Oct. 24, 2012 -- Women who take hormones within five years of menopause may have a slightly lower risk of Alzheimer's disease compared to women who don’t ever take them, a new study shows. The study, which is published in the journal Neurology, provides some support for a theory called the timing hypothesis. The timing hypothesis [...]
Cranberry juice is rich in plant flavonoids that have been shown by previous studies to reduce cardiovascular disease. Janet Novotny from the US Department of Agriculture (Maryland, USA), and colleagues enrolled 56 healthy adults, average age 51 years, without high blood pressure, to consume either 8 ounces of a low-calorie cranberry juice, or a placebo [...]
What is scoliosis? Scoliosis is a spinal disorder resulting in an excessive, sideways curvature of the spine. It causes vertebrae to rotate, which creates a curve in either the upper or lower back. Spines naturally have curves, which round the shoulders and make the lower back bend slightly inward. However, some spines also unnaturally curve [...]
“Most scoliosis curves are minor and don’t require aggressive treatment, and surgery can usually correct more severe curves before they impact surrounding organs.” About 2% of women and 0.5% of men have scoliosis. When viewed from the front, a healthy spine is completely straight. “For most patients with what we call idiopathic scoliosis, the curvature [...]
Cardiovascular disease can affect people of all ages and population groups, and the risk begins early in life through unhealthy diets, lack of physical activity and exposure to tobacco. A new multi-national survey conducted by the World Heart Federation (Switzerland) reveals the extent of misconceptions about when is the right time to start taking action [...]
Previously, a number of studies have suggested that Alzheimer's Disease is neurodegenerative, and that antioxidants may protect against the loss of synapses in the brain. Gabriele Nagel, from the University of Ulm (East Germany), and colleagues studied a group of men and women, ages 65 to 90 years, assessing subjects via neuropsychological testing, surveying their [...]
Exercise may play an important role in helping people to better endure life's daily anxieties and stress. J. Carson Smith, from the University of Maryland (Maryland, USA), enrolled 37 healthy and normally physically active young adults to complete two exercise regimens on separate days: the first, 30-minutes of seated rest; and the second, 30-minutes of [...]
The use of braces in the treatment of scoliosis has been depicted from as early as Hippocrates. Blount and Schmidt used the Milwaukee brace with metal struts and lateral straps and pads from 19461. The use of a brace from the pelvis to the jaw, however, led to compliance issues with some patients. Therefore, Hall [...]
A study published ahead of print in Spine indicated that paediatric patients have abnormally elevated serum titanium and niobium levels up to 12 months after receiving titanium-based implants, which raises the issue of the long-term consequences of metal debris from spinal instrumentation given that the instrumentation is likely to remain in a paediatric patient for [...]
Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also known as Cruciferae), and include brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, and bok choy. Cruciferous vegetables are rich in glucosinolates, the body converts to isothiocyanates and indole-3-carbinol – compounds associated with anti-cancer properties. Researchers from Zhejiang University (China) completed a meta-analysis of 13 epidemiologic studies, including 18,673 case-control [...]
