Nutrition Review

Winter is over and everyone should feel free to retire “snowpocalypse” and “polar vortex” from their vocabulary. If letting go of these buzz words...

Calcium and vitamin D are commonly recommended for older women, but the usual dosages of these common supplements may send calcium excretion and blood...

By Ward Dean, MD Forskolin is an extract from the plant, Coleus forskohli. Coleus has been traditionally used in Ayurvedic medicine for a variety of conditions,...

Adequate Sleep as Critical to Overall Health as Nutrition, Exercise A nationwide “Sleep Well, Be Well” campaign was launched May 12, 2014 as part of the National...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of some 850,000 people published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows...

Blocking a pain receptor in mice not only extends their lifespan, it also gives them a more youthful metabolism, including an improved insulin response...

British researchers have identified two proteins in human blood that have been shown to reduce age-related damage caused to blood vessels while offering protection against atherosclerosis and arthritis. Calcification is a...

Sleeping pills increase the risk of cardiovascular events in heart failure patients by 8-fold, according to new research from Japan. The findings were presented at...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning for the insomnia drug Lunesta (eszopiclone) based on evidence of next-day impairment of driving and other activities...

An antioxidant that targets specific cell structures – mitochondria – may be able to reverse some of the negative effects of aging on arteries, reducing the...