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It is no secret that smoking is not good for your health, but some people don’t realize exactly how much it accelerates the aging process.  And we’re not just talking about the visible results of smoking such as an unhealthy look to the tone of the skin, an increase in wrinkles, a yellowing of the […]

Elevated cholesterol levels continue to be a problem for the American population.  High cholesterol levels increase the risk of heart disease and heart attack.  While there are a number of prescription drugs on the market for this problem, there is a more natural approach to lowering cholesterol.
Red yeast rice, which is a Chinese product that […]

Well, after a lot of back and forth about whether drinking coffee is beneficial or detrimental to your health, it seems somewhat of a verdict has been reached - for now at least, that coffee does have some sort of unpinned health benefit.  New research shows that women who drink coffee have statistically lower rates […]

It does not take a lot of time and usually not a lot of money to become CPR ceritfied.  There are numerous ways to find out about CPR classes offered in your community.  If you work anywhere in a health related field, the course is mandatory and the class is free.
The knowledge gained could be […]

Wow, we are just now starting to see a piquing awareness of what many have come to think is a harmful chemical that is used in the manufacture of plastic drinking bottles and even worse, has been used in many baby bottles over the years.
There are certain kinds of plastic - especially the harder plastics, […]

As a society, Americans are far too reliant on pills and substances to fix everything from bouts of anxiety to an occasional sleepless night.  When substances and drugs are combined, the consequences can be dangerous and sometimes deadly.
All medications have side effects and there is no such thing as an absolutely safe one.  The most […]

A recent headline made me wonder, how are all these pharmaceutical medications, including the very ones meant to stave off feelings of suicidal depression and suicidal thoughts, making people more prone to commit suicide, and why?  The recent headline was about the smoking cessation medication called Chantix, and how it’s link to increased suicide risk […]

When I initially started reading the “hoopla” about the C Diff bacteria, which is just a shortened name for an extremely virulent and potent bacterial strain called Clostridium dificil, which infects the whole intestinal and digestive tract and causes extreme cases of diarrhea which lead to weakness and nutrition loss, and in the most extreme […]

Rickets, the childhood disease characterized by curvature of the bones and caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, was something of a rarity in today’s society.  Usually, rickets is thought of as the childhood disease that occurred with the industrial revolution and it’s dark, smoggy skies.
Rickets is, however, on the rise again in today’s society.  […]

This is sad and unfortunately very disheartening news about the attitude of the medical community toward the use of medical marijuana.  Marijuana, although still considered to be an illegal drug at the federal level, is allowed for medically therapeutic uses in several states now, as long as a medical need has been established. 
Marijuana has been […]