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Before You Take a Blood Pressure Drug, Do This

In All Health Watch, Blood Pressure, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular

Since many health professionals spend their days checking patients’ blood pressure, you’d think they’d be really good at it. 

They’re not. 

Busy doctor’s offices routinely rush through the tests. This often ends up with patients getting falsely high readings. They are then put on drugs.

The American College of Cardiology has issued guidelines that are supposed to ensure accurate measurements. The problem is that doctors, nurses, and physician assistants are notoriously bad at following them.… Read More

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Coronavirus: What You Need to Know About Exercising With a Mask

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Featured Article, Fitness and Exercise

Let’s face it… Wearing a face mask is a pain.

They are hot, stuffy, and uncomfortable. And when you exercise and start breathing heavier, things only get worse.

But many of us have no choice but to wear them during workouts.

Almost all gyms require them. And some cities mandate them even for outdoor exercise done in public spaces such as parks or jogging trails.… Read More

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It Saves 3.9 Million Lives a Year…and It Can Save Yours

In All Health Watch, Cancer, Cognitive Health, Diabetes, Featured Article, Fitness and Exercise, General Health, Heart and Cardiovascular

A new Cambridge University study found that there’s an existing health treatment so effective that it saves nearly 4 million lives every year around the world.

In the U.S. alone, it prevents 140,200 fatalities annually.

That’s roughly equivalent to the entire death toll so far from COVID-19.

The study found that this treatment is so effective it may be the single most lifesaving weapon against disease that mankind has.… Read More

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What’s the Coronavirus Risk of Going to a Football Game?

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Featured Article, General Health

Sports have been one of the biggest lifestyle casualties of the coronavirus pandemic.

Many of us are yearning for the day when we can go to a football, baseball, or basketball game…or even watch one on TV.

Sports fans are so desperate for entertainment that Russian table tennis, which is broadcast over the internet, has become the most-wagered sport worldwide.[1]

Major American sports leagues are pulling together plans to reopen in the coming months.… Read More

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The Dark Side of White Food

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Gut Health

Titanium dioxide is all over your supermarket.

It’s in chewing gum, candy, bread, doughnuts, yogurt, cake frosting, pastries, mayonnaise, coffee creamer…anything food manufacturers want to make look bright white.

For years, this food whitening agent and preservative has been linked to digestive problems. Researchers have found that it destroys digestive enzymes and increases intestinal inflammation.[1]

The evidence is so strong that earlier this year France banned titanium dioxide from food.… Read More