Heart health has never been easy. The most proven methods are things that few people look forward to…strenuous exercise and drastic diet changes.
But a new study reveals the lazy man’s way to heart attack prevention.
Researchers from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland tracked 3,462 people for five years. They found that those who napped once or twice a week had a 48% lower chance of heart attack, stroke, or heart failure.… Read More
Location, location, location.
Just as it’s important in real estate, it’s also vital to how body fat affects your health.
The location of fat determines whether it will clog your arteries and potentially give you a heart attack.
A recent study published in the journal Menopause looked at 659 women over 55. All were suspected of having obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).… Read More
You toss and turn at night knowing exactly what you’ll be facing when the sun comes up… A day of fatigue, grumpiness, and poor productivity. It’ll be a struggle to get through the day.
And then when it’s all over, you’ll try again, hoping that sleep will come the next night.
It might.
Or it might not.
This pattern is so frustrating.… Read More
It’s even worse than we thought…
In recent years, studies have made it clear that the heartburn drugs that many people pop without thinking can have serious side effects.
We’ve told you how they are associated with weak bones, pneumonia, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, reduced kidney and liver function, and Alzheimer’s.[1] [2]
But a major new study shows that acid-reducing proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have other deadly dangers.… Read More
If you go to your doctor and discover you have heart disease, chances are that you’ll be given a statin drug to lower your cholesterol.
And you may be prescribed a blood pressure drug and perhaps a blood thinner.
But a new study shows that your doctor may help you more by prescribing a cup of blueberries a day.
A research team fromBritain’s University of East Anglia collaborated with Harvard University.… Read More
Mainstream doctors have known for years that they prescribe way too many antibiotics. A study by the Centers for Disease Control found they write 47 million unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions a year.
Physicians hand them out for minor infections that would clear up on their own. Or they prescribe them for patients with viruses. Of course, antibiotics have no effect on viruses.… Read More