(Natural News) Women who suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) know just how much of an inconvenience it can be. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this hormonal disorder affects up to 12 percent of American women who are of reproductive age, making it the most common endocrine disorder in women. PCOS is […]

(Natural News) Nutritionists across the world highly recommend the Mediterranean diet, and research is finding more reasons to follow it. A team of scientists from the University of Bordeaux and Erasmus University Medical Center discovered that this type of diet reduces the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the U.S. According to […]

(Natural News) Your central nervous system consists of your brain and your spinal cord, while your peripheral nervous system connects these to the rest of your body. Peripheral neuropathy occurs when your peripheral nervous system malfunctions, causing weakness, numbness, feelings of “pins and needles,” and pain in your body. If you suffer from peripheral neuropathy, […]

(Natural News) Disease-associated absenteeism costs us around $2 billion a year, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates. To be more specific, that accounts to around $16 to $81 for a small employer and $17 to $286 for a large employer, per employee, per year. Think about all the apples and vegetables […]

(Natural News) Decreasing the risk of Type 2 diabetes could lie in the thermostat. A research team led by Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt has discovered a link between one’s health and their exposure to indoor temperature variations. “It has previously been assumed that stable fixed indoor temperatures would satisfy comfort and health in most people. […]

(Natural News) It has been 16 years since the human genome was decoded — an accomplishment that scientists hoped would someday prove useful in cancer therapy. There was an optimistic, if not naive, belief that we could simply “switch off” cancer-causing genes. Nevertheless, oncologists are still encountering problems with this concept more than a decade […]

(Natural News) Chronic pain can severely impair your quality of life and overall health and well-being. No matter what the cause is, chronic pain doesn’t just magically disappear overnight. If you want to eliminate chronic pain in your body, it will take a lot of time, effort and a combined approach for finding the right treatment […]

(Natural News) It’s nice to munch on a few sticks of celery (Apium graveolens) every now and then, but these aren’t the only beneficial parts of the plant. Numerous studies have shown that celery seeds confer many health benefits as well. Recently, a team of scientists from India found that one of the possible therapeutic uses […]

(Natural News) Intestinal parasites can wreak havoc on your health, and they’re surprisingly common. According to the CDC, roughly 13 percent of Americans have been exposed to a parasite known as Toxocara at some time during their life, and there are several other types you may be exposed to as well. It’s an unpleasant topic […]

(Natural News) Nature’s medicine cupboard is packed with incredibly powerful, safe and side effect-free weapons against even the most life-threatening of illnesses. Studies have already confirmed the individual cancer fighting capabilities of vitamin C and quercetin – a naturally occurring flavonoid found in foods like onions, berries and apples, as well as in certain herbs, […]