Category: Health Conditions

Serotonin-Your Brain’s Happiness Chemical

Many people take SSRI antidepressants for depression. However, it’s important to ask why you are feeling depression in the first place. Many important research strides have been made linking chronic inflammation, poor gut health, gut bacteria, and general brain health with depression. However, we still need healthy serotonin activity, the target of Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), to…


Hypothyroidism – How to Heal the Thyroid

If you have a thyroid disorder and you continue to smoke and/or drink coffee, kale smoothies, you are likely to make an underperforming thyroid much worse.


A Different Type of Heart Attack in Younger Women

Q: My 40-year-old healthy sister recently had a heart attack. The doctor said it was caused by a tear in a blood vessel in her heart. What causes that? A: Most heart attacks happen when a blood clot blocks an artery feeding the heart. But a small percentage result from a tear in the inner…


9 Signs to Watch for That May Indicate Pancreatic Cancer

When it comes to monitoring one’s personal health, it’s important to know the signs that something might be amiss. While it’s easy to tell if you have a cold or the stomach flu, though, many more serious ailments—such as cancers or other more severe maladies—can be much trickier to diagnose. Random aches and pains can…


The Link Between Fast Food and Cancer

The Research Is In European researchers studied the diets of 471,495 adults from ten different European countries using the innovative new British Nutrient Profiling System called Nutri-Score. Nearly 50,000 of these adults (49,794) were newly diagnosed with cancer. And what they found was definitive. Junk food diets lead to a higher risk of colorectal, stomach cancers,…


7 Ways to Prevent and Even Reverse Heart Disease With Nutrition

Heart disease, while still the #1 cause of mortality in the developed world, can be prevented and even reversed with nutritional interventions, according to a growing body of scientific research we’re indexing on GreenMedInfo.com Considering that heart disease is the #1 cause of death in the developed world, anything that can prevent or reduce cardiac mortality, or…


5 Simple Tricks to Get Rid of Irritating Nighttime Leg Cramps

Leg cramping during vigorous exercise is one thing, but leg cramping in the middle of the night is something else entirely. It’s perplexing, it’s painful, and it keeps you awake! Poor sleep causes a poor mood and low functionality the next day, so this is a no-brainer; it’s essential to figure out how to get…


Broken Heart Syndrome Is on the Rise

The emotional stress of a broken heart can lead to cardiomyopathy and a broken heart. The incidence of this heart condition is rising in this group of people. Smidt Heart Institute has published a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association in which they found cases of broken heart syndrome are increasing in middle-aged…


To Cut Your Dementia Risk, Grow Old With an Optimist?

Optimistic people may contribute to the health of their partners, research finds. The study, with 4,500 heterosexual couples, indicates that having an optimistic partner may stave off the risk factors leading to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and cognitive decline as you grow old together. “We spend a lot of time with our partners,” says William Chopik,…


Nuts: An Important Component of an Anti-Diabetes Diet

People with diabetes frequently have excess glucose (sugar) in their bloodstream. Excess glucose in the bloodstream results in the formation of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), which contribute to diabetic complications. In addition to AGEs being produced in the body due to extra glucose, some can also come from the diet. Fried foods, meats, and dry…