There has been a great deal of information surfacing lately about vitamin D deficiency and how it impacts health. Curious about how tuberculosis has been treated in the past, researchers from Queen Mary, University of London set out to...
"Jenny's in a fix/With her arithmetics/Poor concentration/Boys in the classroom cause agitation/ She's a junk food junky/Blame it on the food, yeah/Blame it on the food."
Almost 30 years ago, X-ray Spex got it right with those lyrics.
When toddlers eat...
Q. I've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea. Is there any connection between the two?
A. There's one sure connection between type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea -- if you're overweight, you have an increased risk...
Researchers at the prestigious Moffitt Cancer Center reviewed existing studies regarding the impact chemotherapy has on cognitive function in cancer patients. They discovered that while chemotherapy is often part of the standard treatment for most forms of cancer, the...
Power your life with plants for optimal health. That's what Sharon Palmer, R.D., encourages you to do in "The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today" (The Experiment, 2012).
Palmer, a registered dietitian and food...
The Olympics are over, and the athletes have returned to their home countries. They left behind moments of glory, moments of disappointment and, apparently, more than 150,000 condom wrappers. That's the number of contraceptives that were supplied to the...
If you have recently visited a local youth baseball diamond, basketball court, or soccer field, you have undoubtedly seen children and adolescents consuming energy drinks prior to and during athletic events.
Unlike soft drinks, the FDA does not regulate the...
There was a media frenzy yesterday when Stanford researchers released a study to be published in the Annals of Internal Medicine which outlines their findings of an analysis of existing studies on the benefits of organic foods. Yes, that...
Q: I visited my 84-year-old grandmother in her assisted-living home recently, and she seemed lonely. I visit as often as I can, but what else I can do for her? - Irene, S., Tucson, Ariz.
A: Visiting your grandmother is...
Fit middle-age adults have medical costs that are 38 percent lower later in life, compared with their unfit counterparts, according to a study that analyzed data from Medicare and insurance claims.
Researchers from the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center and...
