11 Food Dos and Don’ts to Fight Insomnia

by Christian Goodman | May 8, 2012 | 13 comments

We have been hearing for years that if you struggle to sleep at night, you should avoid eating or drinking right before bed. However, there are a lot of people who have found that a bedtime snack or a warm drink right before retiring is just the thing to send them off...

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...

FDA Warning About Blood Pressure Medications

by Christian Goodman | May 4, 2012 | 32 comments

Another new drug controversy is just released from the FDA concerning medicines commonly prescribed for high blood pressure. The problem arises when the patient also has diabetes and is suffering from renal impairment. The FDA recently released findings on dangerous...

New Guidelines on Type 2 Diabetes

by Jodi Knapp | May 3, 2012 | 8 comments

It does seem that every time we turn around, nutritionists and doctors are reversing their positions on how to approach food if you have type 2 diabetes. New recommendations, though, are making it more likely that sufferers can actually stick to a treatment plan and...

New Trigger of High Blood Pressure Discovered

by Christian Goodman | May 2, 2012 | 38 comments

One organ turns up again as the location for a blood pressure trigger, according to new research out of London. A study funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the journal Hypertension revealed that the kidneys are again at the center of high blood...

Erectile Dysfunction and Testosterone

by Christian Goodman | May 1, 2012 | 6 comments

Recently there has been lot of talk about testosterone levels in association with erectile dysfunction and “testosterone replacement therapy;” i.e., testosterone taken as medication has increased drastically. However, not everything is as seems. Not only...

FDA Warning on Acid Reflux Medications

by Scott Davis | Apr 30, 2012 | 9 comments

If you’re one of millions of people who suffer acid reflux and use – even if it’s only occasionally – medications to manage your heartburn, you’ll really want to pay attention to today’s short article. Americans spend more than $10 billion on prescription drugs for...

This Sweet Lowers Bad Cholesterol

by Scott Davis | Apr 29, 2012 | 25 comments

Recently we posted an article revealing how one type of sweet helped lower high blood pressure. No surprise many readers were extremely happy. Now a new study has shown how the same sweet drastically lowers bad cholesterol. And quickly, the study proved this could be...