You’ve probably heard the news that 65-year-old screen star Michael Douglas has Stage IV throat cancer. He announced the news on the Late Show with David Letterman last week. The news comes just weeks before he appears in the hotly-anticipated sequel to Wall Street.
While the public is watching his new film, Douglas will be undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery.… Read More
Viagra is the best-selling drug of all time.
Those little blue pills give literally millions of men the chance to enjoy a full sex life. But there’s one snag: the longer you use these potency pills, the less of a punch they pack. As their effect dwindles over time, some men give up on them altogether.
But that doesn’t have to be the end of your sex life.… Read More
You may have seen several articles in the press in the last week or two promoting the “fact” that low-carb and low-fat diets deliver equal weight-loss results.
That’s because a new two-year study has revealed that two groups of dieters – one sticking with low carbs, the other with low fat – both wound up losing about the same amount of weight.… Read More
A recent study shows women taking antidepressants are 45 percent more likely to suffer a stroke.
The same study shows women taking these drugs increase their risk of early death by 32 percent. That’s pretty scary… especially when you consider that antidepressants are the most prescribed drug in America.
As frightening as those statistics are… they’re not even the real issue.… Read More
Someone you love seems different all of a sudden. They’re sad all the time. They may even be clinically depressed. What do you do to help this person?
Your first reaction is to run to the doctor. And his first response may be antidepressants. After all, US doctors wrote 189 million prescriptions for antidepressants in 2005 alone.
But here’s the really depressing news: antidepressants don’t work.… Read More
Did you know that deficiency in just one mineral can cause anxiety… diabetes… even heart disease?
In fact, deficiency in this mineral makes you twice as likely to die, according to findings published in The Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. And the bad news is that 80 percent of Americans are deficient in it.
The mineral we’re talking about is magnesium.… Read More