Brown.edu – Dairy products can be high in harmful saturated fat but not necessarily be an increased risk to the heart. A newly published analysis of thousands of adults in Costa Rica found that their levels of dairy consumption had nothing to do statistically with their risk of a heart attack. “Things like milk and [...]

CanalUGR.es – Goat milk has nutritional characteristics beneficial to health, according to researchers at the University of Granada. They have determined that goat milk has many nutrients that make it similar to human milk. The research group AGR 206 at the University of Granada Department of Physiology and Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology “Jose [...]

VCU.edu – Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that dietary supplementation with inorganic nitrate, like the kind that is found naturally in leafy greens, spinach and lettuce and beets, may reduce the free-radical damage to the heart caused by a powerful anti-cancer drug, doxorubicin. Since the 1960s, the anti-cancer drug doxorubicin has remained a top [...]

No one knows the cause of most cases of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative disorders. But researchers have found that certain factors are consistently associated with these debilitating conditions. One is brain cell DNA damage by reactive oxygen species, highly destructive molecules usually formed as a byproduct of cellular respiration. Another is the presence of [...]

AAN.com – New research suggests that people who are exposed to low levels of sunlight coupled with a history of having a common virus known as mononucleosis may be at greater odds of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than those without the virus. The research is published in the April 19, 2011 print issue of Neurology®, [...]

Thoracic.org – Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, can increase alertness and even improve quality of life for sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), even if their symptoms are minimal, according to a study conducted by researchers in Europe. Patients enrolled in the study reported an improvement in daytime sleepiness within six months of beginning [...]