both men and women with high calcium intakes have lower risk of cancer. Women with higher intake of calcium appear to have a lower risk of cancer overall, and both men and women with high calcium intakes have lower risks of colorectal cancer and other cancers of the digestive system. The research is [...]

Large-scale study finds vitamin D role boosting immune system.
It seems every month a new study finds another way Vitamin D is key to maintaing good health. This new study finds that vitamin D may be an important way to arm the immune system against disorders like the common cold, report investigators from the University [...]

New research from Columbia University Medical Center continues to shed light on the benefits of making fish a staple of any diet.
Fish are generally rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which have shown benefit in many health areas such as helping to prevent mental illness and delaying some of the disabilities associated with aging. Eating [...]

Animal and clinical studies have indicated that gastrointestinal bacteria play an important role in the development of ulcerative colitis (UC), and that supplemention with probiotics is beneficial for UC. However, different probiotics can be expected to have different effects on UC.
Research article to be published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology compared the [...]

Vitamin D is essential to good health but needs to be activated to function properly in the human body. A study published in the Journal of Immunology links the vitamin D locally produced in lung airway cells to activation of two genes that help fight infection. Until recently, this activation was thought to [...]

Intake is Often “Inadequate” Even When it Exceeds the RDA
(Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 21, 2008) A study of almost 5,000 persons has shown that consuming more vitamin B6 means less colon cancer. (1) The researchers described the connection as “moderately strong.” Any nutrient that has a “moderately strong” influence on reducing colon cancer risk [...]

Vitamin D is essential for in overall health of several body organs, says UC Riverside biochemist Anthony Norman, an international expert on vitamin D, who advocates increasing the adult daily intake of the vitamin to a minimum of 2000 iu for disease prevention.
In a paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Norman identifies [...]

Studies with mice suggest daily dose of the herbal remedy ginkgo may prevent brain cell damage after a stroke.
Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the natural remedy ginkgo tree can prevent or reduce brain damage after an induced stroke.
Ginkgo [...]

A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute fiound that taking aspirin or ibuprofen may increase a woman’s breast cancer risk by 50%.
What they found was
1: Women who took ibuprofen daily for at least five years were about 50% more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than those who did not [...]

New study finds probiotics help limit damage from infection-related inflammation.
Data from a recent study has found significant anti-inflammatory and pathogen protection benefits of the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium infantis 35624.
More and more research is revealing that probiotic benefits extend to the entire body.  The gastrointestinal benefits of probiotics have been well-documented. The report is published the [...]