Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study provides preliminary evidence that dietary inorganic nitrate supplementation, alone or in combination with folic acid, significantly reduced blood pressure in hypertensive adults from Tanzania, Africa.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. This study demonstrated that wearing surgical masks or KN95 respirators, but not paper or fabric masks, substantially reduced particle emissions even in the absence of testing for proper fitting.
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study reveals that increasing contact with pets was increasingly protective against CDI recurrence (CDI-R) in patients who acquired Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) in their community or a health-care facility.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Apple vinegar consumption significantly decreased insulin resistance, oxidative stress, blood pressure and homocysteine levels in participating type 2 diabetics with dyslipidemia.
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study finds that adequate maternal prenatal vitamin D levels may help prevent the development of high blood pressure in children and youth of mothers who were preeclamptic.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Six months of supplementation with Ginkgoselect®Plus validated its safety as a clinical therapeutic that does not increase cancer risk in a population of older adults.
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study quantifies the potential long-term risk of obesity associated with early exposure to acid-suppressing medications and antibiotics.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Researchers, in a rat model, demonstrated that an extract of rosemary could protect against the damaging effects of electromagnetic radiation from cell phones.
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Fish oil supplementation reduced osteoarthritic pain and burden in sedentary overweight/obese elderly adults and improved their microvascular function and well-being.
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study found that decreased use of media devices at bedtime was associated with longer sleep duration and greater sperm quality.
