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Hypertension Medication Lowers ALS Risk

November 11, 2014 Posted by Editor

A recent study suggests that there is a connection between angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use and a lower risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This type of antihypertensive medication is widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Researchers compared 729 people diagnosed with ALS to 14,580 people without the condition and concluded that individuals who had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, Tech & Science Tagged With: ace inhibitors, agiotensin converting enzyme, ALS, als development, als risk, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, anti-hypertensive medication, hypertension, hypertension medication lowers ALS, sclerosis, Study

Blood Pressure Medication Shown To Reverse Diabetes

November 9, 2014 Posted by Contributor

A team of researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham might have found the cure for diabetes in their clinical tests of verapamil. They will be pioneering a clinical trial in the following year dubbed “The Repurposing of Verapamil as a Beta Cell Survival Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes”. This trial has already received a $2.1 million financial grant for three years, courtesy of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: birmingham university, diabetes, diabetes calcium, Diabetes cure, diabetes cure study, diabetes treatment, human trials, Study, txnip, Type 1 Diabetes, verapamil

DNA Particularity Protects Hispanic Women from Breast Cancer

October 21, 2014 Posted by Contributor

A recent study suggests that women of Latin American descent have a DNA trait that protects them from developing breast cancer. Scientists investigating the ethnic biology of cancer announced on Monday that their research showed that fewer Hispanic women developed breast cancer throughout their lifetimes and that fewer patients of Hispanic origin died from it once developed as compared to women … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: breast cancer, breast cancer latinas, breast cancer risk, Cancer, cancer awareness, hispanic women, incidence, latin american, latin american descent, latinas, lower breast cancer risk, pink ribbon, Study

Higher Obesity Risk for Women Suffering from PTSD

September 22, 2014 Posted by Editor

A recent study suggests that women suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder have a significantly higher risk of obesity and food addiction. The paper was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and shows that women suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms were twice as likely to develop a food addiction as opposed to women who had never experienced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: food addiction, mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, ptsd and obesity, research, Study, trauma

New Study Shows that Regular Family Meals Reduce Effects of Cyberbullying in Teens

September 2, 2014 Posted by Staff

Family Meals Reduce Effects of Cyberbullying

  A new study found that regular family meals can protect against the negative effects of Cyberbullying in teenagers. Enough is Enough is an organization that seeks to increase internet safety for families and children. According to them, 43% of teenagers with ages between 13 and 17 have experienced some sort of Cyberbullying in the past year. Cyberbullying can have serious implications … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cyberbullying, Health, Study

Magic Cholesterol Pill Halves Heart Attack Risk

September 1, 2014 Posted by Staff

Developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, an experimental cholesterol-lowering drug has proven itself effective in reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes in a clinical trial. Researchers reported on Sunday that it actually halved the number of heart attacks and strokes of patients included in the critical trial. The study was retrospective and as such, is not yet conclusive, but it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: alirocumab, bad cholesterol, cardiology, cholesterol, LDL-lowering, research, statines, Study

New Study Shows that High Salt Intake Will Heighten MS Symptoms

August 29, 2014 Posted by Editor

High Salt Intake

We all know that high salt intake is bad for our hearts, but a recent study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry revealed that there is a link between high salt intake and Multiple Sclerosis. Sodium is good for the body; our bodies use it do control blood pressure and it ensures that muscles and nerves work the way they are supposed to work. Too much sodium, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Health, MS, sodium, Study

Marijuana Study Shows it Decreases Physical Violence

August 27, 2014 Posted by Staff

While many already believed that the smoking of marijuana renders users content and contemplative, a recent study actually proves that it may have beneficial influences in ones’ marriage. According to the study, if both wife and husband are marijuana smokers, the chances of family violence are reduced in the relationship. This reduction is attributed to a potentially blunted emotional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: marijuana smoking, marijuana study, marijuana use, Study, violence decrease

Brains with Autism Fail to Trim Synapses, Study Finds

August 22, 2014 Posted by Contributor

Brains with Autism

A new autism study has had some groundbreaking results that could begin to explain why autism presents the way it does. It appears that children with autism have an oversupply of synapses in some parts of their brain with impair other parts of the brain to develop. When a baby’s brain develops there are a plethora of synapses happening. They allow neurons to send and receive signals, but as the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Autism, Health, news, Study

New Study Links Obesity and Cancer

August 14, 2014 Posted by Staff

obesity and cancer

A massive new study’s results were recently made public and it goes to confirm yet again that obesity and cancer are tightly linked. The research involved more than 5 million adults living in the United Kingdom with a high body mass index. It was revealed that having a high BMI will increase the risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers: ovarian and breast cancers after menopause, kidney, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: BMI, Cancer, cancer news, Health, news, Obesity, research, Study

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