Category: Health Conditions

Amazing Compound Found in Tomatoes Can Strengthen Bones and Help Prevent Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis, characterized by low bone mineral density, causes brittle bones susceptible to breakage.  Odds of developing osteoporosis skyrocket with advancing age – with women disproportionately affected.  About 30 percent of postmenopausal women in the United States are affected by osteoporosis, and – according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation – roughly one in three women over age…


Natural Remedies for Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a chronic inflammatory condition consisting of muscular and joint pain and fatigue.  Three to five percent of the population suffers with this condition; more than eighty percent are women.  This is one of the fastest growing disabling conditions in the US. You can beat Fibromyalgia with natural lifestyle strategies. Fibromyalgia is classically diagnosed…


The 5 Best Reasons to Never Ever Eat Factory-Farmed Fish

While it may seem like a modern invention, “aquaculture,” has been around for ages—man has been “farming” fish in net enclosures, ponds, vats, urns, and even woven baskets for thousands of years. More recently, though, especially within the last few decades, worldwide demand has exploded, and farming fish has grown just as rapidly, evolving into…


Can We Regenerate Brain Cells?

For many decades, neurologists and medical students were taught that neurogenesis, the formation of new brain cells, does not happen in the adult brain. It was believed that when cells in other organs died they were replaced with fresh new ones whereas the brain was seen as a special organ where once neurons died, they were…


The Critical Differences Between A1 and A2 Milk

Dairy is a common trigger for autoimmune and chronic diseases. Consequently, sometimes people reluctantly remove dairy from their diet in an attempt to heal themselves. I went dairy-free for roughly five years in order to reverse rheumatoid arthritis. I believe removing all dairy from my diet was a critical step in my healing journey. However, if…


C. Difficile May Cause Colorectal Cancer

Clostridioides difficile, or C. difficile, a bacterial species that’s well known for causing serious diarrheal infections, may also drive colorectal cancer, research in mice has found. The findings appear in the journal Cancer Discovery, and may expose another troublesome role for this microbe, which causes approximately 500,000 infections a year in the United States—many of which prove…


Myth of ‘Moderation’: Is There No Safe Amount of Alcohol?

Mike Dyson, 33, passed away suddenly on Christmas Day after several drinks, before he even had a chance to open his presents. Dyson went to his neighbor’s house to drink at 1:30 p.m. After drinking about four glasses of whiskey and some hot water, he lay down on a bed. Everyone thought he was sleeping….


Psychologists Have Traditionally Focused on the Past but What If That’s All Wrong?

For more than a century, psychologists such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers focused people’s attention on the past. And so when Mary struggles to maintain romantic relationships, she blames her past boyfriends for it. When Chris battles with addiction, he digs into his memories from childhood when he first felt humiliated. And when Saoirse doesn’t want to settle…


Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Monkeypox Primarily Transmitted Sexually by Men

The first major peer-reviewed study of monkeypox infections has found that the virus is primarily being transmitted through the sexual activity of gay and bisexual men in the United States and around the world. The Journal of New England Medicine on Thursday published a study that looked at monkeypox infection across 16 countries between April and…


Magnesium Can Prevent Diabetes and Cancer; What’s the Correct Way to Supplement Magnesium?

People today are generally deficient in magnesium. Dietary surveys conducted in Europe and the United States show that the intake of magnesium is mostly below standard for people on a Western-style diet, and the amount is only equivalent to 30 percent to 50 percent of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA). In the past century, Americans’…