“Heading a football can significantly affect a player’s brain function and memory for 24 hours, a study has found,” BBC News reports. The news is based on a small experimental study involving 19 amateur footballers. The players were asked to head a football 20 times. Memory tests and sensitive tests of their brain-muscle pathways were completed …
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“‘Doing at least half an hour of exercise three times a week may boost men’s sperm count’,” BBC News reports. Researchers recruited 261 healthy married men who were randomly allocated to three different training programmes. A fourth group did no exercise as a control. The men’s sperm was then tested at various intervals for markers associated …
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“Inability to store fat safely increases diabetes risk,” BBC News reports. Researchers have found links between genetic variations known to affect the storage of fat in the body and type 2 diabetes, as well as heart attacks and strokes. People can store fat tissue in different ways, such as in their legs and arms. While …
A body of folklore dating back at least 2,000 years tells of the potential medical value of spider webs in fighting infections, stemming bleeding and healing wounds, explained molecular biologist Randolph Lewis at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Spider webs have even found a place in Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” where the …
Spider web silk could make artificial tendons or regenerate ligaments Read More »
Not all calories are created equal – Harvard Report Burning more calories each day than you consume may have been the diet advice from the past, but that doesn’t work for everyone. Instead, the focus should be on eating whole foods and avoiding processed carbohydrates — like crackers, cookies, or white bread. A recent review in …
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Fruits and vegetables may improve muscle and nerve function in patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), according to a study published in JAMA Neurology. Researchers followed nutrient intake for 302 participants from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Multicenter Cohort Study of Oxidative Stress study and assessed muscle and respiratory function. Those participants with the highest intake of …
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES RECOMMENDED FOR PATIENTS WITH LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE (ALS) Read More »
There are anthropologists who believe that there is a disconnection between what many of us eat today and what we and our ancestors actually successfully evolved to eat. There is a suggestion that we have bodies genetically tied to the Stone Age while living in a fast food world. This has fostered the idea that …
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Men with high blood levels of DHA – a type of omega-3 found in fatty fish – which would normally be associated with positive health benefits – especially when it comes to heart health – have been found to be far, far, more likely to be at risk of developing “aggressive, high-grade” prostate cancer than …
Researchers from Korea University, Seoul, and from Eulji University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea have looked at the effects both Sage (Salvia sclarea) and Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) can have on blood pressure. Salvia sclarea, (sage) has been used in medicine for much of recorded history and its use can be traced back to around 400 BC …
Salvia scalerea and Lavender: Effects on Blood Pressure? Read More »
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