At first glance, it makes sense to take a daily low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease.
Aspirin thins the blood. This should reduce your risk of a blood clot that could lead to a stroke or heart attack.
But this benefit comes at a high price.
A study in the British Journal of Pharmacology found that daily aspirin reduces risk of a heart attack or stroke by 17%.… Read More
Out-of-control inflammation is how COVID-19 kills.
And inflammation is the underlying cause of cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and many other deadly health conditions. A recent medical journal review called inflammation “the most significant cause of death in the world today.”[1]
Harvard University researchers go even further. They say inflammation may cause all disease. They call it the “unifying theory” of illness.… Read More
Breast cancer may be the single most-feared disease among women. More than 260,000 American women get it every year. It kills more than 40,000 of them.[1]
Mastectomies and chemotherapy are the first-line treatments.
Mastectomies are disfiguring and traumatic. And if the cancer isn’t caught early before it spreads, they often do little good.
Chemo can slow the disease. But the side effects can damage the quality of what little life a patient may have left.… Read More
The conservative media world was rocked by Rush Limbaugh’s recent announcement that he has advanced lung cancer.
The famed radio personality, 69, told listeners he began suffering shortness of breath on his birthday, Jan. 12. He went to a doctor, and his grim diagnosis followed just days later.
Limbaugh has started medical treatment. But he hasn’t revealed the details.
Limbaugh started smoking cigarettes at age 16.… Read More
Why do you exercise?
Chances are it’s for one or all of these reasons:
A new study shows that working out has another, perhaps unexpected benefit. It lowers the risk for seven types of cancers. … Read More
There have been concerns for years that chemical hair dyes and straighteners cause health problems in women.
Pregnant women have long been told to avoid hair dyes. But the cosmetic industry and the FDA insisted there was no evidence these products are dangerous.
A major new study changes that.
Scientists from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences followed the hair-product use of 46,709 women for eight years.… Read More