Category Archives: General Health

Ear infections, chest infection, urinary tract infections, and respiratory infections, although common, can be dangerous. As it turns out, so can common treatments. Doctors tend to prescribe antibiotics when patients come in with one of these common illnesses. But that treatment could lay the foundation for severe illness in the near future. A new study ...click here to read more

The relationship between egg consumption and certain health issues such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) has long been a topic of intense debate in the scientific community. But, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, consuming up to one egg per day does not appear to be ...click here to read more

You might be guilty of approaching aging from the outside in. You’re certainly not alone. Skincare, hair treatments, and more are usually marketed as the preservers of youth. But if you’re in middle age, you might want to consider refocusing your efforts on what’s happening inside of you. Internal health is the real key to ...click here to read more

The risk of aging-related diseases could be affected by the consumption of oil olive as part of a Mediterranean diet plan. Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School have discovered this new potential way in which diet influences these age-related diseases. It was previously thought that red wine found in the Mediterranean diet was ...click here to read more

Trouble with bladder control can be a huge cloud hanging over your life. Whether it’s causing you to wake up multiple times per night or causing sudden urges throughout the day, it feels like it’s holding you hostage. Bladder control problems can have a number of causes. But at the end of the day, it ...click here to read more

Food choices can fight or promote inflammation. And although reaching for a pill may help quell a headache or arthritic flare-up, they won’t do the job in preventing heart disease, type-2 diabetes, or future flare-ups. To get those anti-inflammatory benefits, your best bet might be an anti-inflammatory diet. Chronic low-grade inflammation is associated with a ...click here to read more

There are a lot of reasons why you should care about blood circulation. Poor circulation can lead pain, cramps, cold hands and feet, digestive troubles, and more. It may even signify potential heart problems or speed up issues like dementia. When nutrient-rich oxygenated blood is having trouble spreading throughout your body, serious problems can arise. ...click here to read more

The idea of the “diet” has changed over the years. It used to be about cutting back calories to lose weight. Now a diet is more about food quality and boosting overall health. I’d say that’s a good switch of focus. No one wants to slice calories every day so they feel dizzy and hungry. ...click here to read more

Ugh. Not another workout, am I right? The last thing you want to do is walk around the block right now. You’ve got no energy anyways. What’s the point? That’s a common opinion and contributor to why so many people pass on their workouts. Why get outside for some exercise when you’re tired anyway and ...click here to read more

For patients with peripheral artery disease, walking can be a difficult task, but new evidence shows how something as simple as cocoa may be able to help. According to the results of a small, preliminary phase II research trial published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation Research, cocoa could help with symptoms associated with peripheral ...click here to read more

Man, was I amazed when I saw my aunt in the closet the other day. It’s not that she was in there, or even that she was on the floor, but rather how she was positioned. She was not hiding, nor did she fall, which is a concern for most 69-year-olds. Rather, it was that ...click here to read more

Walking around town the other night, I was hit with a sudden urge to urinate. My friend and I searched out a restaurant and I headed down the hall towards the restroom. A moment later, my friend pushed me aside, ran in, and locked the door. He emerged a few minutes later saying he had ...click here to read more

The occurrence of gum disease has been linked to a hardening of large arteries in the brain and severe artery blockages, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020. The preliminary research included two studies that raise the possibility that treating gum disease alongside other stroke risk factors could reduce ...click here to read more

What you eat every day may help keep your bladder healthy. At least that’s what a new study looking at Buddhists suggests. There is a long list of benefits associated with enlightenment. Lower stress, living in the moment, empathy, gratitude—the list goes on. According to a new study, a lower risk of urinary tract infection, ...click here to read more