These Popular Blood Pressure Meds Cause Kidney Failure—and Even Death

by Christian Goodman | Nov 26, 2020

If you’re diagnosed with high blood pressure, chances are high that your doctor wants you to take a popular kind of blood pressure medication. But what if these exact medications that are supposed to save you could cause even more serious conditions than high blood...

Anxiety Disorder and Your Thyroid (strange connection)

by Julissa Clay | Nov 25, 2020

Most people think of anxiety disorder as a purely psychological disorder, but we often forget that psychology is also affected by the biological mechanisms in our physical bodies. A study presented at the 2020 Congress of the European Society of Endocrinology reminds...

This Nut Boosts Good Cholesterol While Slashing the Bad

by Scott Davis | Nov 24, 2020

It tastes great raw, toasted, seasoned, and smoked; it can make milk, butter, oil, and flour, and it now turns out that it can benefit your cholesterol profile too. Researchers from Penn State University have just published a study in the Journal of Nutrition that...

This Candy Cures Type 2 Diabetes

by Jodi Knapp | Nov 22, 2020

Too often when talking about healthy living, we have to give up on the food and things we love the most. So I love it when new studies come out proving the most delicious things to be healthy. A new study published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry reveals a...

This “Bad” Ingredient Cuts Blood Pressure in Half

by Christian Goodman | Nov 21, 2020

Now this may go against everything you’ve ever heard about how to lower blood pressure. In fact, this may prove that you were right all along and the doctors and other “health experts” were leading you the wrong way, telling you to cut down on this one ingredient....

How Bad Is Acid Reflux For Your Teeth? (very)

by Scott Davis | Nov 20, 2020

We all know that acid reflux causes stomach acid to back up into your esophagus, throat, and mouth. A new study in the Ukrainian Dental Almanac reveals that this is bad for your teeth. But how bad is it? And what can you do to save your teeth? The researchers...

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Not What, But How We Eat

by Julissa Clay | Nov 19, 2020

The food we eat is important for health, but often the way we prepare food can be equally important. The Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences just published a study comparing how different cooking methods affect non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The authors of the...

How Gout Kills (very serious)

by Christian Goodman | Nov 18, 2020

It is easy to think of gout as a painful but less serious type of arthritis. But a study just published in The Lancet Rheumatology shows why we should not think of gout as less serious in any way. To the contrary, it is serious and potentially deadly in its own right....

Parkinson’s Disease Blocked By This Popular Drink

by Scott Davis | Nov 17, 2020

Some people are genetically more vulnerable to Parkinson’s disease than others. And the medical system claims there is nothing you can do to protect yourself from it if you are. But a new study published in the journal Neurology, the medical journal of the...

Unrelated Pill Tackles Arthritis

by ShellyManning | Nov 15, 2020

The pharmaceutical search for an effective arthritis medication has been very bumpy, to say the least. Several drugs have been pulled off the market after being proven to be both useless and dangerous. But maybe a pill already exists that can prevent arthritis? One...