It can be hard knowing whether or not statins will help you survive the flu season; we are going to attempt to clarify what will and will not help you. At a recent meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, researchers in Oregon made a surprising announcement: Among patients hospitalized with the flu, those [...]
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Anxiety is not something with which anyone enjoys dealing; whether you suffer occasional event-related anxiety, or the chronic variety, there are many new natural soothing solutions. And now probiotics are the latest promising option . You already know that chocolate can do wonders for a dark mood — but…yogurt? If you buy the kind that contains [...]
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Your brain and heart are obviously very important parts of your body; so what happens if one is not working as well as the other? Heart surgery has been shown to significantly impact the brain in a negative way. Let’s see why… When arteries become blocked, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery often is the [...]
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Ginger has long been recognized as a natural antidote to nausea, and now a new study affirms its value in soothing nausea for those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. The Study The study, from the University of Rochester Medical Center, involved 644 patients nationwide in various cancer centers who had undergone chemotherapy that had made them [...]
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People will do almost anything they can to avoid cancer; doctors and salesman are, thus, are overly eager to dispense advice on how to do so. Is garlic one of those golden substances with cancer preventative potential? Or a gimmick that may actually turn out to cause it??? Traditional healers and modern scientists often see [...]
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Pick your poison, as they say. Whether you eat sweet treats made with sugar or with cheap and ever-present high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the result remains the same — it’s unhealthy. This was confirmed for me when I asked for expert guidance on the relative merits of “natural” sugar versus “unnatural” HFCS, having noticed the [...]
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This year, there’s even more fretting than usual about how best to fight flu, thanks to the questions and concerns surrounding H1N1. But there’s one time-tested approach that seems to be overlooked… a sure-fire flu-fighting strategy that has long been embraced by both the natural and mainstream medical communities as an effective immune booster. It’s [...]
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Each and every day, our local weathermen report on current air pollution, with “particulates” almost always at the top of the list. Most people know that air pollution is bad, but a new study puts it in a whole different light. The study from the University of Milan investigated 63 healthy subjects who worked in [...]
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Which is better, walnuts or fish oil? Actually, the answer is both, according to new research. In a clinical trial to compare the two types of omega-3s, researchers at Loma Linda University in California found that plant-derived omega-3 oil in walnuts offers different heart-health benefits than the marine-derived omega-3 in salmon. Their study, published recently [...]
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A cursory reading of headlines makes it seem that taking aspirin regularly is a great way to stay healthy. It helps prevent heart disease in men, stroke in women and, according to new studies, colon cancer, too. All that’s true — but it is not all that simple. We’re already quite familiar with both the [...]
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