The importance of a healthy liver cannot be overstated. It used to be that most liver diseases were caused by alcohol consumption or by hepatitis viruses. Nowadays, the leading causes…
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When taking certain medication, be sure to avoid eating grapefruit and drinking grapefruit juice. While grapefruit is delicious and has many health benefits, it can interact with some common medication, causing serious…
Getting a good night’s sleep is one of the most important things we can do for our health, but did you know you can get additional benefits by sleeping naked?…
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about one out of six people in the United States aged 14 to 49 have genital herpes caused by the HSV-2 infection…
Most of us would never dare shower in cold water of our own free will. You may wish to reconsider after reading this blog. Although the thought of taking cold…
As the infectious Black Death plague continues to spread and kill people on the island of Madagascar and along the east coast of Africa, many people have asked me, “Should…
In the United States, osteopenia and osteoporosis (low bone density) affect over 40 million US men and women aged 50 and older. That represents over 50% percent of people aged…
Long-term use of over-the-counter pain relievers may increase the risk for hearing loss. According to a study recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, researchers followed over 55,000 women…
Osteoporosis is a silent epidemic in the world today. Most people think that bone loss is something that only affects elderly women. The truth is, more than half of all…
A new and affordable, state-of-the-art technology called corticalmetrics is now available to assess brain health. For the first time ever, it allows us to objectively and reliably measure brain function…