10 Things That Lower Your Blood Pressure Today

by Christian Goodman | Jun 16, 2012 | 34 comments

In the last couple of months we’ve published a lot of short articles about reliable studies testing natural ingredients and their effects to lower blood pressure. In today’s feature articles, we’re going to revisit some of the most powerful and simple methods we’ve...

Giving Blood to Improve High Blood Pressure Diabetes and Obesity

by Jodi Knapp | Jun 15, 2012 | 12 comments

A study following people who are diagnosed with metabolic syndrome recently revealed that donating blood can actually improve blood pressure and other health markers. Higher than normal levels of iron, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, and high cholesterol are...

Snoring Rises Cancer Risk Five-fold

by Christian Goodman | Jun 14, 2012 | 8 comments

Snoring can erode more than a marriage, suggests a study reported in the British journal, the Telegraph. Researchers found that after adjusting for smoking, obesity, and other known cancer risk factors, that snoring puts people at almost 5 times greater risk of...

Can Calcium Raise Heart Attack Risk?

by Christian Goodman | Jun 13, 2012 | 14 comments

In a controversy-filled release of an 11-year study published in the journal Heart, Scientists are asking doctors to re-think the philosophy of advising seniors and post-menopausal women to take a calcium supplement. The study implied those who took a calcium-only...

Ten Things That Help You Live Longer and Better

by Julissa Clay | Jun 12, 2012 | 32 comments

Remember in our twenties how we thought we’d live forever? Everything was possible and nothing could harm us. In our thirties most of us didn’t have much time thinking about life or death or health or wellbeing. We were busy chasing careers, raising children or...

Good Cholesterol Maybe Not So Good

by Scott Davis | Jun 11, 2012 | 22 comments

A recent study making use of far-reaching and intensive data on genetics casts doubt on the belief that “good” cholesterol, or HDL, has any impact on heart health. Findings published in The Lancet recently revealed that raising the HDL or good cholesterol in the blood...

Your Eyes Predict High Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Jun 10, 2012 | 8 comments

Spotting developing heart problems just got more reliable in those with diabetes, reports a group from New Jersey Medical School and published in the American Journal of Opthalmology. What were the researchers looking at? A narrowing in the arteries surrounding the...

What’s the Fuss About GMO?

by Jodi Knapp | Jun 9, 2012 | 51 comments

When I first heard people complaining about Genetically Modified Organisms or Food, I have to admit that I wasn’t quite sure what the problem was. After all, we’ve been breeding animals as well as plants that better suited our needs for hundreds of years. Is there...

Your Medications Are Not All What They Seem

by Scott Davis | Jun 5, 2012 | 18 comments

If you’re taking any kind of prescription medications, you maybe about to learn that they’re taking the lives of thousands of people. In the last decade, at least 26 medications have been pulled off the shelf due to their serious, often fatal side effects. Sometimes...

This Shrimp May Lower Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Jun 4, 2012 | 17 comments

We have heard for the past several year about the benefits of eating cold water whitefish, with its powerful antioxidant and cholesterol-lowering characteristics. But another little gem of the northern sea has a whole separate health benefit to boast. Researchers out...