Sleep Apnea Depletes This Essential Vitamin

Sleep Apnea Depletes This Essential Vitamin

by | Sep 20, 2020

Sleep apnea is a life-threatening disease. It has, for example, been linked to an increased risk of stroke and heart attack. And for a long time, scientists believed it was the lack of oxygen intake while sleeping that caused these secondary diseases. But a new study...
The Leaves That Heal Hemorrhoids

The Leaves That Heal Hemorrhoids

by | Sep 19, 2020

The medical treatment of hemorrhoids is sometimes considered even worse than the pain itself (and that says a lot). This leaves many people to tough it out or seek natural methods (that often are actually more effective). To help with this quest, a study has just...
Relaxing Way to Drop Blood Pressure and Cholesterol

Relaxing Way to Drop Blood Pressure and Cholesterol

by | Sep 18, 2020

Most of us don’t like making the changes needed to improve our health. If we did, we would have made those changes decades ago and stuck to them. So a new study published in the American Journal of Cardiology should be welcome to anyone with high blood pressure or...
Is Osteoporosis Caused By Your Status?

Is Osteoporosis Caused By Your Status?

by | Sep 13, 2020

Osteoporosis is usually thought of as a disease of the elderly with strong genetic factors, but this is not entirely inaccurate. But a new study that has just appeared in the journal PLOS ONE has now rung an alarm bell over the role that social status plays in this...
Moderate Amounts of This Drink Kills Your Brain

Moderate Amounts of This Drink Kills Your Brain

by | Sep 10, 2020

Everything is good in moderation, right? Not so much, says a new study published in the journal BMJ. In fact, drinking this common drink in “moderation” (often highly recommended by health experts) can drastically decrease your brain health and cognitive function over...
Why Reducing Bad Cholesterol Doesn’t Help

Why Reducing Bad Cholesterol Doesn’t Help

by | Sep 9, 2020

For decades, it has been the conventional wisdom that we should lower LDL cholesterol, also called bad cholesterol, in order to prevent heart disease and death from heart disease. And the main method for lowering LDL is using statin drugs. But an increasing number of...
This Spice Defeats Diabetes

This Spice Defeats Diabetes

by | Sep 8, 2020

Once type 2 diabetes starts raising its ugly head, a vicious downward slide begins. Traditionally, the only way to slow it down has been using strict diet changes, exercise, and losing weight. And often, even that’s not enough. But a study published in the latest...