Drugs like Nexium and Prevacid are helping many patients with serious stomach and digestive problems, but new research suggests that these medicines used for heartburn treatment are risky choices for regular users who have less serious conditions.
The risks include an increased chance of bacterial infection (from organism clostridium difficile or c. [...]
New research out of Taiwan’s Taipei Medical University finds that younger adults with an overactive thyroid gland seem to have a higher risk of stroke.
The condition, known as hyperthyroidism, before the age of 45 years old was associated with a 44% higher risk of stroke according to the study. Where once strokes [...]
The latest results of an annual survey on health and wellness bring some unsettling findings – surviving a heart attack or managing a chronic disease might also raise cancer risk factors. It seems those who have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or live with diabetes were about two times as likely to [...]
Coffee lovers can take heart in some intriguing new research. It may soon be possible enjoy drinking coffee without the burning pain of heartburn.
European researchers (and coffee lovers) who have studied the chemicals in coffees have found one that inhibits acid production in the stomach… and its unexpectedly part of espresso, [...]
Coffee lovers can take heart in some intriguing new research. It may soon be possible to enjoy drinking coffee without the burning pain of heartburn.
European researchers (and coffee lovers) who have studied the chemicals in coffees have found one that inhibits acid production in the stomach… and its unexpectedly part of [...]
These days, fatigue is a familiar companion for many. A new study offers some good news in our increasingly over-scheduled, under-rested, 24/7 world – you can bank sleep, and store it up for a tiring event in the future.
This finding comes from work in the U.S. on a group of volunteers who [...]
If trends continue as they have, one in three Americans will develop diabetes during his or her lifetime. According to the Centers for Disease Control, today about 24 million Americans have diabetes already, and another 57 million have the signs and symptoms, or it’s precursor, prediabetes.
For women, the disease can be a risk to both [...]
Plan ahead now, while you’re feeling fine, for any possible downtime. Here are ten things you can do now before the first sign of swine flu appears in you or your loved ones.
When it comes right down to it, there’s no magic formula or miracle cure to staying healthy and cut disease. The things you need to do are things we all can do…
1. Don’t smoke – if you do, try to quit
2. Get active – at least 3.5 hours a week
3. Stay away from junk food [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Dairy foods, milk, cheese, butter and the like, often get a bad rap and are shunned by the health conscious as a source of artery clogging cholesterol and bad-for-you saturated fats.
Some experts have argued that high fat dairy products contribute to heart problems later in life, though new research out of the Queensland Institute of [...]
