There’s good news about niacin’s role in ‘good’ cholesterol
Maintaining healthy cholesterol levels can keep heart disease, heart attack and stroke away. And a commonly used vitamin could help by increasing production of “good” cholesterol in the body, researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville have found. The findings were published recently in the journal Metabolism, Clinical and Experimental. Full Story
Exercise enhances quality of life for people living with MS
Multiple sclerosis is believed to be an autoimmune disease, which means that the body’s immune system attacks its own tissue. In patients with MS, the attack happens on the myelin — the fatty substance that coats and protects nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. The exact cause of MS and the reason why some people develop it and others do not, is not known. Full Story
Standing against prescription drug abuse
Unintentional drug overdose deaths is now the second leading cause of accidental death in the United States. With the alarming increase of prescription drug abuse, our nation and our community are facing a national epidemic with local consequences. Full Story