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Study: Music Therapy Helps Patients with Acute Stroke
A new study from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in England finds that music therapy can be helpful for the neurorehabilitation of acute stroke patients. It also improves patients’ moods. Over the two-year period of the study, 177 patients were exposed to music therapy...
9 Reasons to Include Asparagus into Your Diet
Nutritionists all over the world agree that asparagus is a vegetable full of nutrients that are good for the cells, heart and digestive systems. Below you will find nine health benefits of this plant: Asparagus contains many antioxidants that can help prevent chronic...
Half a Tablespoon of Olive Oil Daily Cuts Heart Attack Risk by 21%
A new Harvard study finds that just half a tablespoon of olive oil on a daily basis may cut the risk of a heart attack by 21%. To achieve study goals, a team of researchers examined the health of around 100,000 people from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study over...
Use of Toxic Household Chemicals Linked to Language Delays in Kids
A new study finds that children from homes with low-income whose mothers frequently use toxic chemicals such as household cleaners are at higher risk of delays in language development by age 2. For the study, a team of researchers analyzed data taken from 190 families...
Measuring Iron in the Brain Helps Evaluate the Progression of Dementia
Scientists from University College London (UCL), Queen Square Institute of Neurology in the United Kingdom have discovered a possible method to measure the progression of dementia in people with Parkinson’s disease by measuring iron deposits in the brain. Researchers...
Eating Eggs Every Day Doesn’t Raise the Risk of Heart Disease
A 30-year study from the US headed by a Harvard researcher finds that there is no link between eating eggs every day and a higher risk of stroke or heart disease. For the study, a team of researchers measured the diets of 215,618 healthy men and women who ate one to...
Sitting May Increase Heart Risk in Postmenopausal Women
A new study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, finds that postmenopausal women who sit a considerable amount of time every day are more likely to develop heart disease. For this observational study, a team of researchers from Arizona State...
Antioxidant Supplements Don’t Help Men with Infertility
A new study from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) finds that antioxidant supplements do not improve semen quality in men diagnosed with infertility. The study was a double-blind, randomized, and...
Scientists Showed How Calorie Restriction May Prevent Aging
A new study, conducted by a team of researchers from Salk Institute, US, shows how calorie restriction can protect against aging at a cellular level. During the study, the team compared rats who ate 30% fewer calories with rats that had a normal diet. The rodents were...
Scientists: Obesity Is a Form of Premature Aging
In a new study, researchers from Concordia University in Canada suggest that obesity is essentially a form of early aging endangering the health and affecting the longevity in ways similar to the inevitable processes of getting older and succumbing to age-related...
Even a Short-Term Meditation May Ease Physical Pain
A new study from Yale University in New Haven, US, finds that a short-term, around 30 minutes, meditation can reduce negative emotions and ease physical pain. This works even for those who never practiced it before, the study says. For the study, a team of researchers...
Eating Cheese, Yoghurt, and Milk Linked to Lower Risk of Stroke
According to recent research from the University of Oxford, UK, eating more such dairy products like cheese, yogurt, and milk, is associated with the reduced risk of suffering a stroke in later life. For the study, a team of researchers analyzed data taken from more...
