Yogurt, fiber, and lung cancer: What’s the link?

A new analysis using data from more than 1.4 million people concludes that eating an ample amount of fiber and yogurt may protect against lung cancer.

Multivitamins ‘of no benefit’ to heart health

A review of 18 studies of 2 million people over an average of 12 years finds no evidence that multivitamin and mineral supplements protect heart health.

Links found between hunger and health

Recommendation that doctors screen patients for food insecurity.It may come as a surprise that, even after the Great Recession ended in 2009, almost 50 million people in the United States are food…

Diet high in red meat may make kidney disease worse

An estimated 26 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease, which can lead to complete kidney failure.

Adopt a healthy lifestyle: your heart will love you for it

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 17 million people around the world die from cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, every year. Around 1 million of these deaths occur in the US alone – the equivalent to one death every 33 seconds.With figures like these, it is no surprise that heart disease is the main cause of death in the US.

Vitamin D May Help Treat Asthma

Researchers in London have identified a mechanism through which vitamin D can significantly reduce the symptoms of asthma and suggest it may offer a new way to treat the debilitating condition, which in the UK alone affects around 5.4 million people and costs the NHS around £1 billion a year…

Millions Of Dry Eye Sufferers May Benefit From Caffeine

Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s School of Medicine have shown for the first time that caffeine intake can significantly increase the eye’s ability to produce tears, a finding that could improve treatment of dry eye syndrome. This common eye condition affects about four million people age 50 and older in the United States…

18 Million People In The United States Are Sensitive To Gluten

It is estimated that around 18 million people in the United States are sensitive or allergic to gluten to some degree.

Pre-Diabetic? Start Eating More Fruit

Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have “prediabetes,” defined as blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. There are 79 million people in the United States who have prediabetes

Eat Healthy To Reduce The Risk Of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)

The first WHO Global status report on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) launched on 27th April, confirms that NCDs are the leading killer today, with 36.1 million people dying from heart disease, strokes, chronic lung diseases, cancers and diabetes in 2008. In other words, NCDs killed 63% of people who died worldwide in 2008…

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