Cardiovascular diseases and heart problems are becoming more and more common nowadays, and a great deal of people suffer from such ailments like hypertension, artery or heart disease, hyperlipidemia, endocarditis, and many more. Such factors as aging, the amount of daily exercise, bad habits, environmental pollution, and others play a role as causes of heart problems. Nowadays, a great deal of researches and studies are being carried out in order to find effective cures and treatments for the most common cardiovascular diseases and related health conditions, to save thousands of lives and make our life happier and longer. Read the rest of this entry »

Red wine is famous for its high content of antioxidants, and drinking a glass of high quality red wine a day is proven to slow down aging, prevent most of cardiovascular diseases and several types of cancer. Red wine benefits have been proven by numerous researches and studies, and  one of the latest study was focused on discovering the effects of red wine on human body on chemical level. The findings of an expert group based in Cambridge University, turned out to be quite interesting, and the report about this study was recently published in the Cell online journal. Read the rest of this entry »

It is believed that eating lots of fresh fruits is harmless and healthy. At that, fruits have quite high content of fructose, or fruit sugar, known as considerably less harmful to our health than white sugar and other artificial sweeteners. However, as the findings of a new study suggest, consuming too much of fruit sugar is closely linked to increased risks of such serious diseases as diabetes, heart disease, and some others. The study was carried out by a group of experts at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University, and its findings were published in the latest issue of The Journal of Nutrition. Read the rest of this entry »