by PHC Team | Mar 13, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
A study just released in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that a Mediterranean diet supplemented with either extra-virgin olive oil or nuts resulted in an absolute risk reduction of approximately 3 major cardiovascular events. The research was conducted...
by PHC Team | Mar 11, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
A new British study that has been released has show a correlation between the consumption of processed meat and increases in Cancer and Heart Disease. Research that has been done previously has shown that processed meat consumption is linked to a higher risk of...
by PHC Team | Mar 8, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
Researchers in Tel Aviv, Israel at the Wolfson Medical Center just published a research study on Vitamin D. The research is showing that supplements of vitamin D at 1000 IU may improve cardiovascular health for diabetics. “Vitamin D status is associated with a range...
by PHC Team | Mar 4, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
The relationship between smoking and breast cancer has not been firmly established in the past. A new study released in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute is showing that women who begin smoking at an early age in life have a higher relationship of acquiring...
by PHC Team | Mar 4, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
One of the hardest things physicians often have to do is to convince patients that they need to be screened for colorectal cancer. Perhaps it is because it seems like a taboo subject or because of the embarrassment of taking about the procedures but colorectal cancer...