It’s no wonder Big Pharma loves antidepressants.
About 13% of Americans over the age of 12 take them, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
These medications include Prozac (fluoxetine), Zoloft (sertraline), Celexa (citalopram), Lexapro (escitalpram), and many others.
Antidepressants can be very difficult to quit. Withdrawal is similar to that of addictive drugs. A quarter of the people on the medications have taken them for at least 10 years.… Read More
Low-carb diets have become wildly popular in recent years—for good reason.
Studies show that they help people lose weight better than traditional low-fat diets. And low-carb dieters are better able to keep off the weight over the long-term.
A low-carb diet also helps reduce belly fat, lower blood sugar, and improves cholesterol better than other types of diets.i
Now, researchers have found that low-carb eating has another benefit you might not expect.… Read More
Prostate cancer has long presented men and their doctors with a major dilemma…
In most cases, it’s not fatal. It’s harmless. It doesn’t even affect a man’s health.
But in a few men, it spreads. Usually into bones. Then to the rest of body. At that point, it’s usually lethal.
The problem is that doctors have no reliable way to tell the harmless cancers from the fatal ones.… Read More
Nearly 3 million Americans have atrial fibrillation. It’s an irregular heartbeat that can cause fatigue, shortness of breath, and chest pain.
And it also greatly raises the chances you’ll have a stroke.
Mainstream doctors’ first-line treatment for AFib is drugs. They usually put their patients on a drug thinner like warfarin to lower their chances of stroke-causing blood clot. And they often give them on another drug such as amiodarone to regulate their heartbeat.… Read More
Hormones are the master controllers of your body.
They are chemical messengers that tell your organs and glands what to do. When you have a shortage or imbalance, your body no longer functions efficiently.
When we think of hormone problems, menopause in women and low testosterone in men are often the first things that come to mind.
Hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, dry skin, and fatigue are just a few of the symptoms that occur when women experience the natural decline of estrogen and progesterone during menopause.… Read More
The perfect weight-loss diet does four things…
Researchers have found that one eating plan may be all these things and more.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago gathered 23 obese volunteers.… Read More