What really caused the death of beloved actress Mary Tyler Moore?
Was it type 1 diabetes, which famously plagued the actress for almost her entire adult life? Or was it pneumonia, which sent her to the hospital in the days before her death? Did cardiac arrest kill her? This is what the public was told caused her death on Wednesday at age 80.… Read More
Sometimes when we overindulge in our favorite foods, we get a bloated, uncomfortable stomach. But what if you have a bloated belly and you can’t blame it on a recent pig out?
There are some surprising causes of a belly bloat that have nothing to do with overeating.
Bloating can be defined as any abnormal swelling in the abdominal area. A feeling of fullness, increased stomach growling, and pain are sometimes also present.… Read More
We spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on the stuff. It’s in almost everybody’s medicine cabinet. But it’s a total waste of our hard-earned money. It doesn’t work.
At least 15 clinical trials have proved using cough syrup is no better than taking a placebo.1
Its sales spike during cold and flu season. We spend almost $600 million a year on over-the-counter cough syrup, according to Drug Store News magazine.… Read More
An epidemic of antibiotic-resistant infections in health care facilities has killed thousands of Americans. But good luck trying to find out if your local hospital is hosting the deadly germs…
Greedy health care facilities rarely report the outbreaks because it is bad for business.
A recent outbreak of the superbug Clostridium difficile (c. diff) in a New Mexico assisted living facility left eight of the 86 residents dead and seven more battling for their lives.… Read More
“Beef—it’s what’s for dinner.”
This famous TV commercial line spoken by Robert Mitchum was launched in 1992 as the beef industry tried to fight off the entrenched medical belief that eating red meat caused disease.
Even today, U.S. nutritional guidelines still advise eating less than 3 ounces of beef or pork per day.1
… Read MoreWhen former president George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara were both hospitalized this week for similar health problems, doctors noted that this was not an unusual circumstance.1
Couples often get sick at the same time.
If it has happened to you and your spouse, you may have figured it was because you were both exposed to the same germs.… Read More