Monday, November 16, 2009
Dr. Mike Miller, a research cardiologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center, has been studying the effect of happiness (or things that make you happy) on the heart for years now.
In 2005 he and his team found that laughter could open up blood vessels so that blood circulates more freely all through the body. [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
Do natural remedies for high cholesterol really work, and do they have any credible studies to back them up?
Besides watching what you eat, and getting regular exercise, there are a host of dietary supplements that claim to help out. You may have heard about garlic, ginseng or red yeast rice, but just because they work [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
With healthcare being so much in the news of late, a just released government report offers a distinctive picture of spending habits when it comes to care outside the mainstream, that is treatment by alternative complementary medicine.
The dollar figure is beyond big. The survey, completed in 2007, estimates that Americans spend $34 billion each year [...]
If you deal with the itching and burning of eczema you know all too well how uncomfortable it is.
Three new studies, presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, suggest that traditional Chinese herbal treatments might be helpful for both children and adults.
Eczema is the name used for a [...]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
You’ve probably heard the expression, “Cold hands, warm heart” before, and wouldn’t you know it science has [...]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
After yesterday’s email covering 6 pressing beauty questions we follow up with another 6. Discover the answer to all [...]
Monday, November 10, 2008
German scientists have just completed a research review regarding the effectiveness of the herb St. John’s Wort that pooled data from 29 studies involving nearly 5,500 patients with mild to moderately severe depression.
The team compared the effects of St. John’s Wort to a placebo, as well as to a wide range of the most popular [...]
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Hot flashes are a miserable trial of menopause; not to mention an added burden to an estimated 65% of women being treated for breast cancer. No matter what brings them on, any woman who first has one feels the flushing, burning heat as never before.
Recent research by a team at Henry Ford Hospital looked at [...]
