(Not So) Surprising Cholesterol News About Eggs

by Scott Davis | May 17, 2012 | 34 comments

Researchers at the University of Connecticut have made the day of egg-lovers who have had to cut back on eggs because of cholesterol problems. High cholesterol sufferers have been told for decades to reduce or even eliminate the eggs they ingest, but recent research...

Can High Blood Pressure Cause Cancer?

by Christian Goodman | May 16, 2012 | 13 comments

High blood pressure has recently been strongly linked to a certain type of cancer, says a group called Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer Project (Me-Can). A group that studies the effects of metabolic processes and the occurrence of cancer recently revealed that even...

Lifestyle Changes Cure High Blood Pressure, Study Proves

by Christian Goodman | May 13, 2012 | 13 comments

Doctors continue to join the masses of believers that say therapeutic lifestyle changes, not drugs, are the most effective and safest ways to eliminate high blood pressure. Recent study revealed unbelievable results from simple lifestyle changes on high blood...

Hypertension Biggest Cause of Death According to the World Health Organization

by Christian Goodman | May 7, 2012 | 13 comments

A recent push by the World Health Organization to motivate clinicians on doing a better job of caring for their high blood pressure patients asserted that hypertension outpaced tobacco complications as the leading cause of preventable premature death in the world....

This Drink Increases Stroke Risk While That One Decreases It

by Scott Davis | May 6, 2012 | 32 comments

We all know water is the healthiest beverage to drink, but a recent study found that one type of drink actually increases risk for stroke while a dessert liquid cuts risk. In a study published in May’s issue of the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers found that...

Are Blood Pressure Medications Useless?

by Christian Goodman | May 5, 2012 | 42 comments

Way back when I was fighting my high blood pressure, my doctor, my wife, my friends and even the next door neighbor sang me the same tune on having to go on blood pressure medications. They wanted me well. They didn’t want to lose me. But as a natural health...