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It’s one of the most enduring mysteries in digestive medicine: What causes inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)?
IBD is one of the most common intestinal conditions. More than 3 million Americans suffer from it. Forms of the condition include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.[i]
IBD can make your life miserable. It causes stomach cramping, diarrhea, and fatigue. The corticosteroid drugs that are used to treat it sometimes don’t work and often have severe side effects.… Read More
Did you ever have one of those days when you just didn’t feel like moving?
It’s not that you were sick…or didn’t get enough sleep…or were depressed.
But for some reason you just couldn’t get motivated.
A study found that a common food additive may be to blame for your lack of get-up-and-go.
The research was conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.… Read More
Dr. Peta Stapleton was running a therapy support group when one of her patients suddenly had a panic attack.
The woman was hyperventilating, crying, and seemed utterly terrified. A fellow doctor led her out of the room.[1]
A few minutes later, the patient returned, completely calm and composed.
“I was very surprised” by the woman’s sudden transformation, Dr. Stapleton said. She wanted to know how her colleague was able to end the patient’s panic attack so quickly.… Read More
Watching a parent or grandparent suffer with Alzheimer’s is not only sad…it’s terrifying.
That’s because you may be looking at your future.
Alzheimer’s can run in families. So if a relative has it, the chances are greater that dementia is in your future as well.
But researchers have found there may be a way to stop Alzheimer’s from being passed from one generation to the next.… Read More
For decades, mainstream doctors told us we should avoid eggs. They warned that the cholesterol in eggs would clog our arteries, which could trigger a heart attack.
Researchers have now discovered this is nonsense.
Eggs are a rich source of bioactive compounds that have a wide range of beneficial effects on health. And it turns out that the dietary cholesterol in eggs does not clog arteries.[1]… Read More
If you have a symptomatic bout of COVID-19, taking a probiotic supplement nearly doubles the chances that you’ll fully recover within a month.
That’s the promising finding of a new clinical trial. It tested probiotics in 300 symptomatic COVID patients. Half the subjects took a daily supplement that contained four probiotic strains. The other half took a placebo.[1]
After 30 days, 53% of the probiotic takers had completely recovered.… Read More