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Great news for beer drinkers: Researchers have discovered that the hops in beer lessen the harmful effects of alcohol on the liver.1
Consuming too much alcohol can lead to liver damage, fatty liver disease, and cirrhosis. Most doctors recommend no more than one drink a day for women and two for men.2
But researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany found that all alcoholic beverages are not created equal when it comes to liver health.… Read More
No one saw it coming.
He was a 39-year-old married man. He was happy and in good health. But like 60 million others in the U.S., he had trouble sleeping.1
So he did what many Americans do. He went to his doctor and got a prescription for a sleeping pill. At first everything was fine.
… Read MoreToxic chemicals are all around us. It’s impossible to avoid them. They are in virtually all household products that have plastic. They are in carpeting, furniture, and fabrics that are fire retardant. They are in most of our food. They are in much of our drinking water and in the air we breathe.
What do they do to us? There is a growing body of evidence that five common chemicals hurt our brains.… Read More
A group of 45 medical societies is calling for bariatric surgery to become a standard treatment for diabetes.1
Until now, this procedure was a last resort for weight loss. It involves stapling, binding, or removing part of the stomach. It costs an average of $14,500 and insurance usually doesn’t cover it.2
About 17% of patients have complications. These include nutrient deficiencies, infections, internal bleeding, and intestinal blockages.… Read More
When science introduced LED lighting to the world, energy experts and the public were ecstatic.
LEDs (light emitting diodes) use one-tenth the electricity of regular incandescent bulbs and half the power of fluorescents. They last for decades before burning out. And over the life of a single bulb, they save consumers $100.1
Governments quickly embraced the new technology. LEDs are now in wide use for street and outdoor public lighting.… Read More
They kill 18,000 Americans a year… They cause more fatal overdoses than heroin and cocaine combined… Prescription opioid painkillers are behind the biggest addiction epidemic in U.S. history.1
And what is Big Pharma doing to stop it? Absolutely nothing.
In fact, a shocking new report shows they are doing everything they can to keep it going.
… Read More