Heart failure and the benefits of drinking coffee
Research shows that coffee and caffeine are associated with increased blood pressure (acutely), (nor)epinephrine levels, arterial stiffness and impaired vasodilation....
Does selenium reduce the risk for prostate cancer?
About 15 years ago, researchers in the US published the results of a study showing that taking selenium supplements lowered...
Benefit of vitamin D and calcium in the elderly
Vitamin D appears to affect many health outcomes. An international group of researchers reviewed the literature to see if there’s...
Everything you wanted to know about cranberry
Drs. Catherine Neto and Joe Vinson from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and the University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania, contributed a...
Treating cancer-related fatigue with American ginseng
Cancer-related fatigue is occurs in 50% to 90% of all patients with cancer and severely affects quality of life, in...
Improvement in symptoms with acupuncture treatment of COPD
Last year, the Canadian Thoracic Society clinical practice guidelines, advised there was insufficient evidence to support the routine use of...
Consumer alert: Reumofan Plus
FDA is warning consumers that Reumofan Plus, marketed as a natural dietary supplement for pain relief and other serious conditions,...
Religion lowers the risk of depression
It’s reported that the personal importance of religion or spirituality is associated with a lower risk for major depression. Researchers...
Adverse response to exercise
Dr. Claude Bouchard and colleagues from around the US and Finland tell us that people differ in their response to...