A vitamin D3 deficiency puts your bones, brain, and hormones at risk. Now a new study shows low levels can endanger your heart.
Researchers in Utah looked at 230,000 patients over a three-year period. They put subjects into different groups based on their blood levels of vitamin D.
If you get the flu, most doctors prescribe you a drug… Most likely either Tamiflu or Relenza. Some experts believe they don’t work at all.1,2 But at best, these antiviral medications have a modest effect, shortening flu by only about half a day.3
Side effects from Tamiflu include nausea and bizarre psychiatric symptoms such as hallucinations. All for potentially 12 hours of extra relief.… Read More
It doesn’t just cause excruciating pain that can make simple tasks a struggle…
This disease has a lesser-known but even more insidious effect: It can wreck your heart. In fact, it may raise your heart attack risk by 60%.1
Yet it isn’t listed by the American Heart Association among the major risk factors for heart disease.2 That’s shocking since it’s so common.… Read More
A surprising new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that the majority of the world’s population now has the herpes virus. Two-thirds! That’s 3.7 billion people under 50. In the Americas, half of women and 40% of men carry it.1
There are two types of herpes viruses. HSV-1 is transmitted through oral contact such as kissing. HSV-2 is contracted by skin-to-skin contact during sex.… Read More
Chances are you’ve never heard of it.
It’s a simple fruit that’s been quietly used by Native Americans for hundreds of years as food and medicine.1
But it wasn’t until recently that this strange berry caught the attention of researchers because of its nutritional benefits.
… Read MoreRobin Williams never knew what was wrong with him.
Memory loss, hallucinations, and insomnia plagued the actor. After a battery of tests and exams, doctors told him he had Parkinson’s disease. When treatment didn’t work, Williams took his own life.
His widow revealed recently that it was only in the autopsy that Williams’ was finally diagnosed correctly. He had a little-known but common disease called Lewy body dementia (LBD).… Read More