American Academy of Neurology - A Mediterranean diet may help people with Alzheimer’s disease live longer than patients who eat a more traditional Western diet. The dietary study is published in the September 11, 2007 issue of Neurology.
The study followed 192 people with Alzheimer’s disease in New York for an average of four and a […]

American Medical Association - People who take vitamin D supplements appear to have a lower risk of death from any cause over an average follow-up time of six-years, according to a meta-analysis of 18 previously published studies in the September 10, 2007 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Past studies have […]

Regression of cardiovascular damage seen from prescribing Valsartan.
University of Minnesota - Researchers have discovered that giving the drug Valsartan to people who have early cardiovascular abnormalities, but show no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, can slow progression and even reverse damage to the heart and blood vessels.
In a recent double-blind study, researchers enrolled 76 asymptomatic subjects […]

But EGCG from green tea helps reduce levels of reactive carbonyls from HFCS in soft drinks.
ACS — Researchers have found new evidence that soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) may contribute to the development of diabetes, particularly in children, because of high levels of reactive carbonyls. In a laboratory study of commonly consumed […]

American Academy of Neurology - Women who have dementia start losing weight at least 10 years before the dementia is diagnosed, according to a study published in the August 21, 2007 issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The researchers examined the records of 481 people with dementia and compared them […]

CLEMSON University - Cancer, cardiovascular diseases, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s are often linked to DNA damage that occurs when metal ions in the body such as iron and copper produce reactive oxygen compounds that damage human cells. Studies have shown antioxidants that neutralize this activity and that occur naturally in fruits, vegetables, green tea, garlic and […]