by Christian Goodman | Jul 8, 2019
The most common cause of vertigo is a type called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (or BPPv). That’s quite an intimidating sounding name, but a new study in the journal Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management says that it’s actually quite easy to treat. The...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 7, 2019
All doctors will tell you that this one aspect of your lifestyle is the key to reducing your high blood pressure, but most people still neglect it because they find it hard to stay disciplined. But it’s so important that a study in the journal Hypertension has shown...
by Scott Davis | Jul 6, 2019
Obesity is as bad for your heart as smoking according to the American Heart Association, which had singled out excess weight as one of the biggest causes of coronary heart disease as long ago as 1998. CHD is the type where your arteries clog up with fat and...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 5, 2019
It’s not often that something can be good and bad for you at the same time, but researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found something that’s just that. Something that can lower your blood pressure but will have doctors jumping up and down. Scientists were...
by Scott Davis | Jul 4, 2019
It seems like madness, but the FDA wants to stop recommending this great source of complete protein that vegetarians have relied on for years. So, we have to ask the question, what are they thinking? Or are they even thinking? We believe that the evidence in favor of...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 3, 2019
Snoring may be good at annoying your partner, but it could also be doing your career a favor too. That’s because snoring is also one of the strongest indicators that you might suffer from sleep apnea. You might know that sleep apnea is a sleep disorder where your...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 2, 2019
Your home blood pressure monitor could be even more useful than you thought. You already know that keeping track of your blood pressure is important, but this recent discovery takes it one step further. It can predict with startling accuracy your chances of suffering...
by Scott Davis | Jul 1, 2019
Want to live forever? Scientists have taken one step closer to achieving this dream after finding a secret protein that keeps cardiac muscle youthful. And it may be the key to keeping heart attacks and stroke at bay for good. Cell magazine published a Harvard study...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 30, 2019
In March 2016, the British Journal of Nutrition featured an article by a multinational research team that still seems super-surprising. They found that consuming a particular candy reduces insulin levels along with the liver enzymes that people with insulin resistance...
by ShellyManning | Jun 29, 2019
There are plenty of studies that show how depression contributes to poor health in elderly people. Emotions can have powerful effects on the physical body, as seen in cases where spouses die within days of each other. Depression can be destructive, and it seems like...