Popular Blood Thinner Causes Ulcers

The FDA and the drug companies are under heavy scrutiny these days … and with good reason. Heres more proof that if Big Pharma were to disappear today, more people would be alive tomorrow. Plavix is the 12th best-selling prescription drug on the market, with $2.2 billion in sales each year. Like many Big Pharma … Read more

Improve the Effectiveness of Your Cholesterol Treatment

If you are using any treatment, alternative or conventional, to lower your cholesterol, there is a nutrient that can improve the treatments effectiveness and help you avoid a heart attack. A National Institutes of Health study shows that patients who use this nutrient along with statins can lower their risk of coronary problems by as … Read more

Magnesium Will Dramatically Cut Your Heart Attack Risk (But you have to know how to take it)

A few months ago, I said the first nutrient you should take for lowering your cholesterol is magnesium. Now there is evidence that magnesium will do a lot more for your heart than just lower your cholesterol. I’ve repeatedly mentioned in these pages that your cholesterol numbers mean very little. Whats far more important is … Read more

Redesigned Supplement Fights Breast and Prostate Cancer

I showed you last month how a fairly popular supplement, indole-3-carbinole (I3C), is coming under scrutiny because of concerns about it is safety. The evidence that this supplement may encourage cancer is really beginning to stack up. You may remember from last months article that some estrogen byproducts are good (2-hydroxy estrogen) and some are … Read more

Loneliness a Factor in Your Health

You have known, probably since you have been a small child, that loneliness or lack of social interaction takes a toll on you. Studies have shown that stress takes it is toll as well. But two new studies link the two and show how they can adversely affect you. In one study, first-year college students … Read more