How Cholesterol Causes Strokes and Heart Attacks

by Scott Davis | Jun 16, 2019

Our immune systems are supposed to keep us healthy, but occasionally they do their jobs a little too well…well enough to kill us, in fact. You can read about one example of this in a new study by German scientists, in the journal, Nature. They’ve been looking at...

Is Vertigo Caused By Your Bones?

by Christian Goodman | Jun 15, 2019

It sounds odd, but there is a real relationship between your bones and the sensation of spinning dizziness known as vertigo. Past research on the subject has been inconsistent though, so a team of researchers looked at previously published studies to try and nail down...

ED Could Be in Your Genes

by Christian Goodman | Jun 14, 2019

By now, we know that men with type 2 diabetes are more likely than the general population to suffer from ED. Scientists have found that type 2 diabetes causes nerve damage and arterial damage, so they assume that it’s this that limits blood flow to the penis. The...

One Spice to Cure Them All

by Julissa Clay | Jun 9, 2019

If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan, please let me apologize for riffing on the, “One ring to rule them all,” quotation. And if that leaves you scratching your head, then let me apologize for sounding weird, but the comparison seemed too good to resist! In the famous...

Two Painless TMJ Treatments Compared in New Study

by Christian Goodman | Jun 8, 2019

Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) is a painful condition that can make your face hurt, your jaw ache and chewing food painful. A new study in the Journal Drug Invention Today has just compared ultrasound therapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to...

Is Your Lack of Sleep Killing You?

by Christian Goodman | Jun 7, 2019

We spend a third of our lives asleep, or at least we should do. Plenty of us don’t get that magic eight hours every night and we find ourselves stumbling on through the next day anyway. But it turns out that we can’t keep pushing ourselves like this forever....