Recent Posts Tagged With 'aging'

• Relief from hot flashes from an unexpected source

  Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 10:16 in aging, eastern medicine, women’s health, prescription drug and fda

  The things they do to patients in the name of medicine… Actually, it would be more accurate to say: The things they do to patients in the name of selling medicine… A few years ago, researchers stumbled across an interesting phenomenon. Some women...

• The low-calorie anti-aging myth

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 10:45 in aging, diet and nutrition

  Would you starve yourself to live longer? It sounds a little extreme, because it is… Yet, like clockwork, every few months I come across another study or article extolling the virtues of ultra-low calorie diets for longevity. The latest can be foun...

• Prevent Macular Degeneration with One Simple Food

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 08:30 in aging, herbs and supplements

  According to a recent study, you can cut your risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by adding one kind of food to your diet. In fact, by eating more of this food, you may slash your risk by a whopping 35 percent. So for those of y...

• Natural Help for Beating and Avoiding Osteoporosis

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 11:24 in aging, osteoporosis

  As we age, our bones begin to erode, which to some extent is normal and a natural result of aging.  However, some of us lose so much bone that our skeletons become weakened and deformed and in severe cases we incur loss of bone density in multiple p...

• The Health Benefits of Coffee

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 09:55 in aging, Cancer, memory, diet and nutrition

  Michael Roizen, M.D. explains the many anti-aging health benefits provided by coffee. If you don't have one of the four 'unhealthy symptoms' related to coffee consumption, it is a very healthy choice due to the high polyphenol content and anti-cancer...

• Preventing Osteoporosis

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 08:26 in aging, osteoporosis, women’s health, herbs and supplements

  Few things age a person as quickly as osteoporosis (porous, brittle bone), a disease that robs bones of their density and strength, making them thinner, more prone to break. Eventually, bone mass decreases below the level required to support the body...

• Danger May Lurk in Varicose Veins

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 09:51 in aging, skin care

  Varicose veins are generally harmless, but a new study reveals that danger may be lurking. In superficial vein thrombosis (SVT), varicose veins become inflamed and swollen. This condition is sometimes painful, but like varicose veins it’s regarded ...

• Exciting Research about Turmeric

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 08:12 in aging, memory, diet and nutrition, mental and cognitive health

  In India, Alzheimer's disease is relatively uncommon. People over the age of 65 living in certain rural areas of India have a less than 1 percent (0.84%) chance of developing the disease. In the larger cities and rural areas of India, the risk is jus...

• Calm the Ringing of Tinnitus

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 08:53 in aging, herbs and supplements

  Q: My doctor says there's nothing he can do about my tinnitus. I can't keep living like this—what can I do? Dr. Wright: Unfortunately, there is no 100-percent-effective cure for tinnitus. But there are a few things to try that often reduce ringing ...