Senior Health Update & Blog

Breast cancer: Vitamin D could lower risk by 21% in Black and Hispanic women

Vitamin D deficiency is increasing and people with dark skin living in the Northern hemisphere are particularly affected. Deficiency is increasingly being linked to various diseases including breast cancer. A study has found that Black...

2 servings of avocado per week may cut heart disease risk by 16%

Researchers examined the relationship between avocado consumption and cardiovascular events. They found that eating 2 or more servings of avocado per week is linked to 16% fewer cardiovascular events over a 30-year period. One serving...

Yo-yo dieting may raise cardiometabolic disease risk

Researchers investigated the effects yo-yo dieting on the cardiometabolic health of rats by mimicking this with cycles of severe calorie restriction and refeeding. They found that three cycles of restriction reduced heart and kidney function...

Resistant high blood pressure: Gut bacteria may be to blame

Almost half of all adults in the United States have high blood pressure. For around 20% of them, the condition does not respond to medication. In a new study performed in rats, researchers have found...

Scientists halt memory decay in mice with ‘painless’ nasal therapy

Recent research suggests that inflammation plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Treatment strategies to reduce inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease have failed or resulted in side effects. Now, however, a study has found that the noninvasive intranasal...

Novel cancer treatment eradicates tumors in mice in 6 days

Recently, researchers at Rice University in Houston investigated a novel way of administering anticancer medications using mice models. Their results show that this new experimental treatment eradicates ovarian and colorectal cancers in mice. The authors...