Category Archives: General Health

Autumn is quickly approaching, bringing along seasonal allergies, and fall allergies can quickly become other health problems as well. Seasonal allergies are your immune system’s response to a foreign substance. Fortunately, only some people get allergies and they can vary with the seasons. Common allergies are ragweed, pollen, dust and mold, and different seasons can ...click here to read more

A common bacterium has been found in both gum disease and heart disease which means a person’s heart can become affected if they have periodontal disease. A research team from Örebro University in Sweden uncovered the bacteria – Porphyromonas gingivalis (or P. gingivalis) – which is found in both periodontal disease and heart disease. When ...click here to read more

Throughout the course of our lives we have all experienced pain. Whether due to injury or illness, we all have felt pain. But shocking numbers now reveal that over 25 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Of the 25 million, nearly 14 million reported experiencing severe pain in association with poor health and disability. The ...click here to read more

New research finds that obesity in the elderly results in poor kidney function. Obesity in general, but more so in the elderly, is linked with many health consequences – like diabetes and poor cardiovascular health. Specific to poor kidney function, obese elders are at a much greater risk of renal disease. Data collected from 57 ...click here to read more

Researchers from the Gladstone Institutes have found impaired mitochondria can lower cellular energy levels and lead to neuronal dysfunction. Mitochondria are often referred to as the powerhouse of cells; they generate the energy which allows our cells to perform their many different functions. Brain cells, for example, require high amounts of energy in order to ...click here to read more

To determine the severity of bladder outlet obstruction in men, researchers suggest observing the bladder wall thickness in those with minimal urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia. For the findings 236 men with lower urinary tract symptoms were examined to determine a relationship between bladder wall thickness and bladder outlet obstruction. What they ...click here to read more

Using environmental observations researchers have found melatonin levels may play a role in multiple sclerosis (MS) relapse risk. As an autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis involves environmental and genetic factors. Researchers aimed to better understand those environmental factors which may affect a multiple sclerosis relapse. Researchers studied patients with multiple sclerosis; they uncovered that during the ...click here to read more

Researchers have uncovered that Candida albicans, the fungus responsible for vaginal yeast infections and mouth infection thrush, can prevent immune system attacks which can enable deadly infections to enter the bloodstream. The latest study was conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the findings were published in the Proceedings of ...click here to read more

Researchers at Lund University have uncovered that the activation of neutrophils – a type of white blood cells – leads to inflammation in the pancreas which results in the development of acute pancreatitis. Professor Henrik Thorlacius said, “Our studies show that neutrophils can form web-like structures of DNA and proteins that are harmful to the ...click here to read more

Alcoholism is recognized as a disease, and researchers have now discovered the brain cells which cause alcoholism and contribute to excessive alcohol consumption. The findings were published in The Journal of Neuroscience from researchers at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. Researchers found that alcohol causes alterations to the neuronal morphology in the ...click here to read more

The habit of smoking still causes about one in five deaths in the United States, so researchers continue to examine the problem, and what they discovered recently is that brain damage during a stroke could in fact help smokers quit smoking. Scientists conducted a pair of studies that showed smokers who suffered a stroke in ...click here to read more

Body hair: Some of us despise it, others spend countless dollars maintaining it, and there’s also a group who let it simply do its thing. Whatever your feelings are towards it, there’s no denying that body hair can offer us insight into our health. Instead of simply thinking about body hair as a nuisance, use ...click here to read more

It’s no secret that exercise is good for us, but as we age we tend to shy away from exercise because it becomes a little harder. Something as simple as bending down to tie a shoe can be challenging for some older people, but exercise is just as important as we age according to mounting ...click here to read more

There are many obvious triggers recognized as stress intensifiers; a sudden deadline, meeting new people or even an accident can have our hearts pounding and our palms sweating. But then there are triggers which we may not even consciously be aware of that are causing us to be stressed. By recognizing these triggers we can ...click here to read more