Whey Protein and its Benefits
Whey protein is one of the main groups of protein found in milk. Used primarily to promote muscle growth, whey protein includes all of the essential amino acids and serves as an alternative to milk f...
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Diabetes Amputations Declining
A new study has found that fewer foot and leg amputations are being done on people with diabetes, even as the number of diabetic people increases.
Flesh Eating Maggots Were Inside Her Head
When she returned from her holiday in Peru, a British woman kept hearing scratching noises inside her head. After she got checked by a doctor, she was told that the noises inside her head were flesh-...
Exercising Safely in a Heat Wave
As the heat wave is starting to come towards the west from the East Coast, it’s important to know how to stay safe while exercising, and how to improve your endurance and exercise in soaring te...
New Discoveries of the H7N9 Bird Flu Virus.
Researchers have found that the one of the five strains of the H7N9 was able to spread and infect 100% through the air. The researchers used ferrets because a flu virus that transmits well between hu...
Thyroid test levels may vary by season
The season in which a common thyroid test (TSH) is performed may be important in the decision to treat thyroid conditions.
Stress recovers in soldiers
Stress may be harmful at first, but in the end, people recover from it. A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences analyzed 33 Dutch soldiers deployed to Afghani...
No sleep leads to high blood pressure
Studies have shown that people who have less than 6 hours of sleep per night increases the risk for high blood pressure. Waking up frequently, not falling asleep easily, or having any other issues ca...
Gardening is good for your health
Many people today feel that gardening is the perfect antidote to the modern world, a way to reclaim what we’ve lost in our busy everyday lives. In recent studies, gardening has been shown to ea...
High blood pressure in children
The amount of children in America that are overweight is quite significant and it keeps increasing. The problem with kids being overweight is that it causes health problems like high blood pressure. ...