Walk into your doctor’s office with high blood pressure and chances are you’ll walk out with a prescription for a hypertension drug.
Americans spend over $20 billion a year on hypertension medications.
These drugs often have serious side effects. They include sexual problems, headaches, fatigue, and chronic cough. Some have even been linked to cancer.1
… Read MoreThere are two types of sleepers… “Morning larks” get up with the sun and are alert and ready to face the day.
“Night owls,” on the other hand, stay up late and get up late. If they have to wake up early, you don’t want to be around them.
But a new study shows that grumpiness may be the least of their problems.… Read More
Most of us with high blood pressure try to eat right to get our numbers down.
We avoid salt. Try to lose weight. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe we add more potassium to our diet.
But a large new study shows that it’s not only what we eat that’s important…it’s how we cook it.
… Read MoreYou can’t avoid phthalates. They’re in the food you eat, the water you drink, and the clothes you wear.
Phthalates are chemicals added to plastics to make them more flexible. They are in everything from food wrappers to T-shirts. Plastic is used in so many products, that phthalates used to make it is contaminating our water and food.1
… Read MoreDo you know the three leading causes of death in the U.S.?
The top two are easy. They are heart disease and cancer.
But what about the third one?
… Read MoreIt’s long been known that having Type 2 diabetes can affect your memory and thinking skills.
But what about people who don’t have the disease? Can rising blood sugar levels damage your mental sharpness if you’re not a diabetic?
That’s the question researchers at Peking University Health Science Center set out to answer.
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