How to Handle Arthritis Through Natural Healing
Regular readers know that I have been doing home study from The Great Courses since I retired over 12 years ago. So far, I have studied, nutrition, neuroscience, the brain and increasing longevity to...
View ArticleHow Much Sleep Do I Need?
This is not an easy question to answer. The National Sleep Foundation offers ranges for various ages, but with the range for adults being two whole hours, from seven to nine hours, it is certainly not...
View ArticleMore Good Reasons to Eat Watermelon – Infographic
Regular readers know that watermelon is one of my favorite foods in the world. Although I live in a four season city – Chicago, I am able to eat watermelon year ’round because I have access to some...
View ArticleWhat Everyone Should Know About Inflammation: A Cardiologist Explains
Tony:While inflammation is a protector of our health when it’s an acute response, chronic inflammation is a different story. A diverse group of medical illness are believed to be caused in part by...
View Article30 Ways To Reduce Inflammation Fast
Tony:Foods are a wonderful place to start when you are looking to reduce inflammation in your body. What you eat on a daily basis will have a profound effect on your body’s ability to fight...
View Article8 Benefits of Eating Eggs – Infographic
What seems like a hundred years ago, I was a young reporter on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange covering, among other markets, the Shell Egg Futures market. As a result I daily came in...
View ArticleModerate Coffee Drinking May Cut Premature Death Risk – Harvard
I am a coffee drinker in moderation, so I only worry about the effects of caffeine on me. I have heard horror stories of ‘caffeine headaches’ that die hard coffee drinkers get. So I pretty much limit...
View ArticleVitamin D Deficiency May Compromise Immune Function
“Our data suggest vitamin D may be involved in maintaining the health of the immune system as well as the skeletal system,” said one of the study’s authors, Mary Ward, PhD, of the University of Ulster...
View ArticleRunning actually reduces some inflammation – Study
Running may also slow the process that leads to osteoarthritis As regular readers know, I ride my bike nearly daily, here in Chicago. A hundred years ago, it seems, I ran daily. I stopped running...
View ArticleWhy chocolate is good for your gut – MNT
I am a chocolate lover. I have some every day of my life. Granted, what I consume are small quantities which I devour slowly and let simply melt in my mouth. I also know that dark chocolate has more...
View ArticleLink between inflammation and mental sluggishness – Study
Scientists at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam have uncovered a possible explanation for the mental sluggishness that often accompanies illness. An...
View ArticleMRI reveals brain damage in obese teens
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about with our penchant for carrying too much weight, researchers using MRI have found signs of damage that may be related to inflammation in the brains of obese...
View ArticleCoQ10 and its dosage
I have to admit that I have been seeing items and ads about CoQ10 for years and never paid it much attention. I stumbled across this rundown in Medical News Today and was amazed at its functionality. I...
View ArticleCould this plaque identifying toothpaste prevent a heart attack or stroke?
Study shows Plaque HD® significantly reduces inflammation throughout the body For decades, researchers have suggested a link between oral health and inflammatory diseases affecting the entire body — in...
View ArticleInflammation in the brain linked to several forms of dementia – Study
Inflammation in the brain may be more widely implicated in dementias than was previously thought, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. The researchers say it offers hope for...
View ArticleCognitive behavior therapy tops other psychotherapies in reducing inflammation
A review of 56 randomized clinical trials finds that psychological and behavioral therapies may be effective non-drug treatments for reducing disease-causing inflammation in the body. The results of...
View ArticleGum disease and heart disease: The common thread – Harvard
For decades, researchers have probed the link between gum disease and cardiovascular health. Gum disease begins when the sticky, bacteria-laden film dentists refer to as plaque builds up around teeth....
View ArticleScientists find new insights about cellular death process, previously thought...
A study published by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago describes a new method for analyzing pyroptosis — the process of cell death that is usually caused by infections and results in...
View ArticleImmune surprise: recently evolved alarm molecule drives inflammation
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made an important breakthrough in understanding how inflammation is regulated. They have just discovered that a key immune alarm protein previously believed...
View ArticleStudy gives clues on why exercise helps with inflammation
Researchers have long known that moderate exercise has a beneficial impact on the body’s response to inflammation, but what’s been less understood is why. New research coming out of York University...
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