Anthony Norman, a leading international expert in vitamin D, proposes worldwide policy changes regarding people's vitamin D daily intake amount in order to maximize the vitamin's contribution to reducing the frequency of many diseases, including childhood rickets, adult osteomalacia, cancer, autoimmune type-1 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity and muscle weakness.
Everyone experiences social stress, whether it is nervousness over a job interview, difficulty meeting people at parties or angst over giving a speech. In a new report, UCLA researchers have discovered that how your brain responds to social stressors can influence the body's immune system in ways that may negatively affect health.
Many people, says Dr. Eeva Karjalainen, of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Metla, feel relaxed and good when they are out in nature. But not many of us know that there is also scientific evidence about the healing effects of nature.
As doctors increasingly prescribe meditation to patients for stress-related disorders, scientists are gaining a better understanding of how different techniques from Buddhist, Chinese and Vedic traditions produce different results.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates peak in women later than they do in men. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Annals of General Psychiatry found men are most vulnerable to PTSD between the ages of 41 and 45 years, while women are most vulnerable at 51 to 55.
Consuming more vitamin E through diet appears to be associated with a lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Researchers at the University of Granada--in collaboration with the Clinical Hospital San Cecilio and the University Rey Juan Carlos--have proven that the psychological and physiological state of patients with tension headache improves within 24 hours after receiving a 30-minute massage.
Approximately 10 percent of low-back pain (LBP) sufferers experience persistent pain and significant disability. In a study published in the August issue of Pain, a group of Australian researchers investigating the relevance of health literacy in patients with chronic lower back pain (CLBP) found that LBP-related beliefs and behaviors affect a person's disability more than pain intensity or a standard measure of functional health literacy.
Everyone knows olive oil and a Mediterranean diet are associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease, but a new research report published in the July 2010 print issue of the FASEB Journal offers a surprising reason why: These foods change how genes associated with atherosclerosis function.
A recent study, “Perceived Benefit of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Back Pain” (Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, May–June 2010, Vol. 23 No.3), found the majority of respondents receiving CAM for back pain reported great benefit from the various treatments. Overall, 60 percent of those surveyed who had at least one CAM therapy in the last 12 months found remarkable relief using the top six CAM modalities: chiropractic care, massage therapy, yoga/tai chi/qi Cong, acupuncture, herbal therapies and relaxation techniques.
Coffee and tea drinkers may not need to worry about indulging–high and moderate consumption of tea and moderate coffee consumption are linked with reduced heart disease, according to a study published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Women, the foods can be rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals to food have a lower risk of developing the most common type of cataract that occurs in the United States, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA / Archives journals.
Indiana University research at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting. A twice weekly hip-strengthening regimen performed for six weeks proved surprisingly effective at reducing...
People who meditate regularly find pain less unpleasant because their brains anticipate the pain less, a new study has found.
New research suggests drinking chocolate milk after a workout offers advantages for post-exercise performance and muscle repair
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