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This Marine Animal Could Help Fight Cancer

Researchers at the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center in Chicago have discovered a health breakthrough in the fight against cancer, and it involves the lowly sea cucumber. Of course, sea cucumbers are not...

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The Effects of Alcohol on Stroke and Heart Disease

The best health advice is not to use alcohol for any medical reason, but to understand that it can in ways benefit your heart. But only in moderate doses. Some types of alcohol could reduce your risk...

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How to Have the Heart of a 25-year-old at 65

One of the worrisome things about getting older is maintaining your heart health. After all, your heart performs an invaluable job. Consider the fact that it will beat an average of 2 1/2 billion times...

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The Threat of Triglycerides on Your Heart

Mired in the shadows of cholesterol sit fats in our blood that we should all know plenty about. Triglycerides are cousins of cholesterol and can reap the same kind of damage — and perhaps worse. Any...

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This Vitamin Could Prevent Kidney Problems for Diabetics

Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, is essential for your body to process carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. The vitamin really should be called the “energy maker,” as it is crucial for energy...

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Yet Another Reason to Avoid Prescription Drugs

Have you heard the phrase “biologic drug” before? Biologic drugs are made from a living organism or its products. They are used in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer and other diseases....

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Why It’s Tougher to Quit Menthols

Menthol cigarettes have been a hot topic in health news as of late. It seems that the U.S. government is about to make a decision about whether or not to ban menthol in cigarettes. In Canada,...

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Look Better, Feel Better, Live Longer

For years the medical profession has been aware of the benefits that accrue when patients take the time and make the effort to care for themselves. In the last few years, however, we have become...

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Six Tips to Better Breathing

Here I enter the vault of health secrets within Chinese medicine. Here I pull forth six ways you can distribute oxygen efficiently throughout the body. This is essential in maintaining your health, and...

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Important News for Women in Their 40s

The best health advice for women aiming to prevent breast cancer is to keep watch for trouble. That includes mammograms…and a new study shows that it should also include an ever-larger segment of...

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Prevention is Key When It Comes to Food Safety

Recent reports of consumers becoming seriously ill after drinking tainted carrot juice have made many of us wary of what could be lurking in our refrigerators.  The offending carrot juice has caused an...

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Even More Questions You’re Too Embarrassed to Ask Your Doctor About

Some problems are harder to talk about than others. Your doctor may be a professional who has heard it all before, but it can be difficult to reconcile that knowledge with how red faced you feel at the...

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Why This Could Help Prevent Macular Degeneration

A new major study has found that eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids helps protect your vision as you age. This piece of nutrition health follows what is routinely part of every doctor’s advice:...

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Don’t Watch This if You’re Trying to Quit Smoking

If smokers see someone else lighting up, their brains will crave a cigarette. This is a biological effect proven in a new study that examined the hand movements of smokers. Seeing actors in a movie...

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Cancer Patients Who Continue to Smoke May Feel More Pain

Smokers are probably told to quit smoking every time they read an article about nicotine or walk into the physician’s office. Here is another way of looking at it. A new study has found that cancer...

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Exercise May Help Reduce Irritable Bowel Symptoms: Study

A new study has found that exercising could help cut symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). These included abdominal pain and stool problems (constipation, diarrhea), as well as a lower quality of...

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Difficult Patients Stay Sick Longer

Does your doctor consider you a “difficult patient?” Maybe you don’t know what your doctor thinks about you, but his or her perceptions could be important when it comes to your health. A new study has...

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How to Properly Dispose of Unused Meds

Prescription painkillers are big, big business for pharmaceutical companies. At any given time, there are a dozen drugs being prescribed almost on a daily basis by general practitioners. In part, this...

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These Two Common Chemicals Linked to Parkinson’s

There have been tentative links made between pesticide use and Parkinson’s disease before. However, the term “pesticide” is broad and includes chemicals with varied compositions. Few investigations...

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You Could Be Making Deadly Mistakes with Your Inhaler

Medical experts have been unable to find a “cure” for asthma attacks. The best that can usually be hoped for is to control the severity of a particular attack or to try to minimize the frequency of...

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