Lab Notes: White Button Mushrooms Keep Immune System Healthy; Calcium Supplements Increase Heart Attack Risk
On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of yesterday’s (July 29, 2010) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.
1. White Button Mushrooms Keep Immune System Healthy
White button mushrooms contain nutrients which promote the health of the immune system, according to new research conducted at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
2. Calcium Supplements Increase Heart Attack Risk
Researchers have found that calcium supplements were associated with about a 30 percent increased risk of heart attack and smaller increases in the risk of stroke and
3. Sleep Disorder May Be a Sign of Impending Dementia
Rapid Eye Movement sleep behavior disorder may be a very early indicator of dementia and Parkinson’s disease, find researchers.
(By CalorieLab editors)
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