The gut microbiota, or the microbial environment in the gastrointestinal tract, provides important functions for the human body.  A number of studies have suggested that modifying microbiota to favor a  beneficial composition may help to ...

In that both aerobic and resistance training have been shown to improve cognitive performance and functional plasticity in healthy seniors living in the community as well as those with mild cognitive impairment, exercise may be ...

A deficiency of Vitamin D has been shown by a number of studies contribute to cognitive decline.  Cedric Annweiler, from the University of Angers (France), and colleagues analyzed data collected on 498 women, average age ...

While a number of studies have suggested a cancer preventative activity of Vitamin E, several recent large-scale human trials with alpha-tocopherol, the most commonly recognized and used form of vitamin E, have failed to show ...

In that high blood pressure (hypertension) is a strong predictor of stroke, a number of previous studies have suggested that proteins in milk products help to lower blood pressure, and that Vitamin D present in ...