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Never Take This Supplement If You’re a Stroke Survivor

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Arthritis, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Stroke

For years, women have been told to take calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis.

But now an alarming study has found that women with a history of stroke are seven times more likely to develop dementia if they take calcium.1

Even women who have not had full-blown strokes but have suffered only mini-strokes are at risk. The researchers found that women with a marker for cerebrovascular disease, a sign of mini-strokes, are up to three times more likely to suffer dementia if they take calcium.… Read More

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This One Vitamin Thwarts Prostate Cancer

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Cancer, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Men's Health, Prostate Cancer

A recent study published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology found men with low levels of vitamin D develop more aggressive prostate cancer.

The study sampled vitamin D levels in men in the months before they had surgery to remove their prostate. This is a procedure called radical prostatectomy.

The lower their vitamin D levels, the more aggressive their cancer was at the time of surgery.… Read More

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Simple Ways to Lower Blood Sugar While at Your Desk

In All Health Watch, Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Stroke, Weight Loss

High blood sugar can damage your nerves, blood vessels, and organs. It can give you a heart attack, type 2 diabetes, stroke, kidney failure, or even make you blind.1,2

One of the worst things for blood sugar is to sit for hours on end. But the problem is that many of us have jobs that require us to sit at a desk for at least eight hours every weekday.… Read More

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Why You Should Stay Away from Sick People in the Morning

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, General Health

If you catch a virus in the morning, you will likely get far sicker than if you are exposed later in the day.

Those are the findings of a fascinating new Cambridge University study that examined the effect of body clock rhythm on viral immunity.

Researchers found that viruses multiply 10 times faster when they are injected into mice early in the day versus later.… Read More

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Study Discovers Food Secret for Healthy Aging

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Longevity

Why do some people start getting chronic illnesses—like diabetes and heart disease—in middle age…but others stay fit and healthy through their 70s, 80s, and beyond?

Researchers in Australia set out to answer this question with a massive study started more than a decade ago. They followed 1,600 healthy adults aged 49 and older, closely examining their eating habits.

At the end of 10 years, only 250 of the subjects (16%) had achieved what scientists call “successful aging.”… Read More