The Jupiter trial is a landmark study done in 2008 looking at the role of cholesterol lowering medications in people with normal cholesterol. Here is a brief summary of it.
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that has recently garnered much media attention. The difficulty with Vitamin D is that it is naturally present in very few foods. It is made in our bodies when our skin is exposed to ultraviolet rays from the sun. This Vitamin D is initially biologically inactive. It then gets [...]
In recent years, there has been a major drift in both the trends of chronic disease states and the causes of death in the United States.1 These changes reflect differences in lifestyle and behavioral choices. The major causes of death are not due to cancers or car accidents, but rather the poor management of habits [...]
Fats are by far the most efficient energy storage form. They have various functions in the body including providing energy for cells, controlling what goes in and out of cells, determining the integrity of nervous tissue and helping to form hormones. There are many different types of fats and they can be conveniently divided into [...]
There are many people who tout how much better bottled water is compared to tap water. In fact, everywhere I go, I see people carrying bottled water with them. Aside from the fact that wasting plastic bottles is terrible for our planet, bottled water is insanely expensive. Some brands cost as much as 1900 times [...]
We all know what a nuisance the common cold can be. For over 60 years people have thought that Vitamin C was a great defense. In fact, Vitamin C’s popularity in treating the common cold rose greatly in the 1970′s when the Nobel Prize winner, Linus Pauling stated its effectiveness based on an earlier trial. [...]
Hey guys Here is an interesting study from Obstetrics and Gynecology that interviewed 1900 women in their 7th month of pregnancy. What they found was that in about 9 percent of the women who worked nights in their first trimester had a 50 percent increased risk of premature labor. Now obviously we need more studies [...]
When was YOUR last bitter fight with your significant other? Remember the heavy feeling afterwards. You’ve said much that you didn’t mean and succeeded in making the other party sound like a horrible monster. Research is showing what you may suspect already. FREQUENT fighting and HARSH words are damaging to your health. MARRIED COUPLES. ARGUMENTS. [...]
The morning after pill is basically a high dose birth control pill. The exact mechanism of how the pill works is uncertain at this time. Emergency contraceptives may act by inhibiting ovulation, interfering with transport, preventing the actual implantation, or by causing regression of the corpus luteum Side effects include: Most common are nausea and [...]
General consequences in women: -Irregular menses -Amenorrhea -Infertility -Incontinence In pregnant obese women, increased risk for: -Gestational diabetes -Hypertension -Delivery complications -Congenital malformations
