Can Coffee Keep Your Ears from Ringing? September 06, 2014 Story Source By Dr. Mercola I personally don’t drink coffee as I don’t like the taste and have only used a few cups in my life to treat jet lag. However, there are ways to include coffee in a healthy lifestyle, provided you’re not […]
There is certainly been a lot of discussion in the scientific community I related to the positive aspects of drinking red wine. Red wine, in addition to its healthy content of polyphenols – natural antioxidants, also contains small amounts of resveratrol, that does offer up a level of antioxidant function as well as reduction of […]
Int J Prev Med. 2014 Oct;5(10):1239-46. The effects of probiotic supplementation on markers of blood lipids, and blood pressure in patients with prediabetes: a randomized clinical trial. Mahboobi S, Iraj B, Maghsoudi Z, Feizi A, Ghiasvand R, Askari G, Maayeshi N. Abstract BACKGROUND: Prediabetes is a high-risk condition for type 2 diabetes mellitus. The growing […]
From Medscape.com Sue Hughes September 04, 2014 Higher potassium intake is associated with a lower risk for all stroke and ischemic stroke, as well as all-cause mortality in older women, according to new data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study, the largest prospective study of older women with long-term follow-up. This latest analysis from the WHI […]
Published: Sep 1, 2014 | Updated: Sep 2, 2014 By Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Assistant Professor, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner Story Source Action Points Note that this small randomized trial demonstrated that a low-carbohydrate […]
Mythbusters: Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Cancer Victoria Stern, MA DisclosuresSeptember 02, 2014 Over the past decade, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States, with the use of CAM interventions becoming increasingly popular among cancer patients. Studies estimate that at least half of cancer patients use some type of […]
The effects of virgin coconut oil (vco) as supplementation on quality of life (qol) among breast cancer patients Full Text Lipids in Health and Disease, 08/28/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Law KS, et al. – Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst Malaysian women. Both the disease and its treatment can disrupt the […]
Medscape.com Mohamed K. Bedaiwi, Robert D. Inman Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2014;26(4):410-415. Abstract Purpose of review The gut microbiome plays an integral role in the development and maintenance of the host immune system. Expanding knowledge about this microbial microenvironment has raised the possibility of new treatments based on this knowledge. In this review, we describe the […]
PracticeUpdate.com RESEARCH · August 26, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this meta-analysis of 13 cohort studies, the highest levels of dietary linoleic acid intake were associated with a 15% lower risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and a 21% lower risk for CHD deaths compared with the lowest levels of intake. This analysis supports current recommendations […]
Miriam E. Tucker August 26, 2014 Daily consumption of pistachios may improve the metabolic risk profiles for people with prediabetes, a new study finds. Mònica Bulló, PhD, professor in the Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain, and colleagues published the results of […]
Date: August 25, 2014 Source: University of Chicago Medical Center Summary: The presence of Clostridia, a common class of gut bacteria, protects against food allergies, a new study in mice finds. The discovery points toward probiotic therapies for this so-far untreatable condition. Food allergies affect 15 million Americans, including one in 13 children, who live […]
ScienceDaily Date: August 15, 2014 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Summary: Patients with low blood levels of vitamin D are at increased risk of death and serious complications after noncardiac surgery, suggests a study. The researchers analyzed the relationship between vitamin D level and surgical outcomes in approximately 3,500 patients who underwent […]
Miriam E. Tucker August 22, 2014 Increased serum calcium levels independently predict the risk for type 2 diabetes, a new analysis from the ongoing Prevención Dieta Mediterránea (PREDIMED) study suggests. The results were published online August 19 in Diabetes Care by dietician and predoctoral student Nerea Becerra-Tomás, of the Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, and colleagues. “Fasting glucose is, […]
Nan Yang, PhD Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 Aug 21. pii: S1081-1206(14)00509-2. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.07.021. [Epub ahead of print] (Look up Berberine at Wikipedia) Abstract BACKGROUND: Currently, there is no satisfactory treatment for IgE-mediated food allergy. Food Allergy Herbal Formula 2 (FAHF-2) and butanol-purified FAHF-2 (B-FAHF-2) have been shown to protect against peanut-induced anaphylaxis and inhibit […]
Omega-3 Fatty acids for postoperative atrial fibrillation: alone or in combination with antioxidant vitamins? Guo, XY Heart Lung Circ. 2014 Aug;23(8):743-50. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.02.018. Epub 2014 Mar 12 Abstract BACKGROUND: The effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) are inconclusive in current studies. Moreover, the most appropriate composition […]
Skypala, Isabel Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care: September 2014 – Volume 17 – Issue 5 – p 442-447 doi: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000086 Abstract Purpose of review The role of nutrients in the study of allergic disease has been studied for many years, but recent evidence suggests that it is the quality and variety of […]
Abstract Increasing evidence supports the contention that many malignancies, including sporadic colorectal cancer, are driven by the self-renewing, chemotherapy-resistant cancer stem/stem-like cells (CSC/CSLC), underscoring the need for improved preventive and therapeutic strategies targeting CSCs/CSLCs. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA), have been reported to inhibit the growth of primary tumors, but their potential as a […]
MDLinx.com Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 08/19/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article Clinical Article Story Source Chiva–Blanch G, et al. – Recent systematic reviews of observational studies ranked Mediterranean diet as the most likely dietary model to provide cardiovascular protection. These recent results allow us to recommend Mediterranean diet to subjects at high risk for cardiovascular disease […]
By Janice Neumann August 19, 2014 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Asthma patients who received vitamin D supplements for six months, in addition to inhalers, could breathe a little easier than those who relied only on the inhalers, in a recent study in Iran. The researchers say the results – if confirmed by larger studies […]
MedPageToday.com Published: Aug 17, 2014 By Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Exposure to antibiotics early in life may permanently alter gut microbes in a way that could increase obesity risk years later, researchers reported. In a study that compared outcomes in mice given low-dose penicillin versus those who were not, infancy was identified as […]