Category Archives: Human Behavior

List of Dangerous Antidepressants that Cause Sudden Death Is Rapidly Expanding

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ekgThe list of antidepressants that can cause sudden death is growing exponentially, with citalopram – under the brand names Celexa and Cipramil – the latest such drug to be added, according to a new study.

The research, published recently in the British Medical Journal, revealed that the drug tends to cause a lengthening of the Q-T interval, a part of the cycle of Continue reading →

More Younger Women Getting Breast Cancer

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bcancerRevealing new data from the charity Cancer Research UK reports that a record number of women under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with breast cancer.

For the first time, more than 10,000 women under 50 were diagnosed with the disease in Continue reading →

Farmer Faces Jail Time over Raw Dairy Sales

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Srawmilksupptory at-a-glance

  • The trial of Wisconsin dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger recently began at the Sauk County Courthouse. Hershberger’s farm was targeted by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for supplying a  private buying club with raw milk and other fresh produce.
  • Hershberger is charged with four criminal misdemeanors that could result in a jail sentence of up to 30 months Continue reading →

Why Gluten Free? Find Out What to Eat and What to Avoid

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glutenfreeWhy gluten free? Getting started eating gluten-free may seem daunting. The typical American diet contains an overload of wheat, our main source of the problematic protein known as gluten. (The other sources are rye and barley.) But going gluten-free doesn’t have to be that difficult, doesn’t deprive you of wholesome, nutritious foods, and can be mastered with a little practice. Continue reading →

Vitamin E May Alleviate Symptoms of Liver Disease Brought on by Obesity

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vitaEStory at-a-glance

  • Vitamin E may help relieve the majority of symptoms associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a common obesity-related fatty liver disease
  • With no known treatment – and often no symptoms until serious damage has    occurred – Continue reading →

How you Respond to Minor Stressors Determines your Health 10 Years From Now

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stressResearch now shows that the way you handle minor daily stressors – those little annoyances – has a tremendous impact on your long-term health.

Human nature is to justify the nasty little moods, childish reactions and general grumpiness because “life is so stressful.” We act like we can’t help it. Human nature is leading us Continue reading →

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Would You Like Some Salt With Your MS?

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sodiumYou don’t need to hear about more high-salt diets causing weight gain, heart problems, and diabetes. You get it all the time. But there’s something you might not know: it can also make you more susceptible to autoimmune diseases, like multiple sclerosis, by impacting your body’s ability to fight infection. Continue reading →

The Health Problem No One Likes to Talk About

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drinksAs long as I can remember, there has been alcohol around. My parents and their friends would drink it when I was a kid, and as I grew older, the people around me continued what almost seemed like a tradition. There was rarely an event that didn’t call for at least a couple of drinks. Continue reading →

The Sitting Sickness: Is It Silently Killing You?

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sitting_illnessThe Sitting Sickness

If you’ve heard that life is movement, it’s true.  If you’ve heard that just sitting around can kill you, it’s also true.  Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide![1] You may have heard the media reporting recently on several studies showing that Continue reading →

Can Chinese Herbal Medicine Treat Cancer? The Research Says Yes

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chinese herbalA large scale review of research by Australia and Chinese University scientists has proved with thousands of studies using hundreds of thousands of cancer patients that Chinese herbal medicine offers significant treatment for most types of cancers – including breast cancer.

The research comes from Australia’s University of Western Sydney and the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. The researchers analyzed and reviewed 2,964 human clinical studies that involved 253,434 cancer patients. Among these were 2,385 randomized controlled studies and Continue reading →

Ibuprofen Kills More than Pain, So What Is the Alternative?

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ibuproPain and unhealthy levels of inflammation are fast becoming default bodily states in the industrialized world. While in most cases we can adjust the underlying pro-inflammatory conditions by altering our diet, and reducing stress and environmental chemical exposures, these approaches take time, discipline and energy, and sometimes we just want the pain to stop now. Continue reading →

Facility Fees Inflate Hospital Prices for Common Services

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cdxxOVERCHARGE__HHR7539Triple the price for same health service, as mergers bloom

Jeffrey Shellan, a retired physicist, looks over some of his medical bills at his home in Niwot. He has been outraged by recent fees that are more than three times what he used to pay with his insurance. The cost turned him away Continue reading →

From Tomb to Table: Cumin’s Health Benefit’s Rediscovered

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cuminTraded along spice routes separating ancient cultures by vast distances, spices like cumin were once worth their weight in gold. Has modern science now revealed why, beyond their remarkable aesthetic value, they were so highly prized?

Many spices are perfectly happy living a charmed life as Continue reading →

Carcinogenic Parabens Contaminating U.S. Food Supply

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parabensResearchers may have solved a vexing mystery as to why parabens contamination in humans has been so pervasive in recent studies: Parabens are increasingly contaminating our food supply.

Researchers from the New York State Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, along with the University of New York at Albany have determined in a study Continue reading →

Science Confirms Turmeric As Effective As 14 Drugs

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tumeric altTurmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today.  Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of over 5600 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies.  In fact, our five-year long research project on this sacred plant has revealed over 600 potential preventive Continue reading →