by Dr. Orna | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
The World Health Organization has completed a large, 10-year study to determine if cell-phone use causes cancer. The answer? Not clear enough to make recommendations other than further study of the issue. The report does find an increase in gliomas, a type of brain...
by Dr. Orna | May 10, 2010 | digestion, food as medicine, healthy living, Uncategorized
English researchers, as part of a large study looking at the effects of diet on health, have found moderate amounts of olive oil make a big difference in preventing the debilitating digestive disorder ulcerative colitis. Looking at detailed food records kept by 25,000...
by Dr. Orna | May 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Mediterranean diet, touted for its ability to protect the heart aid longevity, now has another great outcome to recommend it: reducing the effects of aging on the brain. Researchers followed nearly 3,800 men and women in their 60s or older, asking them to report...
by Dr. Orna | May 7, 2010 | diabetes, insomnia, sleep, Uncategorized
Getting your nightly eight hours may be doing more for you than you think — it may help prevent Type II Diabetes. That disease occurs when cells become resistant to insulin, the hormone that helps sugar move from the bloodstream and into cells, which use the sugar as...
by Dr. Orna | May 6, 2010 | conditions, food as medicine, Uncategorized
Sweet news from chocolate researchers: A component of dark chocolate can help protect brain cells when oxygen is cut off by a stroke. In the 2010 study, researchers gave epicatechin, found naturally in dark chocolate, to lab animals before and after inducing a stroke....
