Your blood pressure tends to rise as you get older. That’s why 65% of Americans over 60 have blood pressure higher than the healthy threshold of 120/80.[1]
Many of us want to avoid the side effects of taking hypertension pills. So we turn to natural methods.
You probably already know that certain lifestyle behaviors lower blood pressure. But a new study finds that one factor is more powerful than all the others.… Read More
When it comes to vitamin supplements, timing is everything.
The time of day you take a vitamin can make the difference between getting the full benefits and wasting your money.
Should you take them in the morning?
At bedtime?
Spread them throughout the day?
With meals?
There are different answers for different vitamins.
The most popular vitamin supplements are multivitamins, vitamin D, B vitamins, and vitamin C.… Read More
Almost since the beginning of the pandemic, doctors believed they knew the most dangerous COVID-19 risk factors.
They were thought to be old age, obesity, diabetes, and lung, heart, and kidney illnesses.
But a major new Harvard University study has uncovered a previously unknown risk factor that make people far more vulnerable to getting a severe case of COVID. It analyzed the medical records of nearly 17,000 coronavirus patients.… Read More
On the day that Shelly Kendeffy got her second dose of the Moderna vaccine, the side effects hit her hard. She had a sore arm, body aches, and by evening it felt like the flu.
“My teeth were chattering, but I was sweating,” said Shelly, a medical technician in State College, Pa.[1]
By the next day she had recovered enough to go to work.… Read More
Most of us believe that our big brain is what sets humans apart from other species. And that’s what anthropologists thought for decades. All the fossils of our hominid ancestors indicated larger brains.
But everything changed in 1974.
That’s when the fossilized skeleton of a female human ancestor was unearthed in Ethiopia. Scientists called the specimen “Lucy.”
Her remains were 3.2 million years old.… Read More
Antidepressant drugs have become so common that it’s easy to forget that they are potent medications that can have serious and disturbing side effects.
About 13% of Americans over age 12 take them regularly. That’s a 65% increase since 1999.[1]
These medications include Prozac (fluoxetine), Zoloft (sertraline), Celexa (citalopram), and Lexapro (escitalpram). A major review from Canada’s McMaster University found that they may be more dangerous than you think.… Read More