Heartburn medication increases risk and cancer and heart disease

According to Foresight—a British government think-tank—in its Mental Capital & Wellbeing Report which was compiled by more than 400 scientists and headed by Dr. Felicia Huppert, Professor of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, found there are five categories of things that can make a profound difference to our wellbeing, help us feel better about…

Antibiotics can make us well, but are they also making us fat? Farmers have long used antibiotics to make cows, pigs, and chickens gain weight faster. In a recent article in the journal Nature, scientists found that being exposed to antibiotics early in life may also make children grow fat. The drugs can alter the…

In controlling how long we live, a recent study published in Journal of Internal Medicine showed that our lifestyle choices have more influence than our genes. According to the study’s author, Dr. Lars Wilhelmsen, “Our study shows that hereditary factors don’t play a major role and that lifestyle has the biggest impact.” Dr. Wilhelmsen further…

Research on intravenous vitamin C and its effectiveness against cancer continues to accumulate. Vitamin C induces apoptosis (programmed cell death). A high concentration of vitamin C allows for ascorbate to generate hydrogen peroxide inside tumors and selectively kill cancer cells. Research has shown that high-dose vitamin C is cytotoxic to a wide variety of cancers. It also improves the anti-cancer…

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Sex Medicine, erectile dysfunction (ED) is a far more serious condition than previously thought. Men who suffer from ED are more likely to die an early death. Researchers at the University of Mississippi found that those with ED were 70% more likely to die at…

Sugar doesn’t just feed existing cancer cells, it may also create them according to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (click here). Researchers found that increased glucose intake can promote the early stage of cancer-cell creation. They also found that by reducing glucose intake, early-stage cancer cells can turn back into normal cells. In other words,…