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New Study Suggests Eye Exams May Predict Alzheimer’s
A new study of more than 200 people at the Duke Eye suggests the loss of blood vessels in the retina could signal Alzheimer’s disease. In people with healthy brains, microscopic blood vessels form a dense web at the back of the eye inside the retina, as seen in 133 participants in a control group. ...
Getting the Most Out of Spinach: Maximizing the Antioxidant Lutein
Eat your spinach in the form of a smoothie or juice—this is the best way to obtain the antioxidant lutein, according to research from Linköping University, Sweden. High levels of lutein are found in dark green vegetables, and researchers at the university have compared different ways of preparing fresh spinach in order to maximise the ...
The Importance of Enzymes in Digestive Products
Vitamin Retailer asked the question: “We all know about Swedish bitters. They were, and are, supposed to get the digestive juices going. Along the line of helping the digestive process, how important are enzymes in digestive products, and what can retailers tell their customers about what to look for?” Jennifer Weinhardt, BS, MS, Sr. Research ...
3 Reasons Why All Your Customers Need to Sleep
Sleep has numerous benefits, and research as well as the medical community, are showing several ways in which sleep can protect health. Pain Reduction: According to Stuart Quan, MD, contributing editor to Harvard Health Publishing’s Harvard Health Blog, from Harvard Medical School, nearly 70 percent of Americans report getting insufficient sleep on a regular basis, ...
Omega-3 EFAs Help Ease Anxiety: Meta-Analysis Shows
Omega-3 fatty acid supplements may help ease anxiety symptoms in people diagnosed with a range of physical and mental health problems, according to authors of a meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open. The authors sought to determine changes in severity of anxiety symptoms after omega-3 supplementation. The study analyzed findings from 19 different trials. The ...
Sports Report: Market Research on Sports Nutrition
Various market researchers have studied the sports nutrition market, both to make predicts as to how the market will fare in the future and to highlight the state of industry at present. What follows are links to several current reports from various sources: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/06/08/1010159/0/en/Global-Sports-Nutrition-Market-Size-Statistics-Estimated-to-Reach-45-27-Billion-by-2022-Zion-Market-Research.html https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/sports-nutrition-market https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/sports-nutrition-market Feature
How Skin Ages, Loses Fat and Immunity
In a study published in Immunity on December 26, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers and colleagues show how fibroblasts develop into fat cells and identify the pathway that causes this process to cease as people age. “We have discovered how the skin loses the ability to form fat during aging,” said ...
The Key to Heart Health Begins in Childhood
Evolving evidence shows that heart healthy habits in adults are rooted in the environments we live in in early childhood, representing a window of opportunity in young children to focus on health promotion and potentially prevent disease in adulthood, according to a review paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology., will ...
Herbs Found to Help Vanquish Lyme Bacterium
According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed. A spirochete bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi causes the disease, and blacklegged ticks are responsible for the majority of North American cases of the illness. Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity ...
News Flash on Hot Flashes: They are Lasting Longer
Menopause symptoms are not just for midlife anymore, according to a new Mayo Clinic study recently published in the Journal of the North American Menopause Society. The study, conducted by researchers at Mayo Clinic gathered data from nearly 5,000 women. When asked whether they experienced any symptoms commonly associated with menopause, such as hot flashes ...
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