It’s unusual for a dietary supplement to have more than twenty studies to support its use, while at the same time being relatively unknown in most parts of the world. However, this is precisely the case for an obscure Japanese product known as fermented... 

A team of researchers at University School of Medicine in Washington has discovered a potential controller of sensitivity to insulin, which is a hormone that controls the level of blood sugar in the human body. The novel findings might assist the researchers... 

During a recent consultation, a client inquired about the relative differences between non-grape wines and traditional wines derived from grapes. This is a topic I’d previously examined myself. My reason for doing so, besides being an admitted red... 

From 190 million Americans who are obese, nearly 10-15 percent is involved in unhealthy binge eating. It was noticed that during single sittings, these over-eaters eat large servings of food which is high in calorie. Sufferers then tend to put on weight,... 

A research by the University of Otago in Wellington and Christchurch demonstrates that breastfeeding your infant has a direct protective impact against the children progressing asthma or wheezing up to the age of six years. A long debate took place over... 

Fake Avastin in the U.S.: A counterfeit version of Roche’s Avastin anti-cancer drug has been found in the U.S., though it’s not known how much was distributed, whether patients received it or whether it caused harm, the WSJ reports . The... 

Investments in disease prevention — a core principle of President Obama’s health-care overhaul legislation — would face a setback under his budget proposal for next year. Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget would scale back the Prevention and... 

Health care consumers have greater access to information about drug safety than ever before. A recent edition of the Wall Street Journal illustrated this reality in a piece entitled, “Searching for Side Effects”. A few highlights from the... 

In last week’s interview with Jonny Bowden, the good doctor mentioned L-carnitine as a noteworthy supplement that benefits heart health. A recent review in the journal Current Drug Metabolism concurs and describes several mechanisms that make this... 

Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Alzheimer’s in Mice: Research published in Science finds a drug already used to treat skin cancer, bexarotene, improved brain function in mice bred to have a form of Alzheimer’s disease, though the positive findings...