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
Garry Shandling seemed perfectly fine Thursday morning.
He spoke to friends on the phone who said the comic seemed completely normal.
But a few hours later he was dead. A massive heart attack is the suspected cause.1 The star of “The Larry Sanders Show” was only 66.
When someone dies suddenly of a heart problem, those close to the victim often say they were stricken without warning.… Read More
It’s official: In the war on junk food, junk food has won.
Over half of what Americans eat is junk food, according to a new study.1
Researchers found that 57.9% of the food now consumed in the U.S. is “ultra-processed” (aka junk food). These are “industrial formulations” which include high amounts of sugar, salt, additives, and flavorings, the scientists said.… Read More