When you think about the biggest health problems facing our country, COVID-19, heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease probably come to mind.
But another affliction—pain—affects more Americans than all of those conditions combined.[1]
The U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) has published a list of the most painful health conditions you can get.[2]
If you’ve had any of these, you will probably always remember the suffering you endured.… Read More
Most of us know that the overuse of antibiotics has caused the rise of deadly drug-resistant “superbugs.”
Thanks to doctors handing out antibiotics like candy, these powerful germs now kill 23,000 Americans every year.[1]
But there’s another alarming antibiotic danger that your doctor won’t tell you about. In fact, he may not even know about it. It was only recently discovered…
The study was done at Case Western Reserve University.… Read More
Colorful cakes are an important part of many special occasions, but you should think twice before eating bakery items that have glittery frosting.
That’s because the so-called “luster dust” used in sparkly cake decorations can contain poisonous heavy metals.
A new report in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that inedible, toxic glitter is often mixed with or used in place of edible food-grade glitter for frosting.… Read More
You go to doctors for one reason: To have them fix your health problems.
But physicians can’t help you if they don’t even take the time to listen to what your problems are.
And that’s exactly the case with most doctors, a study finds.
University of Florida researchers videotaped consultations between 112 patients and their doctors across America.i
One would expect doctors to start exams by trying to find what’s wrong with their patients.… Read More
When COVID vaccines first became available in the U.S. earlier this year, doctors advised that you should not worry about which you got. You should simply take whatever kind you could get first.
But now, it is becoming clear that one vaccine offers stronger protection than the others.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that Moderna vaccine recipients create more COVID antibodies than Pfizer patients do.… Read More
For decades, Big Pharma made a fortune selling opioid drugs to people with back pain. We all know how that turned out.
The medications didn’t do much for the pain. But they did turn thousands of people into addicts. And now, more than 63,000 Americans die each year from overdoses.
Today, most back pain sufferers know better than to take opioids.… Read More