The experts of the Royal Surrey County Hospital reported that since the beginning of this year, hundreds of British men were sent for prostate cancer tests since their health care specialists had seen the signs of prostate cancer, including increased levels of blood protein (a prostate-specific antigen known also as PSA). PSA is considered one of the main indicators of this serious disease in men, but it turned out that PSA level rise was caused not by prostate cancer development but by regular bicycle riding. These interesting connections between cycling and prostate cancer signs were observed and briefly studied before, but this did not help a great number of men avoid quite painful (and useless in this case) procedure of biopsy. Read the rest of this entry »

WebMD experts reported about the warning issued by the FDA announced two weeks ago regarding newly discovered dangers and risks linked to using cholesterol-lowering drugs. The FDA specialists underline that there are very serious side effects of cholesterol-lowering medications, which include hypertension, brain disorders and memory loss, and even elevated risks of developing type 2 diabetes. Unfortunately, not many of the cholesterol-lowering drugs currently existing in the market have special warnings on their labels, informing their uses about the mentioned negative effects. Read the rest of this entry »

Preventing and slowing down dementia-like brain disorders including Alzheimer’s disease and others, is one of the main focuses of today’s scientists and researches, and a great deal of new ideas and findings related to dementia-like conditions are being published nowadays. In particular, curcumin has been recently reported as one of the best herbal remedies for improving our brain function ans preventing dementia. Also, a natural component found in red wine has shown potential in prevention the development of Alzheimer’s disease. A few weeks ago, more of related findings were published. Read the rest of this entry »

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal and the most aggressive types of cancer, and it is estimated that every year about 8,000 people in the United Kingdom are diagnosed with this terrible disease. The survival rate of pancreatic cancer sufferers remains incredibly low, making this type of cancer the fifth cause of death in modern UK. That is why today’s scientists are working very hard on looking for effective, safe and promising treatments for pancreatic cancer. One of those was recently reported by the Cancer Research UK experts in Cambridge as a new potentially effective tool to combat the disease. Read the rest of this entry »

Those who consume red meat in great amounts have much higher risks of developing cardiovascular  problems, cancer, and even suffer from premature death, scientists say. According to the findings of the scientists at Harvard Medical School, which were published a few days ago in Archives of International Medicine and the most of the UK and the world’s mass media, a high red meat consumption (especially red meat with a lot of fat) has been closely linked to increased risks of developing chronic diseases. Besides, there are certain relationships found related to mortality. Read the rest of this entry »

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) has been known for many centuries as a miraculous herbal remedy for many health problems and ailments. It is a traditional medicinal plant that has been used to produce essential oil, one of the basic multipurpose natural extracts. Rosemary essential oil is considered a great remedy for headaches, depression, respiratory problems, hair loss, acne, eczema, skin problems, and many other health conditions, but the mechanisms and effects of this remedy are actually not very well studied yet. Thus, the findings of a new study regarding the property of rosemary oil to boost our brain performance came out as an interesting concept for all modern scientific circles. Read the rest of this entry »