Honey is an ingredient in many nutritional health supplements and has also been shown to have antioxidant properties. Now, scientists are suggesting that the sweet treat could also be effective at treating chronic sinusitis, which affects tens of millions of Americans each year. The condition begins when mucous membranes in the sinuses become inflamed. Eventually,
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have found that low levels of vitamin D doubles the risk of stroke among white people, but not blacks. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 137,000 Americans die from stroke each year. The scientists noted that their recent findings further demonstrate the association between vitamin D
New evidence has emerged about the benefits of a particular combination of vitamins in the prevention of hydrocephalus. According to scientists at the University of Manchester and Lancaster University, laboratory tests have shown that administering a combination of vitamins that includes tetrahydrofolate and folic acid significantly diminishes the risk of the condition. Hydrocephalus is an
Researchers have discovered a protein that could be used to distinguish between aggressive and non-aggressive forms of prostate cancer. The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, suggests that the presence of a protein, called Hsp-27, in cancer cells was an indicator that the disease will progress and require treatment. However, when the protein
Layne Lowery Are hormone changes taking your body on a wild ride? If so, youll be glad to know that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to establish a multi-site research network to study promising treatments for common menopause symptomsincluding hot flashes and night sweats! According to an agency statement, the initiative led by
The importance of vitamin D to good health has been extensively reported in recent years, but a new study has shed some light on the genetic mechanisms that may be responsible for this. Scientists from the University of Oxford have mapped more than 200 genes in the human deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) chain that vitamin D