Train Your Brain
The Independent - London
03-25-08
Exercise won’t just get you fit - it can also make you more intelligent. Simon Usborne discovers how to shape up your mind
We don’t need to be told that exercise is good for us. We know that it combats cholesterol, we know boosts our hearts and we know it stops […]

A short communication published in the March, 2008 issue of the American Association for Cancer Research journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention reported the outcome of a study conducted by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington in Seattle which found that women who drank one or more cups per […]

The April 9, 1998 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, published an editorial entitled “Eat Right and Take a Multi-Vitamin.” This article was based on studies indicating that certain supplements could reduce homocysteine serum levels and therefore lower heart attack and stroke risk. This was the first time this prestigious medical journal recommended […]

March 10, 2008 — Researchers have uncovered a link between low free testosterone levels and depression. Their study, which appears in the March issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, shows that older men with abnormally low free testosterone levels, or hypogonadism, were, on average, 271% more likely to display clinically significant signs of depression […]

Research reports keep rolling in on the importance of vitamin D in our diet-beyond its familiar role in helping us to build strong bones. Here are some of the findings:
Periodontal disease, in a dental study of 6,700 people from 13 to 90, the gums of patients with higher blood levels of vitamin D were 20 […]