Warwick.ac.uk – Getting too much of the essential mineral selenium in your diet can increase your cholesterol by almost 10 percent, according to a new study from the University of Warwick. Selenium is a trace essential mineral with anti-oxidant properties. The body naturally absorbs selenium from foods such as vegetables, meat and seafood. However, when [...]

UGR.es – Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas of cognitive performance tests, according to a new study. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalized delay in cognitive, memory and verbal performance. Mercury is a contaminant [...]

The-APS.org – Weight training exercises using dumbbells can reduce neck pain and improve function in the trapezius muscle, the large muscle which extends from the back of the head, down the neck and into the upper back. The exercises also improve the muscle’s ability to respond quickly and forcefully among women suffering trapezius myalgia, a [...]

Although the opiate pain drug morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells. Two new studies advance that argument and demonstrate how shielding lung cancer cells from opiates reduces [...]

Health.UCSD.edu – A new study involving mummies finds that atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, was common in ancient Egyptians, challenging a belief that cardiovascular disease is mainly a modern affliction caused by current-day risk factors such as stress and sedentary lifestyles. Michael Miyamoto, MD, a graduate of the UC San Diego School of Medicine and [...]

LoyolaMedicine.org – Adults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not. These findings were presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the International Society of Anthrozoology and the First Human Animal Interaction Conference (HAI) in Kansas City, MO. “Evidence suggests that animal-assisted [...]