Actress Patty Duke lost her life on Tuesday to America’s invisible killer.
Unlike breast cancer, it has no iconic ribbon. President Obama has not made it a priority like he has done with Alzheimer’s disease. It has no high-profile fundraising efforts like those against colon cancer, stroke, or diabetes.
Yet it kills far more people than any of those conditions.
Sepsis takes 258,000 American lives a year.… Read More
Is the presidential campaign putting your anxiety meter into overdrive?
It’s turns out that lots of people are stressed out over politics. Psychologists report an uptick in visits from patients who say they are suffering anxiety from this year’s wild primary season.1
Patients often experience acute anxiety after a fight over politics with a family member or friend, doctors say.… Read More
In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that artificial light is as strongly linked to weight gain as junk food.
The eye-opening new study was published in the International Journal of Obesity. It found that obesity rates are higher in communities where artificial light overpowers natural darkness.
Researchers analyzed satellite images of nighttime illumination from around the globe. They found that areas of bright light have a higher percentage of overweight and obese people.… Read More
If you needed any more evidence that artificial sweeteners are just as bad as sugar, now you have it. A new study links a popular zero-calorie sweetener to leukemia.
Italian researchers found that mice fed Splenda develop leukemia.1
The results are so terrifying that the consumer watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest took action. It moved Splenda to its list of the most dangerous foods.… Read More
If you tell your doctor you’re feeling depressed, chances are you’ll walk out of the appointment with a prescription for an antidepressant.
Doctors hand out these drugs like candy. Antidepressant use has skyrocketed more than 400% since the late 1980s. It’s to the point where 11% of American adults are now on one of these medications.1
Depression is nothing to take lightly.… Read More