A new research has revealed that second-hand smoke raises diabetes risk.
A new research has shown that honey, one of the oldest healing remedies known to medicine, produces effective results when used as a wound dressing.
Based on human research, there is good evidence to support the use of glucosamine sulfate in the treatment of mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis.
Several human studies and animal experiments report benefits of glucosamine in treating osteoarthritis of various joints of the body, although the evidence is less plentiful than that for knee osteoarthritis.
Chronic venous insufficiency is a syndrome that includes leg swelling, varicose veins, pain, itching, skin changes, and skin ulcers.
Preliminary research reports improvements with N-acetyl glucosamine as an added therapy in inflammatory bowel disease.
Preliminary human research reports benefits of glucosamine in the treatment of joint pain and swelling in rheumatoid arthritis.
Temporomandibular joint disorder is an acute or chronic inflammation of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ; the joint connecting the lower jaw to the skull). The disorder and resultant dysfunction resultsin significant pain and impairment for many. There have been multi-factorialapproaches gleaned out of thousands of clinical studies.
Researchers supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, report today their initial success using a customized optical device that allows dentists to visualize in a completely new way whether a patient might have a developing oral cancer.
Results from a controlled clinical trial indicate that overweight people who cut their calories by 25 percent for six months have reduced fasting insulin levels and core body temperature, two markers for which lower levels have been associated with increased longevity in humans. The present study is part of a project sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the National Institutes of Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to learn more about the effects of sustained low calorie diets in humans on factors affecting aging.