A simple guide to useful current health news & articles.
Cranberries are full of proven health benefits, according to researchers from Rutgers University. The National Institutes of Health is funding research on the tart, antioxidant-rich, and increasingly popular fruit. Its effects on heart disease, cancer, stroke, yeast infections, viral infections, and several other conditions is being studied all over the US.
So far, researchers have found:
Drinking […]
Several new studies confirm that what you eat definitely helps to determine whether or not you get cancer — and how “bad” it is if you do get it. Investigators from the American Association for Cancer Research found the following:
Men who eat fish several times per week have a much lower risk of getting colon […]
Yogurt made with fruit and/or soy may help people with type 2 diabetes as well as those with high blood pressure, according to a new study from the U.S. Researchers say that soy yogurt and yogurts with high levels of fruit have active compounds that seem to be able to regulate the enzymes that affect […]
Eating a “Mediterranean” diet may lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study from Columbia University Medical Center. Researchers believe that the diet — already believed to lower the risk of several other diseases, including cancer, high cholesterol, and diabetes — may provide protection against Alzheimer’s by reducing inflammation in the […]
Eating raw walnuts after high-fat meals may help to protect your arteries, according to a recent study from Spain. Researchers found that walnuts — already considered by many experts to be one of the healthiest foods you can eat — helped keep arteries flexible and elastic, avoiding some of the short-term damage usually associated with […]