Researchers have long known that a diet high in inflammation-fighting omega-3 fatty acids can help reduce arthritis pain. Now research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts may reveal why. A study led by Charles Serhan, Director of the Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury at Harvard Medical School, Boston, examined the actions […]

It’s National Nurses’ Week in the United States beginnng May 6, which is National Nurses’ Day, and ending May 12, which is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. You might recognize Florence Nightingale as the founder of modern nursing. The shy but determined woman gained unsolicited fame during the Crimean War, where, by improving sanitation and living conditions,

Dietary fiber, especially soluble fiber, can help lower cholesterol levels by absorbing cholesterol from the gut before it gets to the bloodstream. Consuming  5 to 10 grams of soluble fiber per day has been shown to reduce both overall and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by about 6 to 15%. Foods high in soluble fiber include oat

During motherhood, most women become very sensitive to the sounds of their children and begin to wake easily. Most women who have had children sleep less efficiently than women who have not had children. Some researchers suggest that many women never unlearn this sensitivity and continue to wake easily long after their children have grown.

Asian men who live in Asia have very low rates of prostate cancer. However, when Asian men relocate to westernized countries such as the United States or the United Kingdom, their prostate cancer rates increase, suggesting that factors such as environment and diet may be strongly associated with the disease.

Dieting that leads to rapid weight loss may bring on gallstones. The risk of gallstones appears to be greater in people who lose more than 3 pounds per week than in those who loss weight more slowly. Doctors don’t know exact how dieting and weight loss might lead to gallstones. However, some experts have proposed