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We all know that holiday time means lots of opportunities to eat delicious high calorie foods. Unfortunately, we often gain excess pounds and then spend months or years trying to take them off. Now research suggests that you can help boost your body's thermogenesis...

Millions of people in the U.S. suffer with type 2 diabetes. Although genetics plays a role, many get the disease from being overweight and being too sedentary. Research findings, recently reported in The Lancet, suggest that remission of type 2 diabetes may be...

Now more than ever, many people are under stress. For some, the stress can be so severe and chronic, it may lead to high blood pressure, depression, heart disease or strokes. You may notice subtle changes at first like irritability, headaches, nail biting or...

Some vitamin companies sell items with questionable health benefits. You may see advertisements for colloidal, ionic, or nano silver products, which are basically silver particles in a liquid. Silver ions have proven useful in coatings of medical devices; water...

As the weather cools down, you may stay indoors more. Today's lifestyle with TV and computers, tends to draw us inside our homes too. Without adequate sunshine, your body cannot make enough Vitamin D-3, so supplementation is essential. At MDR, we provide a healthy...

Holiday time means turkey and cranberries for many of us. As you enjoy these tasty dishes, know that cranberries are helping you stay healthy. Pilgrims called the fruit "crane berry" because its flowers looked like the head of a crane. Native Americans enjoyed the...

Using psychological tests on 186 people at high risk for heart disease progression, researchers obtained scores comparing gratitude and spiritual well-being in subjects. “We found that more gratitude in these patients was associated with better mood, better sleep,...

Even the Pilgrims might have taken a nap after their big harvest feast, but the turkey may not be the culprit. The act of stretching the small intestine by overeating protein, fat, and sugars induces sleepiness, says biologist H. Craig Heller at Stanford University....

According to the American Heart Association, nearly 70 percent of American adults are either overweight or obese. Researchers analyzed the data of 21,904 middle-aged and older women and found that stressful events in women's lives in the previous five years increased...

Rates of serious depression are growing worldwide. Scientists found that those who did not exercise were 44% more likely than their peers who exercised for 1 to 2 hours each week to develop depression. Benefits of sunshine and natural Vitamin D, along with visual...