by Scott Davis | Jun 28, 2026
Doctors generally tell us that hemorrhoids are caused by obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, constipation, and straining when defecating. But some people who are overweight get hemorrhoids while others do not. Some who binge on fiber get it while others who eat little...
by Julissa Clay | Jun 27, 2026
Many people brush gum disease off as something minor. Other than vanity, what harm does it really do? A lot of harm actually! And if you get COVID-19, your gum disease can turn deadly. Not just a little deadly—881% more deadly than if you didn’t have gum disease,...
by ShellyManning | Jun 26, 2026
Because hemochromatosis is a genetic disease, doctors generally think there is little you can do to tackle it naturally. But a new study from the journal Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology shows that those with hemochromatosis are drastically...
by ShellyManning | Jun 25, 2026
Except for calcium, surprisingly little research has been done on the benefits of nutrition for osteoporosis. A new study in the journal Menopause changes that. It reveals extremely powerful nutrition that can lower your risk of osteoporosis by a whopping 44%. Best of...
by Scott Davis | Jun 24, 2026
Studies on coffee consumption and cardiovascular health are very contradictory. Some studies show extreme benefits of coffee, while others show extreme dangers of heart attack and stroke. A team of Norwegian researchers decided to research whether the way we brew our...
by ShellyManning | Jun 23, 2026
It’s a fact that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is at least partly caused by diet and lifestyle factors. But doctors struggle to identify what food is the biggest culprit. A new study in the journal Kidney Medicine reveals a common type of food that’s a serious...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 21, 2026
The occurrence of neuropathy has been rising rapidly in recent decades. However, it’s often overlooked as a disease in itself and just considered an annoying consequence of diabetes. A new study by the American Board of Family Medicine changes this by revealing two...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 20, 2026
Levothyroxine, a drug used to treat hypothyroidism, is prescribed for 23 million Americans every year. In Clinical Chemistry, a Yale scientist warns that up to 90% of it might be completely unnecessary and based on a common cause of misdiagnosis. When more than 10% of...
by Christian Goodman | Jun 19, 2026
Technology is great, but not when it causes vertigo. A new study presented at the latest IEEE Conference reveals how a growingly popular technology causes vertigo for many who use it. Strangely, however, this is drastically more true for one gender than the other....
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 14, 2026
Type 2 diabetes is considered a lifestyle disease, meaning that it’s caused primarily by our modern Western lifestyle. What exactly about our modern lifestyle causes type 2 diabetes, and how can we avoid it? That’s the burning question a new study in Nature Medicine...