Nearly everyone understands that too much stress in the mind can contribute to, or even be the cause of, poor health outcomes. Yet how much stress is too much? And how can stressful situations be better mitigated by those at risk? Life is very demanding at times. Trouble brews in our workplaces and/or at home, relatives need assistance or the financial outlook is grim and people inevitably spread themselves too thin. But there are ways of identifying your risk and improving how your body copes with the rising tide of stress in our...
read moreAround 179.5 million adults require some sort of vision correction intervention, which means that there is a serious need for a solution, reported the Health News Digest. According to the article, Dr. Edward Kondrot, considered the foremost ophthalmologist in the world, had some recommendations as to how to improve eye health courtesy of good dietary choices and practices. Dr. Kondrot said in the article that options such as vision therapies, acupuncture and homeopathy will not have maximum impact on people who do not practice good dietary...
read moreWith the recent emphasis on avoiding any and all carcinogens, you might wonder why some people, especially women, dye their hair so frequently with chemically-laden hair dye. I did too, especially after my scalp burned so feverishly during a recent at-home exposure. What I learned is troubling — the list of harmful and potentially carcinogenic ingredients in your typical hair dye is both long and dangerous and includes arylamines, ammonia, parabens, aromatic amines, and resorcinol, among others. Arylamines have been proven to cause cancer in...
read moreRepeated brain injuries in athletes due to heavy contact during both professional and amateur play has physicians concerned about cumulative brain trauma. Especially worrisome are the types of serious head injuries that can come from participating in heavy contact sports, such as football, ice hockey, soccer, wrestling, and/or boxing. Even skiing and horse riding are high on the list for head trauma despite less contact with other competitors. An estimated 3.8 million sports-related injuries occur in the United States each year according to...
read moreIn his new book, Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin J. Blaser, director of the Microbiome Project and chair of medicine at New York University, makes a compelling argument. The basis for the book, and the thesis that has driven his 30-year career as a biologist, is that our overuse of antibiotics is helping bacteria evolve to become increasingly resistant — and increasingly deadly. While people often think that the rise of antibiotic-resistant disease is a problem that can wait to be solved, Blaser, like the prevailing physicians of the Centers for...
read moreIt’s long been common knowledge that getting enough potassium every day is imperative if you suffer from existing hypertension, but new studies show that the mineral is equally valuable to reduce the risk of stroke in older adults — with or without existing high blood pressure. According to a new study published this month in the journal Stroke, potassium is an effective preventative at reducing that risk in hypertensive adult women by as much as 12 to 16 percent or up to 21 to 27 percent for those with normal blood pressure. “Our...
read moreWomen dream about their wedding day beginning when they are little girls. Every woman wants to feel like a princess, prince charming smiling and nodding with every wedding detail. While some brides opt for an inmate exchange of marital vows, other brides figure go big or go home. New research from the federally funded Relationship Development Study at the University of Denver suggests that these brides are onto something—at least when it comes to having a happy home post “I do.” According to a study released Tuesday by the National Marriage...
read moreMany people avoid bees at all cost to avoid their painful stings. But according to a new study, bee venom could bring pleasure to researchers who are on a quest to find a cancer cure. The study presented at the 248th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ASC) suggests bee, snake or scorpion venom could be used in cancer-fighting drugs without having a harmful effect on your health. Injecting a person with pure venom could be very dangerous. It could cause blood clots, and more serious effects like damage to the heart and nerve...
read moreNot surprisingly, the idiom ‘mind over body’ has again been proven apt. In new evidence that proves the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and muscle relaxation training, participants were able to significantly lower their blood pressure measurements — both the systolic (the top number, or the pressure or force on the arteries while the heart pumps) and diastolic (the bottom number, or the pressure of the heart while it rests between beats). For most people, a blood pressure reading of less than 120 over 80 is...
read moreWith the world’s growing population, it is often argued that factory farming is the only way to ensure that enough food is being produced in a large-scale. However, with the increasing awareness of the dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), there has been a rise of not only the organic food movement, but also the return to locally grown food. GMOs are plants or animals created through gene splicing biotechnology. Also known as gene engineering, genes from one species is transferred to another, the end product being something that...
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