In new research of the potential of black raspberries to fight cancer, researchers from Ohio State University, find it may help inhibit oral, colon and esophageal cancers. The research was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
According to the researchers, [...]

A new study from France, published in the journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, highlights the power of antioxidant polyphenols.
The researcher showed that high doses of the antioxidant polyphenols in red wine, fruits, vegetables and green tea prevent cancerous tumors by cutting off the blood supply to the tumors. [...]

The statin explosion in the U.S. may be keeping Americans awake according to a the largest study of its king new study presented at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting.
While previous studies have pointed to statins and sleep problems, the studies were small and too short-term to be effective. This study followed [...]

While the effect of serious weight gain ion health is clear, less clear is the issue of “just a few extra pounds”. In new research, a study reported by the Mayo Clinic finds that weight gain of about 9 pounds by lean healthy young adults leads to reduced functioning of their blood vessel lining [...]

Adding to the growing movement and evidence of the benefit of integrative healing, a new study from the Mayo clinic finds that massage therapy helps decrease pain for patients recovering from heart surgery.
The study published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice should not come as a surprise but shows the growing trend of [...]

Although dismissed by drug based medicine, Chinese medicine continues to find a growing body of users because it often offers a safe and effective alternative to drugs.
One of the continuing problems for practitioners of drug based Western medicine is the colorful and often mysterious language used to describe Chinese medicine, which includes thousands of chemical [...]

Continuing with research on the use of light to fight cancer, scientists at Newcastle University have developed a cancer fighting technology which uses UV light to activate antibodies which very specifically attack tumors.
Therapeutic antibodies have long been recognized as having excellent potential but getting them to efficiently target tumor cells has proved to [...]

Scientists from the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham Institute) in La Jolla, CA and in Japan, report that the herb rosemary contains an ingredient that fights off free radical damage in the brain. The active ingredient in rosemary, known as carnosic acid (CA), can protect the brain from stroke and neurodegeneration that is due [...]

A new study suggests that about 3.4 million Americans age 71 and older?one in seven people in that age group?have dementia, and 2.4 million of them have Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
The study, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the latest in a series of analyses attempting to assess the prevalence of dementia [...]

An abnormality of chromosomes long associated with diseases of aging has, for the first time, been linked to colon cancer in people 50 years old and younger, an age group usually considered young for this disease.
The finding may provide an early alert for younger patients with colon cancer and could prompt new research into [...]