Surprisingly, one of the most controversial areas in preventive medicine is whether or not people without known cardiovascular disease should take a daily aspirin for primary prevention. That is, should you take aspirin to reduce the risk of heart attack,… Read more ›
Take time to get a flu vaccine. CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses. While there are many different flu viruses, a flu vaccine protects against the viruses that research… Read more ›
Will taking zinc for colds make my colds go away faster? There’s been a lot of talk about taking zinc for colds ever since a 1984 study showed that zinc supplements kept people from getting as sick. Since then, research… Read more ›
What harm can having too little of a vitamin do? Consider this: Over the course of two months, a 62-year-old man developed numbness and a “pins and needles” sensation in his hands, had trouble walking, experienced severe joint pain, began… Read more ›
[Source: Tech Times ] If you spend a lot of time on a PC and think you’ve developed dry eye disease, you likely haven’t, according to new research, but you are likely suffering similar symptoms. It seems those who stare… Read more ›
According to the Surgeon General, active smokers have a 30% to 40% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with nonsmokers. This new data was just published in the Surgeon General’s 50-year anniversary report on smoking – The Health… Read more ›
Colds are the most common infectious diseases shared by Americans and are triggered by hundreds of different viruses, rather than bacteria; colds are usually spread by hand-to-hand contact between people, or by touching objects that harbor the opportunistic pathogens, more… Read more ›
Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels that result from defects in the body’s ability to produce and/or use insulin. Familiarize yourself with the risks, causes, symptoms, and treatments for this increasingly common disease. How… Read more ›
Carole Baggerly is the founder director of GrassrootsHealth. Her organization’s mission is to increase awareness about vitamin D and the crucial role it plays in many aspects of your health. Carole is on the cutting edge of vitamin D research,… Read more ›
