Philip GoldbergYou may have read that a major study concluded that prayer has no effect on the health of the person being prayed for. Many scientists greeted the findings with cheers. They hope findings will finally put to rest all this ooga booga about the...
John WhitcombWe have done articles before about LDLs and HDLs. By and large, HDLs are protective and function as your body’s garbage trucks. They scour your arteries for left-over cholesterol and take it back to your liver for reprocessing. You want a high HDL...
f you stick with a “healthy diet” you can lower your risk of heart disease. We know that. What’s a healthy diet? The Harvard Nurses’ Study followed 1922 women starting in 1980. Every four years these nurses were given questionnaires about their...
As a Naturopathic Doctor I have been taught to think about health and healing in a very comprehensive, holistic manner. In fact, the science that drives my thought process is that of Vitalism. Vitalism states that our bodies have an inherent self...
American Institute for Preventive MedicineHeart Disease
What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe new evidence debunking cholesterol lowering isn't license to tuck into bacon and chips every day. As a number of writers demonstrate, the problem is that medicine has probably fingered the wr ...
EAT YOUR FISH: It's especially good for you if you are a woman, and di
New research has put a dent in the theories of hormone replacement therapy proponents that HRT protects against heart disease.
Passive smoking is a real threat, and can increase the chances of heart disease, scientists have established in a major new study. They are calling for a ban on smoking in all public places and in ...
TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK: Is alcohol good for us or not?
