Category: Health

If you like sweetness on a Friday night, something new and exciting, or something that will give you energy and perhaps a little skip in your step, then you are likely someone who likes a good date or even several. And whether we’re talking about a romantic outing with another person or an edible sweet […]

Are you apple cider vinegar-curious? This guide will get you started. Like celery juice and bulletproof coffee before it, apple cider vinegar seems to be having a ‘moment’ as of late. The so-called wellness tonic claims to help with blood sugar and digestion, and even getting rid of stubborn belly fat. As the name suggests, the vinegar is made from fermented apples, […]

Water use has been increasing worldwide by about 1 percent a year since the 1980s and researchers expect it to rise a further 20 to 30 percent from today’s level by 2050. Demand has surged in developing countries and emerging economies, but water use per person in most of these countries is still far below […]

Every year, millions of people around the world go on diets. For many of them, long-term weight loss proves to be an elusive goal. Most people who lose weight eventually regain it. While medical experts continue to study the potential upsides and downsides of dieting, some people are turning to non-diet approaches to eating to reshape their […]

More work needed to see if wearables can help screen for heart problems, but researchers call study encouraging A huge study suggests the Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat – but experts say more work is needed to tell if using wearable technology to screen for heart problems really helps. More than 419,000 Apple Watch users signed […]

A new drug cocktail reduces the length of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from nearly two years to nine to 11 months with a similar effectiveness, according to a large clinical trial whose results were published in a U.S. journal Wednesday. Nearly 600,000 people contract multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) every year, killing more people than any other […]

50 million people worldwide are believed to have kidney diseases from various causes. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) causes at least 2.4 million deaths per year and is now the 6th fastest growing cause of death. World Kidney Day is celebrated on March 14th, every year as a global awareness campaign aimed at raising awareness of […]

  By Landee Martin A pinch of this and a dash of that can transform bland, ordinary meals into something colorful and delicious. What you may not know is that adding some zing to your plate with certain spices can also help you prevent and even fight cancer. Spices have been used for thousands of […]

Turmeric has long been recognized for its medicinal properties, particularly for heart, glucose, and cholesterol. Among its many benefits, turmeric curcumin is embodied with cancer fightingproperties, researchers from Chile’s Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) said. A recent study of nanoemulsion- a mixture of fatty substances and water- shows the spice prevents the spread and metastasis […]