by clinicadmin | Sep 29, 2016 | Diet and Nutrition, Heart Disease
Is it good for blood pressure? A glass of beetroot juice every day improves your blood pressure, even if you’re elderly and you’ve already suffered heart failure. The juice, rich in inorganic nitrates, also improves your endurance for aerobic exercise. How much should...
by clinicadmin | Sep 21, 2016 | Cancer
What are the risks? Treating prostate cancer with radiotherapy increases the risk of a secondary cancer by almost 70 per cent. Research Researchers say that men with slow-growing prostate cancer shouldn’t be given radiotherapy; the treatment increases the risk of...
by clinicadmin | Sep 6, 2016 | Asthma, Vitamins
Supplements and asthma medication Taking Vitamin D supplements in addition to asthma medication appears to cut the risk of severe asthma attacks, a review of evidence suggests. An independent review by the Cochrane research body of nine clinical trials found it also...
by clinicadmin | Aug 4, 2016 | Children
How can probiotics help?Probiotics can reverse milk allergies in toddlers and young children. They replace the ‘good’ bacteria lost in the gut to antibiotics, formula-feeding and poor diet.Infants with a cow’s milk allergy have had the problem reversed when they have...
by clinicadmin | Jul 22, 2016 | Cancer, Diet and Nutrition
How can it help? Eating a Mediterranean diet that’s rich in olive oil is the surest way to prevent breast cancer. Women who follow the oil rich diet reduce their risk of developing the disease by around 30 per cent compared to those who follow a low fat...
