By the time they reach their 50s, half of men have an enlarged prostate.
This condition is called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH. It can make you miserable.
Men with the condition often have a hard time emptying their bladder completely. They may have to urinate so often that it interferes with their sleep. This can lead to fatigue and other health problems.… Read More
We’ve been telling you for years that statin drugs to lower cholesterol are vastly overprescribed.
Mainstream doctors hand them out like candy on Halloween. But here’s what they won’t tell you… More than 75% of people who suffer heart attacks have normal or low levels of cholesterol.1
Despite this fact, nearly 30% of Americans over 40 take a statin. And that number keeps growing.… Read More
When we think about ways to live longer, the usual strategies are to not smoke, maintain a healthy weight, exercise, and eat right.
And of course, it helps to have good genes.
… Read MoreSome of us like to work in a dimly lit room so we can concentrate. We might even close our eyes to focus ourselves mentally.
A darkened environment just seems to lend itself to blocking out distractions.
… Read MoreAfter Burt Reynolds had heart bypass surgery in 2010, he felt like many others who have the procedure.
He said he felt great because he had “brand new pipes.” 1
Reynolds, like most patients and their doctors, believed that if you make it through the surgery and the immediate aftermath, you are out of the woods… Your heart arteries are clean, so you are no longer at high risk for a heart attack.… Read More
If you are worried about agrichemicals in your food, there were two disturbing developments recently…
First, a jury awarded a man $289 million because it agreed that the world’s most-used weed killer, Roundup, gave him cancer.
Second, an independent lab tested 45 breakfast foods. It found Roundup in 31 of them.
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