Healthnotes Newswire (June 24, 2010)—Health mishaps happen. Whether it’s a twisted ankle on the stairs or something as serious as chest pains, having the appropriate medical supplies on hand help you stay prepared.

Here are ten must-haves for every home medicine chest:

Healthnotes Newswire (April 29, 2010)—New research offers hope for a natural way to better manage mood. It points to the potential of zinc, a common mineral, for helping those affected by certain mood disorders.

Mood disorders, such as depression, can be devastating for those affected. Unfortunately, some people do not benefit from medications used to treat these conditions, either because the medications don’t work or the side effects are intolerable.

Healthnotes Newswire (September 10, 2009)—Internet-based computer advertising games—or advergames, as they’re called—might be a key component in turning the tide of the childhood obesity epidemic.

Healthnotes Newswire (November 6, 2008)—Sunlight—A new study associates high lifetime sunlight exposure with age-related macular degeneration in people who do not get adequate amounts of vitamins C, vitamin E, and zeaxanthin, and found that people who do get enough of these antioxidants were protected.

Do you smoke? If so, today’s column is not going to tell you to quit. Please don’t misunderstand, if you’re thinking about quitting I want to do everything I can to encourage you to do so. Today however, I’d like to focus on helping anyone who smokes, or is exposed to smoke, enhance their body’s ability to detoxify the lungs and thus improve their health.

Healthnotes Newswire (August 21, 2008)—Vitiligo is a difficult-to-treat skin disorder in which a loss of pigment-producing cells creates white patches on various parts of the body. A review of natural treatments for vitiligo published in BMC Dermatology found that an extract of the herb Ginkgo biloba may help return the natural pigment to the skin in some people.

Healthnotes Newswire (May 29, 2008)—The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport recently released a fitness test for people over age 18. The test helps estimate aerobic fitness level, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition.

Healthnotes Newswire (May 8, 2008)—Calcium helps build stronger bones in young girls—but they need to get enough of it without interruption, reports a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Healthnotes Newswire (April 10, 2008)—It is well known that women who take folic acid (folate) before and during pregnancy may reduce the risk of birth defects in their children. New evidence suggests that men who eat a diet high in folate may have less abnormal sperm than men who don’t eat as much, decreasing the chance of miscarriage or of having a child with chromosomal abnormalities.

Healthnotes Newswire (February 21, 2008)—Weight-loss diets that push protein and restrict carbohydrates have become increasingly popular in the past decade, but do they work? A new study says they can. Researchers found that women on a high-protein diet kept more weight off at the end of a year than women on a high-carbohydrate diet.

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Healthnotes Newswire (November 21, 2007)—More and more research is demonstrating what many people already consider common sense: that a healthy diet can help keep us disease-free. The latest evidence comes from a new study showing that three different healthy diets may protect against colorectal cancer in men, and that one of these diets also reduces risk in women who smoke and who are not overweight.

By Michael Ventresca, co-owner