Melatonin is a peptide hormone secreted in the brain (mostly) and regulates sleep (for the most part). Sunlight acts on the retina to actively suppress its synthesis during the day, and the gradual loss of sunlight and this loss of suppression causes a spike near night which facilitates...

I know it seems like a very basic question, but you’d be surprised as many people truly don’t know what exactly Chiropractic is and how it can benefit them. In scientific terms, Chiropractic is a health care profession concerned with the diagnosis, treatment & prevention of disorders...

Delicious and nutritious? A new Swedish study published in Neurology indicates that chocolate can quell the risk of a stroke. Susanna C. Larsson and affiliates conducted a study in which 37,103 men were assessed at baseline with a food frequency questionnaire. During the following 10 years,...

There have been some trends in the last year or two towards Nootropics, supplements catered to brain health and enhancement. It is a field of research based in preventing cognitive decline in the elderly and perhaps reversing or alleviating some disease states (Alzheimer’s, Dementia, etc.)...

Researchers at Harvard have uncovered a promising new sign in the battle against Type 1 Diabetes. A Tuberculosis vaccine, which has been in use for over 90 years, has seemingly reversed the disease in some patients. The vaccine, known as bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), acts as a stimulant to...

Data collected by the Dutch Pediatric Surveillance Unit shows that two out of three obese children face cardiovascular risk factors. Doctors in the Netherlands reported data based on new diagnoses of childhood obesity in children between the ages of 2-18. Remarkably, 62% of severely obese...