Walnuts help your heart for some of the same reasons that fish oil does. They contain the ALA, or alpha-linolenic fatty acid similar to that found in salmon.

First, African-American women and Caucasian women were the only racial categories in which the overlap between depression and diabetes was statistically significant.

We know a lot about what puts us at risk for a stroke. We discussed HRT the other day, but there's also high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, and physical inactivity to consider when evaluating your risk.

It’s no wonder that many doctors have given up on trying to effect lifestyle changes in their patients and have come to rely instead on their prescription pad.

That being said, even bio-identical hormone replacement can slightly increase the risk of stroke, especially in large quantities or high doses.

Bulk Up Sometimes it is the simple things that most elude us. These days, Americans take millions of little purple pills, antacid tablets, and other pharmaceutical remedies for indigestion and its more serious cousin, GERD. But recent research suggests that a simple diet change could hold the key to relief for many — and there’s [...]

When the government steps into just about anything, no matter how simple, it takes on a political sheen.

Researchers have theorized that migraine pain might be permanently alleviated by surgically removing “trigger points” — that is, places where the pain is most intense for the sufferer

Don’t get me wrong: natural remedies can be powerful — that’s part of the reason they work so well.

It’s been about 20 years since researchers first determined the link between infection and stomach ulcers, pinning down a specific bacteria called Helicobacter pylori as the culprit. Now, its considered the No. 1 cause of ulcers and gastric cancer. Those arent the only problems Helicobacter can cause though. In fact, the majority of the people who test positive for it dont have ulcers or stomach cancer. But that doesnt mean theyre not affected negatively by it. Helicobacter infection can lead to lots of different and seemingly unrelated health problems, from intestinal parasites to autoimmune diseases to skin conditions. On the bright side of all this, research indicates that getting rid of Helicobacter infection can help eliminate these problems entirely.1,2

Late last year, patent medicine giant Merck finally took out the white flag and surrendered to the undeniable research showing that its arthritis formula Vioxx increases heart attack risk. There were Congressional hearings, media publicity, and a quite unusual degree of public criticism of the FDA. My personal favorite was an editorial cartoon of a large bottle labeled FDA-Approved Drug featuring a side-panel warning: CAUTION: FDA APPROVED DRUG.

Stem cells have been causing quite an uproar lately. They’ve been all the rage in scientific circles for over a decade. Tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars have already been spent researching them. But since they come from human embryos, there’s lots of controversy surrounding their use. All controversy aside, though, stem cells do have enormous promise, because they have the potential to turn into any type of body cell or tissue.

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