Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
Type 2 diabetes has become epidemic with cases more than tripling in the last twenty years. The surge in numbers is being driven largely by lifestyle factors like unhealthy diets. Plant based diets are known to reduce the risk. This new study dove more deeply into that promise.
Mental health problems, like depression and anxiety, can diminish self-care and quality of life for seniors. There may be a safe, simple solution.
Saw palmetto berry is the most famous men’s herb. It is as effective as drugs, while being safer, for enlarged prostate and the annoying lower urinary tract symptoms that come with it. This new study suggests, perhaps for the first time, that the great men’s herb helps women with urinary tract symptoms too.
One of the oddest looking fruits, avocados are unique and delicious. According to a huge, new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, they are also really good for your heart.
We typically eat the fruit and throw away the seed. But that little seed may be valuable for your heart. Emerging research is suggesting that grape seed extract may be important for cardiovascular health.
What if finally helping your depression was just a beautiful flower away? A new study adds to the mountain of evidence that this safe, beautiful herb is one of the most important treatments for depression.
This incredible study showed that NAC may have a remarkable ability to save lives from COVID.
Lemon verbena has long been used in herbal tea combinations to help you sleep. A new study puts some science behind that tradition.
Folic acid is a safe, inexpensive vitamin with several health benefits. New research is showing that taking folic acid could help you to live a longer and cognitively healthier life.
In our backyard, there is a beautiful old tree that, it turns out, could help cure COVID.
A healthy diet improves everything else about your health. So, why shouldn’t it improve your sleep? It does!
Gastrointestinal cancers are very common. The most common types are gastric and colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world; gastric cancer is the third leading cause of cancer mortality in the world. Garlic has been shown to help prevent many types of cancer, including breast, prostate, pancreatic and esophageal….