Stress not only hurts your brain, but also has a bad effect on teeth, claims a new study.
Boffins writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Head & Face Medicine studied the causes of ’sleep bruxism’, gnashing teeth during the night, finding that it was especially common in those who try to cope with stress by escaping from difficult situations. Read more »
According to an investigator in Ohio State University’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, an urine test that can concurrently measure the extent of a potential carcinogenic process and a marker of garlic consumption in humans has been studied, the test suggested that the more garlic people consumed, the lower the levels of the potential carcinogenic process were. Read more »
Scientists at UMass Lowell have discovered a new contrivance by which a key protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease can spread within the human brain. According to the researchers, the finding gives new hope that the disease may someday be cured. Read more »
Prostate cancer is treated by diminishing male hormone testosterone from the patient- but while this kills most of the cells, the few that remain lead to recurrent, incurable disease. Read more »
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago determined that there is a strong relationship between healthy eating and prolonged survival among ovarian cancer patients. Read more »
Winter is here again, so is flu season. Here are some tips to hinder the spread of flu.
1. Do not sneeze or cough into your hands. Instead, sneeze or cough into your elbow or a tissue.
2. If you are sick, stay home until your temperature is normal for 24 hours so that you do not spread the viruses everywhere.
3. Vaccination is an effective way to prevent from getting flu.
4. Eat healthy, get enough sleep, exercise regularly and manage your stress well. All these will keep your immune system strong.
5. Some herbs may have antiviral effect, such as ginger, licorice, garlic, ginseng and eleuthero.
6. Antiviral drug Tamiflu, which is derived from Chinese star anise, may alleviate flu symptoms.
7. Take adequate amount of daily vitamin D may lower your risk of getting upper respiratory infections.
If you have severe symptoms like difficulty breathing, chest or abdominal pain, severe vomiting etc, you should seek medical attention.
Source: www.MotherEarthNews.com
Roundup is an herbicide that has been widely used in the U.S. since the 1970s. Its use has skyrocketed recently due to the farming of genetically modified crops.
Recent studies show that, even at a low level that is legal on our food, Roundup can cause DNA damage, hormone disruption and cell death.
Exposure to Roundup can cause infertility. It can also affect sexual differentiation in fetus if the mother is exposed during pregnancy.
The “active” ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, is not as toxic by itself as when it is mixed with other “inert” ingredients, such as solvants and surfactants.
These “inert” chemicals help glyphosate penetrate into a plant as well as into the skin. Surfactant and glyphosate enhance each other’s effect.
Although the EPA is launching new tests on some hormone disruptors, the current EPA requirements to test inert ingredients only cover a very small range of health problems, which do not include birth defects, cancer and genetic damage.
Source: www.MotherEarthNews.com
The vaccine used for hundreds of thousands of children was recalled, because after undergoing some tests it is proven that those vaccine are not strong enough or as the government put it ‘has lost some of its strength’. Unfortunately the vaccine which was made by Sanofi Pasteur was already being distributed across the country last month and most have already been used, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 800,000 pre-filled syringes that were recalled are for young children, ages 6 months to nearly 3 years.
Once you’ve developed atherosclerosis, some conditions can make it worse.
1. Diabetes
Atherosclerosis often develops earlier and more extensively in patients with diabetes. These patients tend to have atherosclerosis not only in big arteries, but small blood vessels as well.
2. High blood pressure
High blood pressure increases damage to the lining of arteries and is associated with inflammation reaction.
3. Obesity
Abdominal obesity raises the risk of developing high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, which can cause damage to the arteries. Obesity itself also increases the risk of having atherosclerosis in the arteries supplying blood to the heart.
4. Smoking
Smoking injures the inner lining of the arteries, raises LDL (bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL (good cholesterol). It has been linked to the progression of atherosclerosis.
To prevent or slow down the development of atherosclerosis, keep blood pressure, cholesterol, weight and diabetes under good control.
Source: webmd.com
Atherosclerosis is the hardening and narrowing of the arteries. It raises the risk of having heart attack and stroke.
High cholesterol, especially LDL (bad cholesterol), plays a major role in the development of atherosclerosis. Although genetics is an important factor in high cholesterol, other lifestyle factors contribute significantly too, such as overweight, physically inactive, having a diet with high saturated fat and cholesterol.
Atherosclerosis can start early in life and develop gradually.
The inner lining of a healthy artery is smooth and intact. But many factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol) can cause injury and damage of this lining, which triggers an inflammatory reaction.
White blood cells get into the damaged artery wall and form foam cells. They accumulate fat and cholesterol, as well as other substances, which eventually form atherosclerotic plaque.
These plaques get thicker and harder overtime and bulge into the bloodstream to reduce or block blood flow. When an atheroma ruptures, it can lead to heart attack or stoke.
Source: webmd.com
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