News tagged with diet therapy

Eating more legumes may improve glycemic control, lower estimated heart disease risk

Eating more legumes (such as beans, chickpeas or lentils) as part of a low-glycemic index diet appears to improve glycemic control and reduce estimated coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus ...

Health Oct 22, 2012 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Boomers will be spending billions to counter aging

(AP) -- Baby boomers heading into what used to be called retirement age are providing a 70 million-member strong market for legions of companies, entrepreneurs and cosmetic surgeons eager to capitalize on ...

Health Aug 21, 2011 | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

Alternative therapies may help lower blood pressure, AHA scientific statement report says

Alternative therapies such as aerobic exercise, resistance or strength training, and isometric hand grip exercises may help reduce your blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association.

Health Apr 22, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Healthy eating may help ADHD kids: US study

Simply eating healthier may improve the behavior of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder if therapy and medication fail, said a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

Attention deficit disorders Jan 09, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

High testosterone levels and lower heart risks tied together

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reports that higher natural levels of testosterone in elderly men may reduce their risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Cardiology Oct 06, 2011 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Reverse engineering epilepsy's 'miracle' diet

For decades, neurologists have known that a diet high in fat and extremely low in carbohydrates can reduce epileptic seizures that resist drug therapy. But how the diet worked, and why, was a mystery—so much so that ...

Neuroscience May 23, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |

Using unique combination of diet and radiation therapy, researchers successfully destroy brain tumor cells

A team of brain cancer researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has effectively treated brain tumor cells using a unique combination of diet and radiation therapy. The study, ...

Cancer Dec 04, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Study finds Nutrisystem improves arterial function in obese, postemenopausal women

(Medical Xpress)—Arturo Figueroa, a researcher in the Florida State University College of Human Sciences, has confirmed with a team of researchers that Nutrisystem, with or without low intense resistance exercise, improves ...

Health Jan 09, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0