Disorders
University of Houston via Newswise – For coffee drinkers, a common scenario might involve drinking an extra cup only to end up with a racing heart and a subtle reminder to…
DISASTER in the Making: Pesticides Are Damaging Vital Soil Organisms, New Study Suggests
Damon Hines via NaturalHealth365 – Global soils are the source of all life on land. They produce food, store carbon, and purify water. If topsoil is lost through “bad treatment,” it…
Migraine Device Wins 2021 MedTech Breakthrough Award
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – The Nerivio therapeutic wearable for treating migraine pain won the “Best New Technology Solution for Pain Management” award in the fifth annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards…
Hold the Fries! Fried Foods Increase the Risk of MULTIPLE Chronic Diseases, Lead to Deadly Heart Disease
Lori Alton via NaturalHealth365 – Whether served as buckets of fried chicken, piles of French fries, bags of potato chips, or platters of breaded fish and shrimp, there’s no denying that…
SPRINT Study Confirms Controlled Blood Pressure Important in Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center via EurekAlert – CLEVELAND – Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive…
Study Could Lead to New Antibiotics to Fight Bacterial Infections
UT Southwestern Medical Center via News-Medical – One member of a large protein family that is known to stop the spread of bacterial infections by prompting infected human cells to self-destruct…
Western Diet Impairs the Gut Immune System, Could Increase Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Washington University in St. Louis via News-Medical – Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut in ways that could increase risk of infection and inflammatory bowel disease,…
Moderate Alcohol Intake May Be Heart Protective by Reducing Stress-Related Brain Signals
American College of Cardiology via News-Medical – Moderate alcohol intake–defined as no more than one alcoholic drink for women and two for men per day–has been associated with a lower risk…
Shedding: New Concerns – Are Vaxxed People a Danger to the Un-vaxxed?
Sara Middleton via NaturalHealth365 – $26 billion: that’s how much money Pfizer expects to make in 2021 thanks to its COVID shot, accounting for more than one-third of the pharmaceutical giant’s…
Regular Consumption of Sardines Helps Prevent the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) via News-Medical – The health benefits of sardines and oily fish are widely known: their high levels of unsaturated fats help to regulate cholesterol levels…
Daily Intake of Two or More Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Associated with Higher Bowel Cancer Risk
BMJ via News-Medical – Drinking two or more daily sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood is linked to a doubling in the risk of bowel cancer before the age of 50–at least in…
Online Learning Doesn’t Improve Student Sleep Habits, Research Suggests
Simon Fraser University via EurekAlert – New research from Simon Fraser University suggests that students learning remotely become night owls but do not sleep more despite the time saved commuting, working…
New Device Can Measure Glucose in Sweat with the Touch of a Fingertip
American Chemical Society via News-Medical – Many people with diabetes endure multiple, painful finger pricks each day to measure their blood glucose. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sensors have developed a…
Chemicals Found in 1,000 Processed Foods May Harm Immune System, According to New Study
Damon Hines via NaturalHealth365 – You know the symptoms; we all do. Bloating, fatigue, stomach upset, and a general feeling of blah thrown in for good measure. It’s the after-effects of…
Dietary Supplements for Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Are there dietary supplements that can help with atopic dermatitis? Atopic dermatitis, more commonly known as eczema, ranks “as the skin disease with the…
