On comparison of a data study of patients suffering from knee arthritis among U.S. adults, researchers found that the pain shoot-ups were associated with changes in weather and barometric pressure. The findings that were published in the American Journal of Medicine, revealed that while many arthritis sufferers felt that changes in weather, had something to [...]
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Diabetes is a lifelong condition, wherein the body cannot convert food into energy due to lack of insulin, or in other words, the inability to use insulin. A person with diabetes will have high blood glucose content. The normal range of glucose is about 70 to 110 mg/dl. Blood glucose usually shoots up after eating, [...]
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It is a fact that certain areas of our brain usually begin shrinking with age, leading to memory loss or slower thinking. Recent studies reveal that with a brisk walk of three hours, this process could be stopped or even reversed!! Researchers at University of Illinois examined adults in the age group of 60 to [...]
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A Researcher at the Kentucky University has received a go-ahead to continue his investigation on an herbal compound, believed to possess anti-cancer mechanisms, which is being used in Indian medicine. The Assistant Professor at the UK College of Health Sciences, Damodaran Chendil, has been granted $1.1 million for continuing investigation on the compound. Previously, Chendil [...]
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Based on a review of data which was conducted by the University of Alberta, practitioners and parents are cautioned that they should be more aware about garlic, before using it for treating ailments in children. This was published recently in “Pediatrics in Review”. Though, usage of garlic for treatments in both children and adults is [...]
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Use of traditional Chinese herbs, either alone, or in combination with chemotherapy treatment, may possibly protect the bone marrow and immune system of a patient suffering from breast cancer, and improve overall quality of their life, says recent reports. More than sixty percent of women who are under chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, report major [...]
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This month’s journal of Environmental Health Perspectives, published by the University of California Davis risk assessment, had mentioned that dietary herbal supplements, could lead to inadvertent arsenic toxicosis. This conclusion was arrived at, based on the case study of a 54 year old lady, who had a higher level of arsenic intake, which according to [...]
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Researches have now indicated that those who are spiritually inclined have lower Blood Pressure than those who are not. Meditation (even simple prayers) can be allotted a few minutes time in one’s busy schedule and lower blood pressure can be added as one among the reasons to say prayers or to meditate. A recent study [...]
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