Fibromyalgia is a common, but still too little discussed, condition characterized by chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain, sleep problems, fatigue, mental distress and cognitive impairment. This new study suggests a safe, natural solution that might help. Fibromyalgia affects between 2% and 8% of all people and probably about 2%-3% of people in the United States and Canada. For some reason, fibromyalgia favours women: in adults, women are twice as likely to have fibromyalgia, making it...

Though it gets a lot less attention than calcium or vitamin D, without vitamin K, your bones would be like chalk. This new study helps explain why. Your bones need calcium, but they also need a hormone called osteocalcin. Osteocalcin helps attract and bind calcium to your bones. And osteocalcin is produced by vitamin K. This new systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of vitamin K included 9 controlled studies of 2,570 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The form of vitamin K used...

There are many important traditional herbs for calming and sleep. A new study has put the science behind the tradition for this sleep herb. Skullcap has an important history as a versatile and effective nervine. It has been used for stress, tension, anxiety and insomnia and is often taken throughout the day to prepare you to ease into a good night’s sleep. This new double-blind study gave 66 people with moderate insomnia either a placebo or 400mg of skullcap extract standardized for 10%...