During the Vietnam War, autopsies performed on young American soldiers killed in combat left coroners scratching their heads. When examined, these soldiers looked like booze-guzzling, cigarette-smoking, overweight couch potatoes in their 70s...not like 20-year-old fighting machines. Thick, sticky ... Read More ›
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February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016
Strengthen Your Immunity With Beneficial Bacteria
Are you interested in a natural way to build up your immune system... and give the boot to those nasty germs that can make you miserable and ruin your holiday festivities? Get ready to be truly thankful for nutrients like probiotics—the good and friendly bacteria, or healthy intestinal flora, that ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Desperately seeking Avandia patients
If you're taking Avandia for your diabetes, you're the belle of the Big Pharma ball right now. You might even say everyone wants a piece of you--but don't feel too flattered, because all they really want is a piece of your bank account (or at least the numbers on your health insurance card). As ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Feds say you can keep your Avandia
If you've got one foot in the grave already thanks to Avandia, the feds want to give you a little shove to help finish the job. So if you're currently taking this deadly diabetes drug, don't be such a sissy -- go on and keep taking it. You've probably heard about the tough new rules and ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
A “Nobel” Way to Avoid Cancer
Have you heard of telomeres yet? I've written about them and lectured to the World Conference on Anti-Aging. It's big news in the world of anti-aging. In fact, research into telomeres won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2009. I call telomeres "countdown clocks" because they determine how long your ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Diabetes drug linked to cancer risk
There's no such thing as a safe diabetes drug—just different degrees of risk. While the spotlight has been on Avandia's heart risk, the FDA now says it's putting the drug's main rival, Actos, under review after new data linked it to an increased risk of bladder cancer. And naturally, the feds ... Read More ›
February 8, 2016
Diabetic Dilemma: Avandia Heart Problems to Actos Bladder Troubles
This summer, as the Avandia story went from the FDA wanting to pull it from the market to voting to let it stay, despite plenty of evidence that it had no business on pharmacy shelves, doctors started switching their patients to another big-name diabetes drug -- Actos. Good move, right? With ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Diabetic Hogwash: Is Actos a safe alternative to Avandia?
Type 2 diabetics, I hope you're paying close attention to all this hogwash that's being offered to you like it's some fine vintage of champagne. I'm talking about Actos--the supposedly "safe" alternative to Avandia. When an FDA panel recently recommended that Avandia be kept on the ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
New Cancer Causing Agent Found in Our Water Supply
We have long known about carcinogens in common household items such as cosmetics and cleansers and the dangers they represented when we were exposed to them. Now, a new study is reporting that most of us are being exposed to a new cancer-causing compound created by household items washed down the ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Antioxidant wards off cancer in older adults, smokers
This year, I want you get more vitamin E. This powerful antioxidant is one of your greatest weapons against cancer. But you've got to get enough of it to form a strong defense. And the RDA just won't cut it. In fact, a new study shows that getting extra vitamin E can slash your risk of bladder ... Read More ›
