Category: Latest Medical Research Articles
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How Much Do You Know About Your Fascia?
If your answer to our question was ‘very little’, it would be understandable. For most people, if you asked them to explain fascia, they would be unable to do so. This is because this is likely the one element of our bodies that has mostly been neglected in the study. For years, fascia was regarded…
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Chronic pain keeping you awake at night? Try this.
More than 126 million U.S. adults reported experiencing chronic pain in the previous three months, according to a 2015 study in the Journal of Pain — 25.3 million contend with it every day, and 23.4 million say that it’s severe. If you’re one of those folks, you know that takes a huge toll, because persistent…
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Amino Acids: Everything You Should Know
Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins of which the human body needs 20 to grow and function properly. Amino acids are categorized into three groups – essential, conditionally essential, and nonessential. As their name suggests, essential amino acids are vital for a number of internal body processes that include the synthesis of hormones…
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Why Eating Meat Injected With Antibiotics Is A Growing Health Risk
Antibiotics that are designed for human use have been used in farming over the years to help animal lots grow faster and larger thereby increasing the yield for farmers. This boosts farm to plate efficiency and profitability. It has been estimated that animals who are injected with or fed antibiotics grow about twice as fast…
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MS: How Well Do You Know The Snowflake Disease?
As a result of its unpredictability and varying symptoms, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has earned the nickname the ‘snowflake disease’. MS is a chronic central nervous system condition, characterized by inflammation, demyelination and degenerative changes that interrupt the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. MS can also become disabling, leading…
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Yeast Infection: How It Happens And How To Avoid It
A healthy vagina contains both bacterial and yeast cells. However, when the balance of these two compounds shifts, it can potentially cause an infection. Although embarrassing, a vaginal yeast infection is incredibly common. It is so common that nearly three-quarters of all women will experience one at some point in their lives. Yeast infections outside the…
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UTI: How To Make Nature’s Call More Bearable
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Which Foods Work Best To Prevent Brain Shrinkage?
Our brains tend to naturally shrink in volume as we age. The more they shrink, the higher the risk of our cognitive abilities being affected. However, a recent study has revealed that we can maintain a healthy brain volume by paying attention to our diet. This gives a new meaning to the phrase “you are…
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Could Yogurt Help Reduce Chronic Inflammation?
Inflammation is important as it’s the body’s first line of defense against illness and injury. However, if it lasts too long, it can lead to chronic inflammation. With chronic inflammation, the body begins to attack itself, increasing the risk for health problems such as inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, asthma, obesity as well as chronic diseases…
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Silver Bullet Against Cancer: New Compound Developed
A new revolutionary compound, which is silver-based and could potentially reverse the negative side effects of chemotherapy, has recently been discovered by UJ researchers. The complex delivering the most promising results was tested in both rats and human cancer cells in laboratory studies, yielding success. The compound has been named UJ3 and has been shown…