Your bed is supposed to be a safe haven. Most of us spend a third of our lives there. Restorative sleep keeps your mind sharp and your body strong.
But new research shows that many of us are sleeping on a mattress that may be harming our health.
Chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the problem.
Mattresses have long been known to emit them in gaseous form.… Read More
Maybe Popeye was onto something…
A spinach extract is so powerful in building muscles that it should be banned in athletes, according to researchers. Russian athletes have reportedly been secretly taking it for decades.[1]
The World Anti-Doping Agency asked scientists to investigate ecdysterone. The agency is the group that tries to keep athletes from getting an unfair advantage by using performance-enhancing drugs.… Read More
It’s no wonder Big Pharma loves antidepressants.
About 13% of Americans over the age of 12 take them, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Antidepressants can be very difficult to quit. Withdrawal is similar to that of addictive drugs. A quarter of the people on the medications have taken them for at least 10 years.
Now that’s a strong customer base!… Read More
Hospitals have a phrase they use to describe their mistakes. It’s “preventable patient harm.”
That doesn’t sound so terrible.
But here’s what it really means:
Follow-up tests revealed that her doctor had read her genetic test wrong.… Read More
It seems like the Holy Grail of natural health products…
A completely safe supplement that:
A new study finds that one probiotic has all those benefits.
In 2007, researchers found that the intestinal bacteria Akkermansia muciniphila were able to slow development of obesity and diabetes in mice. Recently, the same team from Belgium’s Louvain Drug Research Institute wanted to see if A.… Read More
Low-carb diets have become wildly popular in recent years.
Studies show that they help people lose weight better than traditional low-carb, low-fat diets. And low-carb dieters are better able to keep off the weight.
Now a new study shows that low-carb eating has another benefit. It may keep your mind sharper as you get older.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University enrolled 27 subjects with mild cognitive problems.… Read More