The largest clinical trial — The Women's Health Initiative — showed that HRT that contains both estrogen and progestin increased the chances of serious health conditions, including heart disease, stroke, blood clots, and breast cancer.... Read More
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Early
Memory loss is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, with early signs including challenges in remembering recent conversations or events. With disease progression, the memory impairments worsen, and other symptoms emerge.... Read More
Surgery and Patient Dignity
Many patients have anxiety and stress when they expose their bodies in a medical setting.... Read More
Antibiotics and Sports Performance
In aggregate, the microbes from the microbiome. We need this community of microscopic creatures to help us regulate our immune systems, digest food, protect against other disease-causing microbes, and make vitamins. The last includes the B vitamins B12, thiamine, riboflavin, and vitamin K, the last important for blood clotting).... Read More
Reduce Your Risk of Blindness
A NEW STUDY CONFIRMS DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS for slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in older Americans. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), or macular degeneration,... Read More
Breast Cancer Spreads at Night
Breast cancer spreads at night. That’s today’s mind ending subject. METASTASIS IS A PROCESS IN WHICH CANCER CELLS breast away from a primary tumor and enters the bloodstream. These rogue... Read More
Weight and Colon Cancer
Today we explore weight and colon cancer. “If you concentrate on small, manageable steps you can cross unimaginable distances.”― Shaun Hick EXCESS WEIGHT HAS A GREATER IMPACT on colorectal cancer risk than... Read More
Coffee and Longevity
We Americans consume over half a billion cups of coffee daily, with two-thirds of us reporting consumption within the past day.... Read More