According to a new US review of 21 research studies, there is no link between juice consumption and weight or weigh-gain for most children. However, it is important to read the labels to make sure you’re drinking 100% fruit juice, and not a fruit-fortified sweet drink. The amount you or the kids drink is the [...]

There is a study about exposing children with peanut allergies to a carefully administered daily oral dose of peanuts helped them build tolerance to the point where some of them appear to have lost their allergies. However, Duke University Medical Center and Arkansas Children’s Hospital cautioned that this approach is still experimental.
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According to a new study published in the November 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Ginkgo biloba, an over-the-counter herbal supplement widely sold to improve memory does not prevent dementia or Alzheimer disease.  The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) trial, led by Steven T. DeKosky, MD, University of Pittsburgh, had 3,069 [...]

Heart failure is a serious condition that requires medical care. When your heart can’t pump blood the way it should be or the heart can’t fill with enough blood, you need to get a medical treatment. Heart failure affects the right side of the heart only or both the left and right sides of the [...]