Can a Cup of Blueberries Keep the Doctor Away?

Maybe. A study in The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that those people in the study, (women ages 45 to 65 with high blood pressure) saw an average 5.1% decrease in systolic blood pressure (the top number) and a 6.3% decrease in diastolic...

Drinking Black Tea May Lower Blood Pressure

A new Australian study has found that drinking 3 cups a day of regular black was linked with a small but significant drop in blood pressure. Researchers at the University of Western Australia in Perth divided 95 participants, ages 35 to 75 into 2 groups. One group...

One Small Habit Change May Help Prevent Stroke

Scientists at the University of Vermont, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Emory University and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention looked at 7 factors known to affect stroke; these include body mass index, blood pressure, cigarette smoking, blood...

Orange Juice Can Lower Blood Pressure

French scientists report that drinking orange juice – or a control beverage containing hesperidin, a key antioxidant flavonoid found in OJ was linked to significantly lower diastolic blood pressure and improved blood-vessel function. The researchers studied 24...

Seeing the Forest Through the Trees

Taking a walk does our mind and body good. Now there is research that says where we walk can make a difference. Spending time in natural settings has been studied extensively by Japanese researchers – and has prompted several Japanese companies to include...

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