The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke have decided to launch a large-scale clinical trial to study and see whether or not the nutritional supplement creatine will be able to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. The double-blind, placebo-controlled study will be conducted at 51 medical centers in the United States and in Canada, and will include 1,720 people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease.
Acidophilus is an herb that can be very helpful to people, especially women, and keep us very healthy. It is is a powder form of the normal, friendly bacteria that lives in our intestines (called flora). Our intestinal flora helps regulate our digestion and stool patterns. Yeast also lives in our intestines. The yeast and the bacterial flora are constantly competing for space, and generally they keep each other in check.
There are important things that people have to remember when they are trying to stay healthy. Of course there are so many things to talk about that I don’t have enough room for it here. However, there are the top three things that people need to keep in mind always.
Federal drug regulators are carefully studying common children’s cold and cough medicines because they beleive that they have not been studied enough before being given to children. One of the top Food and Drug Administration officials, Dr. Charles J. Ganley, stated that the agency is “revisiting the risks and benefits of the use of these drugs in children,”. They are concentrating more on what effect it has on children who are 2 and under.