There’s no doubt that air pollution is bad for your health. Studies show breathing dirty air can trigger heart disease, cancer, strokes, cognitive problems, lung disease, and diabetes.[i]
But, until a new study came out, nobody knew how fast your health improved when you started to breathe cleaner air.
The Environmental Committee of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies looked at what happened in specific instances when the air became cleaner in certain cities.… Read More
Some 6 million Americans have been told they have heart failure. It is a grim diagnosis.
More than half will die within five years of finding out they have the condition.
And before they die, life will not be easy.
Their legs may swell with fluid. They may be out of breath after just taking a few steps.
Simple physical tasks may become impossible.… Read More
The testing process for new drugs is straightforward…
One group of patients takes the drug. Another takes a placebo. If the group taking the drug improves more than those taking a placebo, the drug may be approved for sale by the FDA.
Here’s the problem…
In the real world, people often take multiple drugs. One survey found that, on average, 45-year-olds take four different prescription drugs every day.… Read More
There have been concerns for years that chemical hair dyes and straighteners cause health problems in women.
Pregnant women have long been told to avoid hair dyes. But the cosmetic industry and the FDA insisted there was no evidence these products are dangerous.
A major new study changes that.
Scientists from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences followed the hair-product use of 46,709 women for eight years.… Read More
Instant relief.
If you suffer from heartburn, that’s how you’ll feel the first time you take Prilosec, Nexium, and Prevacid. These big-selling drugs—called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)—stop your stomach from producing acid.
Without acid, the burning, often-excruciating pain of heartburn goes away.
Problem solved, right?
Actually, your problems are just beginning.
Studies have made it clear that the PPIs that many people pop without thinking have serious side effects.… Read More
X-rays…CT scans…PET scans…mammograms…fluoroscopy…
You’ve had a least some of these medical imaging procedures done to you. And the chances are good that you’ve had them done many times.
Doctors often order imaging tests routinely when trying to diagnose an illness or determine its severity.
We’ve known for a long time that the radiation exposure from these tests raises cancer risk. But doctors routinely warned us that the danger was slight.… Read More