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The Alarming Trend That Is Threatening Your Healthcare

It’s a scenario you often see on TV medical dramas such as Grey’s Anatomy or ER . . . two people come into the Emergency Room: one is an injured cop; the other is the criminal who tried to kill him. If the ER is short on help, who gets treated first? Typically, it’s the one who is most in need of medical attention, but it doesn’t always go that way (which, of course, sets up the drama for the next hour of the show).

While this may not happen as often in real life as it does on TV, there is something very real that is threatening your healthcare when it comes to over-flooded ERs.

The New Science on Lyme Disease – and Why You Should Know About It

You may have noticed . . . we’re smack-dab in the middle of summer. You may be planning (or already been on) a camping, canoe, or hiking expedition, or simply have been spending more time outdoors.

Which brings me to this timely topic: Lyme disease! That nasty tick bite that you may or may not have noticed could be much more dangerous than you think. Luckily, scientists are finding ways to detect Lyme disease at an earlier stage, giving you a better chance of treating it – and beating it – more effectively.

Toxin Alert! Study Finds Dangerous Lead Levels in Kid's Food Products

Although it won’t come as a surprise, the packaged food industry has let us down again… but this time, your child’s health could be at risk.
 
After a thorough study, the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) recently confirmed the presence of lead in a number of children’s snacks and drinks. This toxic chemical has a nasty track record of making its way into consumer products, from paint to toys, but this could be one of the most alarming instances of contamination ever exposed.

The 7 Things You Need to Know about Preventing Alzheimer’s

Dementia. Alzheimer’s. Losing your mind. Call it what you like, but when it comes down to it, the risk of your memory and your mind dwindling away day by day is flat-out frightening. So what can you do? Take that risk down a notch by learning the seven things you can do right now to prevent developing this dreadful disease.

Blood Pressure Med May Increase Risk of Death

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects billions of people worldwide – billions! While many people work to control their blood pressure through exercise and a healthy diet, others also turn to prescription medications to reduce the health risks associated with the condition. But like many other prescriptions drugs, some of these blood pressure medications are now being realized to do much more harm than good . . . and I don't mean to alarm you, but I mean "harm" as in the way of "death."

Cure Your Hay Fever with One Simple (and Tasty) Treat

Ahhhh . . . The sneezing. The stuffiness. The sinus pressure. You’ve felt it. I’ve felt it. It’s HAY FEVER! And no matter how hard you try to stop it, ease it, or prevent it, nothing seems to work. Until now. New research thinks they may have found a cure for hay fever. That’s right – not just a remedy, but a cure! And it’s simpler than you might think.

From Donuts to Death: The New Research on Sugary Foods

Though most of you probably realize that diets high in sugar have been statistically shown to be bad for you and linked to serious conditions such as diabetes and heart problems; you may not know the hundreds of other conditions that may be at stake by choosing to indulge in sweets too often. Well, research has come up with one more . . . and it just happens to involve the “Big C.”

Think You’re Getting Enough Vitamin D from the Sun? Think Again.

Lately it seems everybody is talking about vitamin D – and whether or not you’re getting enough of it! From  your doctor to your colleague to your neighbor, each one might have a different opinion on the best kind of vitamin D. The sun? Food sources? Supplements? Well, recent research may be able to put that debate to rest.

When Fruit Makes You Fat: What you need to know about Chemical Calories™

Calorie: a little word with a big stigma. Often, we don’t know whether to eat it or banish it to the list of unmentionable evils. These days, we are increasingly aware the calorie’s presence because—well—it is everywhere, in everything and in astoundingly greater quantities than ever before. We live in the land of the Double Decker Bacon Ranch Cheeseburger, for chewing out loud… a day’s worth of calories in a convenient paper sack.
 
But we realize that most everything that passes through a drive-up window is bad for us. We get that we should up the fruits and veggies. We understand the calorie plight… or at least we thought we did. Then Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton introduced a whole new genre of evil that might be messing with metabolism and contributing to American obesity: the Chemical Calorie™.

How You Can You Prevent Asthma Attacks with this One Simple Nutrient

Asthma and allergies continue to rise in our country and around the world. Not only is this detrimental to the health of the person suffering from the condition, but it is also costing billions of dollars in lost work. So . . . what if there was one simple nutrient that would help prevent those debilitating asthma attacks? New research suggests that there might be.