Running Shoes May Cause Damage to Knees, Hips and Ankles, New...
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) accounts for more disability in the elderly than any other disease. Running, although it has proven cardiovascular and other health benefits, can increase stresses on the joints of the leg. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of PM&R: The journal of injury, function and rehabilitation, researchers...
Pistachios May Reduce Lung Cancer Risk
A diet that incorporates a daily dose of pistachios may help reduce the risk of lung and other cancers, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, held Dec. 6-9....
Alzheimer’s Discovery Could Lead to Long-Sought Preventive Treatment
Despite a massive global research effort, many basics of Alzheimer's disease onset remain elusive. This has hampered development of treatments effective during the earliest stages of the disease, when prevention is most likely. But a new discovery by University of Central Florida researchers has revealed a previously unknown mechanism...
Evolutionary Surprise: Eight Percent Of Human Genetic Material Comes From A...
About eight percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to researchers in Japan and the U.S. The study, and an accompanying News & Views article by University of Texas at Arlington biology professor Cédric Feschotte, is published in the journal Nature...
Customer Pleased With OsteoPhase
...my bones were becoming stronger and healthier. I was ecstatic and continued using OsteoPhase and FemmePhase for the next two years. So here we are, four years after the original diagnosis, and my third bone density scan has revealed that I have successfully reversed the osteopenia, and my bones are healthy and normal...
Exercise Helps Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
Exercise remains one of the most effective interventions for a number of chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis and neurodegenerative diseases. PAD is a leading cause of morbidity and the most common cause of limb amputation in the U.S. and yet even the best medical therapy available is less effective than simply walking daily...
Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Brain, Prostate Cancers
An experimental drug currently being tested against breast and lung cancer shows promise in fighting the brain cancer glioblastoma and prostate cancer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in two preclinical studies...
Inflammatory Mediator Regulates Diarrhea In Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Researchers led by Dr. Terrence A. Barrett of Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. Illinois have discovered that activation of NF-κB, an inflammatory mediator, results in diarrhea in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These results are presented in the January 2010 issue of the American Journal of Pathology...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked To Nerve Damage
People with inflammatory bowel disease may also be at risk for developing nerve damage and other neurological problems, according to research to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 59th Annual Meeting in Boston. Inflammatory bowel disease includes digestive...
Imaging Tests Identify Role of Allergies In Chronic Sinus Disease
Exposing patients with chronic sinus disease to allergens and then obtaining repeated images by X-ray or ultrasound reveals that nasal allergies may be involved in some cases of chronic sinus disease, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA...
