Previous research has shown the Omega-3 fatty acids can help with a host of healt problems from heart disease to arthritis. Now prostate cancer joins the growing list. Research with mice, from Wake Forest University, suggests that a diet high in omega-3 may fatty acids could potentially improve the prognosis of men who are genetically [...]

A new study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link between depression and low levels of the vitamin folate.
Previous research has shown that significant vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with a risk of severe depression, and that depression caused by vitamin B12 deficiency even if [...]

Whatever your opinion of the film Sicko, a report from Harvard University finds common ground with the movie with a finding that is a shocking wakeup call on the condition of health and medicine in the U.S.
The report comes to a sad and stark conclusion, “The number of children and youth in the United [...]

A new study finds that the immune boost given by echinacea supplements may be more powerful than has been expected. Not a surprise to the many users of the widely used herb, the study also found that echinacea the can help prevent or shorten that cold.
The new study is published Sunday in the journal [...]

How often older people read a newspaper, play chess, or engage in other mentally stimulating activities is related to risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the journal Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
At least one previous study found that keeping active outside of one’s work, [...]

Along the lines of research that has found that advertising effects the urge of children to smoke and eat junk food, new research finds that it may also increase the urge to drink.
While the ads may be targeting adults, kids get caught in the crossfire, according to the research from the University of Florida and [...]

Male veterans in the general U.S. population are twice as likely as their civilian peers to die by suicide, a large study shows. Results of the research by Mark S. Kaplan, DrPH, and colleagues from Portland State University and Oregon Health & Science University are published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
To date, [...]

Mothers who regularly got an omega-3 during pregnancy appeared to give a boost to the problem solving power of the new baby, but not memory.
The study, the first of its kind to focus on problem-solving during the first year of life, is published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The findings support previous [...]

A new study finds that the immune boost given by echinacea supplements may be more powerful than has been expected. Not a surprise to the many users of the widely used herb, the study also found that echinacea the can help prevent or shorten that cold.
The new study is published Sunday in the journal [...]

Researchers have reported that breast masses shown on ultrasound that are diagnosed as “probably benign” can be safely managed with imaging follow-up rather than biopsy, according to a study appearing in the July issue of Radiology. Radiology is a monthly scientific journal devoted to clinical radiology and allied sciences
“These findings indicate that ultrasound follow-up can [...]