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Healthy diets linked to lower risks of many cancers

Healthy diets linked to lower risks of many cancers

In a new study, French researchers find that a healthy diet was linked less overall cancer risk, as well as lower breast, prostate, and...
Weight loss surgery could affect your cancer risk

Weight loss surgery could affect your cancer risk

A new study shows that weight loss surgery may affect a person's risk of developing cancer. The national population-based study used data from the Hospital...
New hope to treat high blood pressure

New hope to treat high blood pressure

Recently, researchers from University of Houston show that plant-based products cannot lower blood pressure. Plant-based products include chemical supplements like resveratrol, sulforaphane and curcumin. The team...
Young moms need healthy lifestyle changes to prevent cancer

Young moms need healthy lifestyle changes to prevent cancer

Becoming a mom can change a woman’s life permanently. Younger moms are more likely to have more challenges. They may struggle with finance, live in...
Can sunless tanning prevent skin cancer? Maybe not.

Can sunless tanning prevent skin cancer? Maybe not.

In a recent study from University of Minnesota, researchers find that sunless tanning may not help protect people from skin cancer. Skin cancer is the...
How depression in pregnancy could affect newborn baby

How depression in pregnancy could affect newborn baby

In a recent study from King's College London, researchers find that depression on pregnant mothers may affect babies while in the womb and lead...
Traffic jams in brain cells may cause Alzheimer’s

Traffic jams in brain cells may cause Alzheimer’s

For more than 20 years, much of the leading research on Alzheimer's disease has been guided by the "amyloid hypothesis." This theory focuses on one...
Scientists can stimulate heart functions with CT scanning

Scientists can stimulate heart functions with CT scanning

In a new study, researchers for the first time use information from computer tomography images to simulate the heart function of an individual patient. Some...
How quickly electrical currents move through the legs may help predict heart failure

How quickly electrical currents move through the legs may help predict heart failure

Imagine stepping onto a scale – not to measure your weight, but the chance of your heart failing. That's the potential scenario envisioned by researchers...
Eating more omega-3 cannot benefit your heart

Eating more omega-3 cannot benefit your heart

In a new study, researchers find that there is little or no effect of omega 3 supplements on our risk of experiencing heart disease,...