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Drinking coffee has gone from a vice to a virtue.
Once seen as harmful to health, nutritional researchers now view coffee as a true superfood. Studies show it helps with weight loss, prevents diabetes, reduces artery calcification that leads to heart attacks, lowers Alzheimer’s risk, and improves cognition and mood.
Most of the research links coffee’s health effects to caffeine.… Read More
Many dentists’ offices have started to reopen. However, wary patients are staying away.
They rightly fear that sitting with their mouths wide open for long stretches is not a risk worth taking as the coronavirus continues to rampage through the country. Many of us have decided to skip checkups and routine cleanings for now.
The American Dental Association reports that patient volume is less than 60% of what it was before the pandemic.… Read More
In the early days of the pandemic, most COVID-19 patients who went into intensive care units did not come out alive.
About 60% of them died.
But a new study shows that by the end of May, things got better. ICU mortality for coronavirus fell to 42%.
That may not seem like much improvement. But it translates to tens of thousands of lives saved.… Read More
Air pollution is an underrated killer.
Most of us don’t think of it as a major threat to our health. But it’s linked to heart disease, cancer, strokes, cognitive problems, lung disease, and diabetes.
It’s responsible for 107,000 American deaths a year, according to a University of Minnesota study. That’s more people than die in car accidents.[1]
Another recent study found that even if you’ve never lit a cigarette in your life, your lungs may be as badly damaged as someone who has smoked a pack a day for 29 years if you live in one of six major U.S.… Read More
There are good reasons nutritionists consider sugar public enemy number one.
Gary Taubes, author of the best-selling exposé The Case Against Sugar, says the sweet substance is nothing less than a toxin.
And science backs him up.
Studies link sugar consumption to cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes.[1]
Now, new research has found yet another way sugar is terrible for you.… Read More
Amid all the sickness, death, and job losses, there were two pieces of information that provided some comfort in the early days of the coronavirus.
Initial statistics showed that serious cases were largely confined to people over 65. Younger people, it seemed, had little risk.
And if you did get COVID-19, once you recovered, it seemed your life would go on as normal.… Read More