Making sense of health news
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115501/ In this article we will explore the science supportive of the use of high dose vitamin C in cancer patients including a new study from February 2018 that talks about cancer stem cells. In 2010 paper, doctors at the National READ MORE
There is a debate going on between doctors, surgeons and health care providers as to the role of weight loss in managing knee pain. In December 2017, a study from the United Kingdom in the European journal of orthopaedic surgery READ MORE
Let’s look at some of the new research October 2017: The American Journal of Sports Medicine Intra-articular Injection of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A 2-Year Follow-up Study. What did this research teach us? READ MORE
Recently, biotechnologists in India revealed that onion and garlic food processing leftovers (such as the onion peel) could be used to mop up hazardous heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, iron, lead, mercury and tin in contaminated materials. The research appeared READ MORE
A field of medicine known as psychobiotics is emerging In the opening paragraph from a new study from University College Cork investigators explained this emerging science: “The brain-gut-microbiota axis has been put forward as a new paradigm in neuroscience, which READ MORE
In research published in the medical journal Experimental gerontology, investigators in China gave worms tea to test their theory that tea would provide the worms anti-aging, anti-oxidation, and anti-Alzheimer’s protective effects. The Chinese investigators examined puer tea (a traditional Chinese READ MORE
Stimulating bone growth and repair Inflammation is regenerative medicine for subchondral bone New research from doctors in China appears in the June 2017 edition of the medical journal Osteoarthritis and cartilage.It centers around the relationship between stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) in regulating subchondral bone changes READ MORE
In the July/August 2017 edition of the medical publication Semergen published in Spain, doctors wrote: Screening programs for prostate cancer based on the determination of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) has led to overdiagnosis, and consequently overtreatment of Prostate cancer. READ MORE
Back in 2009 researchers at South Carolina State University examined indoor air quality of petroleum-based (paraffin) and vegetable-source (soy) candles to determine if the stream of smoke they emitted posed a danger to the indoor inhabitants. They found that paraffin-based candles READ MORE