Month : May 2018

Ongoing sleep deficiency is linked to an increased risk of heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke.

For the exercise to be effective -and not just a “walk in the mall”-, you should walk fast enough that you are in the moderate-intensity exercise zone at 60 to 70 percent of your maximum heart rate.

Regardless of the “eight glasses a day” advise, most healthy people can stay hydrated by drinking water and other fluids whenever they feel thirsty.

Quinoa has been consumed for thousands of years in South America, although it only became trendy and reached “superfood status” only a few years ago.

There is compelling evidence that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can lower the risk of heart disease and stroke, and other diseases.

People who eat more fish have a much lower risk of developing macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision impairment and blindness.

For millions of patients, this new kind of treatment could mean the end of a daily cocktail of tablets taken in combination to regulate blood flow. 

One the greatest advantages of the new gene therapy method are that the medical compounds are injected directly into the joints, sparing the rest of the body.

In recent years, researchers, doctors, and drug makers have made important advances in the treatment of diabetes, and some of them are very promising.

By Fedor Villard-Lopez Miami-Dade Health When it comes to supplements, there is a wide variety of them that patients and the public at large use…