Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma cells with artichoke leaf extract significantly decreased cell growth and proliferation and increased apoptosis (cell death).
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study compares the clinical characteristics of a young subset of mesothelioma patients to those who are older and generates survival times for both groups from the data.
Written by Elwood Richard, BS. A touching article by Elwood Richard, who developed malignant pleural mesothelioma from asbestos exposure as a young man.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Food questionnaire data from participants over 50 years of age in the Farmingham study suggest that increasing protein intake may help preserve muscle mass.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Study suggests that vitamin D delivery via Meals on Wheels for 5 months reduced the risk of falling by 58% in the participating vitamin D group compared to control group.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Review of studies shows that risk of death is significantly reduced by 22% to 35% for lowest to highest levels of physical activity.
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. A 7 year follow up study revealed a diagnosis of schizophrenia in 9.8% of the participants who took omega 3 for 12 weeks compared to 40% of the participants in the control group.
Written by Marcia J. Egles, MD. Study shows that higher total carotenoids were associated with 18-28% statistically lower risk of breast cancer.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, and Chrystal Moulton-Walsh, Staff Writer. Of the 48 hypertensive postmenopausal women, those who consumed 22 grams of blueberry powder for 8 weeks had a 4.4 % decrease in systolic and a 3.75 % decrease in diastolic blood pressure compared to control.
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Sea buckthorn/olive oil mixture had 28% greater healing rate compared to controls.
