The widely used herbicide Roundup has made headlines lately because thousands of people say it gave them cancer.
A federal jury recently ordered the maker of the chemical weed killer to pay $80 million to a 70-year-old man with cancer. The jury found that Roundup was a “substantial factor” in his illness.[i]
The World Health Organization calls glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, a “probable human carcinogen.”… Read More
If your blood sugar readings are high, the first advice your doctor is likely to offer is to go on a diet.
Losing weight can stop prediabetes from progressing into full-blown type 2 diabetes. It can even cure diabetes in people who already have it.[i]
Of course, dieting to lose weight is easier said than done.
But new research shows that you don’t have to eat less to get your blood sugar under control.… Read More
Beards are fashionable these days, but there’s stuff lurking in them that can make you sick, a new study found.
The study was published in the journal European Radiology. Researchers took samples from the beards of men and the fur of dogs. They were looking for any dangerous bacteria. They wanted to see if it was safe for people to use the same MRI scanners that dogs are sometimes scanned in.… Read More
We’ve been telling you for years that statin drugs are overprescribed. Nearly 30% of Americans over 40 take them to lower their cholesterol. But mainstream doctors ignore the fact that more 75% of people who suffer heart attacks have normal or low levels of cholesterol.
And they downplay the side effects. They include muscle aches and increased risk of diabetes. They are also linked to memory loss, artery calcification, and vitamin deficiencies.… Read More
An enlarged prostate can make a man miserable.
It can cause him to constantly feel like he has to pee. This makes it difficult to get a good night’s sleep.
And that’s just the beginning…
Sitting through a long meeting, going on long car rides, or getting through a plane flight without getting up multiple times to use the bathroom can be impossible.… Read More
Scientists have known for decades that one of the most common ways to catch an infectious disease is through your hands.
You touch hundreds of things a day. If just one of them has infectious germs, you are in danger of getting sick.
Here are seven of the germiest objects you’re likely to touch in the course of a day. It’s important to wash or sanitize after coming into contact with them…
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