If you walk into your doctor’s office with high blood pressure, chances are that you’ll walk out with a prescription for a hypertension drug.
But major new research shows that exercise can lower high blood pressure just as much as medications…and without the side effects that drugs often cause.
The study is believed to be the first of its kind.… Read More
We all know soda is bad for us. Most of us figure that it does its damage by making us fat or raising our blood sugar.
But a new study shows that sugary soft drinks hurt you in another way: They can cause your kidneys to fail.
Chronic kidney disease is the ninth-leading cause of death in the U.S. About 13% of Americans have it.… Read More
When it comes to Big Pharma’s misdeeds, the opioid epidemic gets most of the headlines. And for good reason. More than 400,000 Americans have died from opioid overdoses in the past 18 years.[1]
Not surprisingly, sales of opioid painkillers have plummeted and some have been pulled from the market.
But a new study shows that Big Pharma has found another way to profit from drug addiction.… Read More
It kills more than 88,000 Americans a year. That’s more than double the number of people who die in car accidents every year.
It’s more than the death toll from melanoma, and prostate, bladder, kidney, and liver cancers combined.
You’d think people would be angry, scared, or at least concerned.
… Read MoreWhen it comes to body fat, there’s one thing most of can agree on: We want less of it.
But in recent years, researchers have discovered something surprising about one type of body fat. Doctors call it brown adipose tissue. The common name is brown fat.
Unlike regular white fat, it’s good for you.
… Read MoreThey were older folks who could feel their mental sharpness slipping away. But they didn’t have dementia…at least not yet.
They had bouts of forgetfulness, but they could still function in everyday life.
Scientists did a unique experiment to find out if their thinking skills could be restored. By the end of the study, one group of seniors took nearly 10 years off their brain age.… Read More