Exercise The Cure for Workout Boredom By Jane Farrell article Late nights at the office coupled with family obligations and attempting to still have a social life can all make … Read More→
Aging Well Brain Health Healthy Diet & Nutrition Cocoa Flavanols Combat "Senior Moments" By Jane Farrell article Taking the chill out of winter weather by indulging in cup of hot cocoa may also be helping to dial … Read More→
Skin Skin Health Why Scratching Makes You Itch More By Jane Farrell article Is the idea that scratching an itch only makes it worse just an old wivesΓÇÖ tale? No, itΓÇÖs true! New … Read More→
_ Osteoporosis Study: Osteoporosis Screening Guidelines Are Inadequate By Jane Farrell article Current guidelines for bone-density testing aren’t good enough, according to a new investigation. The study, led by researchers from UCLA, … Read More→
Healthy Diet & Nutrition Dairy is Good for Your Metabolic Health By Jane Farrell article Research done at CHU de Qu├⌐bec Research Center and Laval University in Canada found that dairy consumption may also have … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition ΓÇ£SpiceΓÇ¥ Up Your Health By Jane Farrell article Did you know that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your health is to use a … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition ΓÇ£SpiceΓÇ¥ Up Your Health By Sondra Forsyth article By Diane Blum Did you know that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your health is to use a handful of spices each day? Simply adding the right spices increases nutrients in your diet, allows you to use less salt and sugar for taste, and also has important health side benefits. Here are a few of the healthiest: 1) Cinnamon
_ Aging Well Healthy Diet & Nutrition Are You as Old as What You Eat? By Sondra Forsyth article Researchers from University College London (UCL) have demonstrated how an interplay between nutrition, metabolism, and immunity is involved in the process of aging. The two new studies, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), could help to enhance our immunity to disease through dietary intervention and help make existing immune system therapies more effective.
_ Overactive Bladder (OAB) & Incontinence Urinary Health Local Body Clock & Overactive Bladder By Sondra Forsyth article Researchers at the University of Surrey in the UK have discovered that the local biological clock and its control are weakened in aging bladders. The study, which explains how the receptors responsible for contractions in the bladder regulate the body's clock genes, was published August 21st 2014 in The FASEB Journal. The team found that this clock activity in turn regulates the cycle of all cells in the body.
_ 5 Food-Drug Interactions You Want to Avoid By Sondra Forsyth article By Leah Shainhouse You have heard it again and again: Adapt to a healthy lifestyle. If you make sure to eat well, a plethora of diseases can be prevented or managed. However, there are times when you walk into your doctorΓÇÖs office, either for a routine check-up or for some sort of ache or pain and you have no choice. You walk out with another prescription, whether it is to help lower your cholesterol, control your blood pressure or fight off an infection.
_ How Safe Are Your Dietary Supplements? By Jane Farrell article WeΓÇÖre bombarded daily by commercials that promise everything from weight loss to sexual fulfillment if we just buy the dietary supplement theyΓÇÖre advertising. But how do we know whether the substance is safe, let alone effective? Here, experts from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outline what you should know about these supposed curatives:
_ Interval Walking Best for Diabetics By Sondra Forsyth article Research done by by Dr. Thomas Solomon, and colleagues at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and published in August 2014 in Diabetologia suggests that training with alternating levels of walking intensity, known as interval training, could be better than walking at a constant speed to help manage blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes.
_ Exercise 5 Exercise Myths Debunked By Sondra Forsyth article By Brett Osborn M.D. As a neurosurgraon and an avid bodybuilder, I know that you will do more harm than good if youΓÇÖve bought into some of the myths and ΓÇ£conventional wisdomΓÇ¥ about exercise that is simply wrong. HereΓÇÖs the truth about are those misconceptions:
_ Aging Well Senior Health Longer Lives, Fewer Age-Related Illnesses By Sondra Forsyth article Living long and well may eventually be more possible, thanks to a surprise result of the work of scientists at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. While developing a new cancer drug, the researchers discovered that mice lacking a specific protein live longer lives with fewer age-related illnesses. The mice, which lack the TRAP-1 protein, demonstrated less age-related tissue degeneration, obesity, and spontaneous tumor formation when compared to normal mice. The teams findings could change how scientists view the metabolic networks within cells.
_ Obesity Hope for the Overweight & Diabetics By Sondra Forsyth article Researchers in Germany and at Harvard have succeeded in distinguishing the various types of fat cells in the body on the basis of their surface proteins. This discovery is raising hope for a new method to treat those suffering from obesity and diabetes. The team was headed by Dr. Siegfried Ussar from the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (IDO) at the Helmholtz Diabetes Center/ Helmholtz Zentrum M├╝nchen, partner of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), and Professor C. Ronald Kahn from the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School.
_ Obesity Toward New TX for Obesity & Diabetes By Sondra Forsyth article Research done at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center could lead to new therapies to treat obesity and diabetes. The team found that a protein that controls when genes are switched on or off plays a key role in specific areas of the brain to regulate metabolism. The transcription factor involved ΓÇô spliced X-box binding protein 1 (Xbp1s) ΓÇô appears to influence the body's sensitivity to insulin and leptin signaling.
_ Aging Well Exercise Health & Fitness Healthy Diet & Nutrition 7 Strategies to Optimize Your Growth Hormone By Sondra Forsyth article By Sara Gottfried MD ΓÇ£My husband and I had the most amazing sex in years,ΓÇ¥ Martha began, slightly cautious she was oversharing. When my facial expressions suggested otherwise, she continued:
_ Weight Loss Stress Could Equal 11 Extra Pounds Per Year By Jane Farrell article One or more stressful events on any given day can actually slow the bodyΓÇÖs metabolism and potentially lead to weight gain, a new study has found. Researchers from the Ohio State University said that a single high-fat meal eaten the day after a stressor such as an argument or work-related pressure can make unhealthy weight gain easier.