Vitamin K essential to a healthy heart; deficiency found to contribute to unhealthy enlargement in adolescents

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(Natural News) Eating more foods rich in vitamin K makes the heart healthier, according to a recent study reported by Science Daily. Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University (AU) studied 766 healthy teenagers aged 14 to 18. They asked the subjects to wear activity monitors for seven days and to self-document… … Read more

Rosemary extract found to be a powerful anti-hyperglycemic solution for people who have problems with high blood sugar

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(Natural News) As the number of people suffering from high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, and related problems continues to rise, many doctors are taking the easy way out and sending people home with prescription medications that supposedly help keep the condition under control. Not everyone is willing to accept the risks of these drugs, however…. … Read more

Relationship between sugar and cancer is now clearer, scientists say – USA TODAY

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USA TODAY Relationship between sugar and cancer is now clearer, scientists sayUSA TODAYBelgian scientists say they’ve made a research breakthrough in the relationship between sugar and cancer. Researchers found yeast with high levels of the sugar known as glucose overstimulated the same proteins often found mutated inside human tumors, …Belgian study links aggressive tumor growth with … Read more

California hepatitis A outbreak death toll climbs to 19 – BBC News

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BBC News California hepatitis A outbreak death toll climbs to 19BBC NewsThe death toll from California’s hepatitis A outbreak has reached 19, one week after the state’s governor issued a health state of emergency. More than 500 people in California have contracted the viral disease since November, many of whom are homeless.Death toll hits 19 … Read more

Addiction breeds addiction: Science shows high sugar diets make you more susceptible to other drugs, such as addictive opioids

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(Natural News) A study conducted by behavioral neuroscience experts at the University of Guelph in Canada has shown that excessive sugar intake may render people more susceptible to drug abuse. The scientists carried out experiments on laboratory rats in order to determine the connection between high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) intake and the likelihood of suffering opioid… … Read more

PROFIT at any cost: Big Pharma’s bribery and kickback schemes led to deaths of U.S. soldiers

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(Natural News) The families of U.S. troops who have been killed or injured while fighting overseas in Iraq have filed a lawsuit against multiple U.S. and European pharmaceutical and medical supply companies after accusing the corporations of knowingly financing the Mahdi Army, an anti-American militia, through a series of bribes and kickbacks. The lawsuit, which… … Read more

New study examines complexity of dolphin culture; researchers determine that brain size correlates with “human-like” behaviors and societies

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(Natural News) In a major study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the complexity of Cetacean culture and behavior has been linked to the size of their brains. Like other mammals, whales and dolphins have tightly-knit family groups called pods whereby they follow certain social structures and form complex relationships, similar to human societies. The research… … Read more

U.K. health care system may deny surgery to smokers and the obese

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(Natural News) A new plan by the Hertfordshire clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of the U.K.’s national health care system, the NHS, will deny surgery to patients who are obese and those who smoke. Not surprisingly, the news is being met with some heated debate on the part of patients as well as doctors. The new… … Read more