Fertility should not just be defined as if one can become pregnant, rather as to how fertile the body is relative to a bountiful level of health for a truly healthy pregnancy. Fish oil is a key factor for brain development, IQ and overall baby health. BIG NEWS in the NEWS Supplementing high quality fish…
It’s time to limit your calories intake for a longer life. Eat well, but keep the calories low to reduce the risk of disease. It is seriously time to stop monkeying around, according to the latest monkey study. As reported in the journal Science, 80% of monkeys who consumed a low calorie diet without being…
Posted in World Health.net/Men’s Health on Mon October 13, 2008 New research has revealed that approximately one third of men aged 18-35 with type 2 diabetes have low testosterone levels. Dr. Paresh Dandona and colleagues from the State University of New York at Buffalo measured circulating testosterone levels in 38 men with type 1 diabetes…
Going to a party and being socially stressed, hanging around with friends that stress you out, or for that matter any social setting that just doesn’t float your boat can make you fatter, increase your risk of heart disease and weaken your immune system. This is what was basically found in a study of monkeys…
You make the decision. It appears that it is official, a petition to increase pesiticide levels in certain foods has been made. What foods are they? What can you do? Take a look at this breaking news. In the buffet of life you should at the very least know when to go organic, especially with…
Identified etiological factors for Chronic Widespread pain are largely related to emotional and behavioral factors, but current management leads to modest improvement in symptoms. Vitamin D deficiency has been suggested as a new modifiable risk factor for CWP (chronic widespread pain). To examine the association between vitamin D status (measured by 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D)) and…
Many men feel as though they have really taken a turn for the worse when they begin to have problems in the bedroom, but a review published in Aging Male in December found that these men may actually be the lucky ones! That’s right, lucky. What’s lucky about erectile dysfunction? Well it’s the primary symptom…
We all count on solid health advice from healthcare providers, governmental agencies and other respected sources to make “informed decisions”. The last couple of decades we have been advised not to salt our food, for fear of increasing blood pressure. Likewise, conventional wisdom has been to avoid sun exposure without adequate protection to lessen the…
According to researchers, bicarbonate supplementation (baking soda) preserves kidney function. The study included 134 adult patients with CKD (creatinine clearance [CrCl] 15 to 30 ml/min per 1.73 m(2)) and serum bicarbonate 16 to 20 mmol/L to either supplementation with oral sodium bicarbonate or standard care for 2 yr. The primary end points were rate of…
Let’s make an assumption that you think your heart arteries are getting plugged up and you want to check it out. So, should you? Is there a risk to checking it out? We know for a fact that calcium accumulation in your heart arteries is associated with coronary artery disease. So, what is a person…