Health Bulletin

Take heartburn medicine before breakfast for best effect

Many people with heartburn are not taking their acid-reducing medicine at the right time, which makes the drugs less effective and wastes money, according to new research published recently in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Researcher said that these acid reducing drugs are activated once in the body and in order to activate the medicine, you must eat. For that reason, people need to take it before breakfast.

Diets rich in protein may help protect against stroke

Diets rich in protein appear to reduce a person's risk of stroke, particularly if it is a lean animal protein like fish, a new analysis published in the journal Neurology suggests.
Researchers have found that people with the highest amounts of animal protein in their diets were 20% less likely to suffer a stroke, compared with those who ate little to no protein. For every additional 20 grams per day of protein that people ate, their risk of stroke decreased by 26%.