Promising research found peanut allergy can be reversed in children using an innovative treatment called Immunotherapy combined with probiotics. This research is exciting and will pave the way for more research in this area. Kuang-Chih Hsiao, Prof Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Christine Axelrad, Sigrid Pitkin, Prof Mimi L K Tang on behalf of the PPOIT Study Team† […]
This large study found increasing physical activity was able to significantly reduce the risk of hypertension. Liu X, Zhang D, Liu Y, Sun X, Han C, Wang B, Ren Y, Zhou J, Zhao Y, Shi Y, Hu D, Zhang M. Dose-Response Association Between Physical Activity and Incident Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort […]
Magnesium supplements were found to help lower blood pressure in 11 trials compared with placebo. Daniel T Dibaba, Pengcheng Xun, Yiqing Song, Andrea Rosanoff, Michael Shechter, Ka He The effect of magnesium supplementation on blood pressure in individuals with insulin resistance, prediabetes, or noncommunicable chronic diseases: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. First published July […]
Yoga can improve health-related quality of life, reduce fatigue and sleep disturbances when compared with no therapy, as well as reducing depression and anxiety in women suffering breast cancer. Cramer H, Lauche R, Klose P, Lange S, Langhorst J, Dobos GJ. Yoga for improving health-related quality of life, mental health and cancer-related symptoms in women […]
Playing outdoors, vitamin D & sports. Studies identified that short-sighted (myopic) children spent more time indoors and less outdoors than non-myopic children, had lower vitamin D, were more likely to be overweight and participate less in sports. These lifestyle factors may be risk factors for short-sightedness in early childhood (less than 6 years of age). […]
Dietary fish [omega 3] helps. Fish [omega 3] dietary intake ≥2 times/week helps reduce inflammation, ease joint pains, stiffness and reduce disease activity. Tedeschi, S. K., Bathon, J. M., Giles, J. T., Lin, T.-C., Yoshida, K. and Solomon, D. H. (), The relationship between fish consumption and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care & […]
Active surveillance & a healthy lifestyle compared to surgery may play a role in older men with slow growing localised prostate cancer. Timothy J. Wilt, M.D., M.P.H., Karen M. Jones, M.S., Michael J. Barry, M.D., Gerald L. Andriole, M.D., Daniel Culkin, M.D., Thomas Wheeler, M.D., William J. Aronson, M.D., and Michael K. Brawer, M.D. Follow-up […]
Healthy development of the nervous system. Inadequate levels of iodine in women’s diets during pregnancy can impact the neurological development of the child. So ensure to include iodine rich food such as seaweed and small fish in your diet, and ensure your pregnancy multivitamin contains iodine. Abel MH, Caspersen IH, Meltzer HM, Haugen M, Brandlistuen […]
Alcohol, even at low doses, should be avoided in pregnancy to reduce the risk of fetal problems such as fetal alcohol syndrome. Evelyne Muggli, MPH; Harold Matthews, BPsych(Hons); Anthony Penington, MDBS; et al Association Between Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Craniofacial Shape of Children at 12 Months of Age. JAMA Pediatr. Published online June 5, 2017. […]
Acupuncture – needle or laser [painless]. Acupuncture can help reduce acute and chronic pain. An acupuncture trial held at a Melbourne hospital emergency department demonstrated acupuncture helped reduce low back & ankle sprain pain, and was equally effective to drug therapy. Marc M Cohen, De Villiers Smit, Nick Andrianopoulos, Michael Ben-Meir, David McD Taylor, Shefton […]