Medical Alerts

      A study by Money Super Market Shopping, show that Xmas shopping is bad for health. After 75 minutes of shopping,stress levels doubled for men and tripled for women. 47% of women also got severe headaches. Crowded stores, long lines and booming holiday music were to blamed.

      Alzheimer is linked to fast food. Researchers at the Karolnska Institute in Stockholm, detected increased level of phosphate, which cause cells to become tangled. Fat, sugar and cholesterol reduced body's ability to produce vital memory protein, they concluded.

      Garlic tablets can treat types 1 and 2 diabetes, according to studies done at the Suzuka University of Medical Sctence, in Japan. A combination of Allaxin ( a compound found in garlic ) and Vanadium ( a trace mineral ), reduce glucose levels.

      Vitamin D is good for the heart, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Those lacking vitamin D, have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, cancer and diabetes. This new evidence comes from the Farmingham Heart study, a famous study that followed thousands of ordinary people, beginning in the 1950s, to find the links between lifestyle and their cardiovascular health. " Vitamin D deficiencies is an unrecogizwed, emerging cardiovascular risk factor, which should be screened and studied ", said the study's main author, cardiologist James O'Keefe, of the Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Mo.