Doctors rarely talk about artery flexibility. But it may be just as important to your health as other more familiar markers such as weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar.
When your arteries lose flexibility, it can be the start of a destructive chain reaction. Having stiff arteries means your heart has to work harder to move blood through your body.… Read More
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced recently that more Americans than ever have blood sugar issues.[1]
More than half of American adults have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes.[2]
It’s a full-blown epidemic.
Since the 1950s, the incidence of diabetes has soared by more than 900% in the U.S.[3]
If you have blood sugar issues, your doctor has likely advised you that obesity causes diabetes and that you should lose weight.… Read More
A new study shows that one food is a powerful weapon against the mental deterioration that comes with getting older.
A team of researchers from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Tufts University in Boston followed the eating habits of 960 adults for up to four years. The subjects ranged in age from 58 to 99.[1]
The participants completed diet questionnaires, which asked them how often they ate certain foods.… Read More
Big Pharma knows that every year millions of Americans make a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking.
That’s why you see so many TV commercials this time of year for smoking-cessation drugs. There’s only one problem…
The drugs don’t work.
A major study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine looked at 10 years of smoking data collected by the U.S.… Read More
Scientists call it the “Goldilocks Zone.”
It’s when too little of something is bad for you and so is too much…but a moderate amount is “just right.”
A major new study shows that’s the case with alcohol and Alzheimer’s disease.
Previous research has come to conflicting conclusions about how much you should drink for optimal brain health.
Scientists at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research set out to settle the question.… Read More
If there’s one time you want your doctor’s full attention, it’s during surgery.
Most patients don’t realize that surgeons often perform two surgeries at once. They do this to maximize their income.
Most hospitals and Medicare allow the practice. It’s widely known as “double booking.”
An alarming study shows the extent to which double-booked surgeries put patients at risk.
Researchers in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto reviewed case histories of more than 90,000 patients.… Read More