We know that our vitamin and mineral intake is of critical importance to our long-term health. Vitamin B12, in particular, is essential for various bodily functions. These include DNA synthesis, red blood cell production, and nerve tissue health. Unfortunately, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco, meeting the minimum requirement...

If you’ve been at all tuned into the trends in the last decade surrounding diet, food, and nutrition, then you’ve probably heard at some point some expert or article that used the phrase food as medicine. In most cases, this is said by well-meaning nutrition experts who are simply trying to impress upon us the...

When the COVID-19 pandemic crippled the world, many of us rejoiced when the vaccine came out. The vaccine promised to save millions of lives and help us get back to normal life. The truth is, it did do that – but the story isn’t so rosy for everyone. When a recent Yale University study mentioned...

For hundreds of millions of people around the world, allergies are problematic. Whether it’s a frustrating seasonal occurrence or a daily concern of an encounter with a potentially fatal allergen, allergies are not fun. Antihistamines are a medical invention that, for many people, are a total game changer. Whether it’s from something acute like a...

Are you one of the 15% of adults in the United States that struggles with falling asleep on a regular basis? Or maybe you normally fall asleep no problem, but when you do have the odd night of struggle, you find yourself awake for hours. If so, perhaps you should try this method created for...

Pancreatic cancer is a terrifying diagnosis. Also known as the silent killer, this type of cancer has traditionally been very hard to detect. This means that when it finally is discovered, it is often too late and the cancer has already reached a highly advanced stage. Representing about 8% of the cancer diagnosis in the...

Dementia is becoming increasingly prominent in elderly populations. Anyone who has lost a loved one to this devastating condition knows how awful it is. Watching your parent, grandparent, or other loved one slowly slip away is agonizing. While finding a cure would be wonderful, it is also critically important that we understand the disease better...

Nauru, a picturesque island in Micronesia, was once hailed as the wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita. All of that, however, is in its past. Where Ferraris used to cruise its streets, they now line the streets rusted out and serving a reminder of the nation’s brief moment of wealth....

Anyone who has watched a loved one go through Alzheimer’s disease knows how awful it is. With nothing you can really do, you watch that person slowly slip away until they no longer recognize you – and you barely recognize them, either. Protecting our brains from this condition is very important, and one of the...

Nearly half of all adults in the United States are suffering from high blood pressure. That’s nearly 120 million people. Of those people, 3 out of 4 of them don’t have their high blood pressure under control. As we all know too well, high blood pressure puts you at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease,...

We all tend to think of organ donations and transplants as real life saving, medical marvel type procedures. They are a pretty impressive feat, after all. While transplants save countless lives each year, they do come with risks. Often, those risks can be fatal. In a tragic and rare medical occurrence, a man from California...

Raise your hand if your digestive system has been personally victimized by dairy products. If your hand is up, you’re not alone. In fact, you are in the majority of people not just around your country, but around the world. The thing is with lactose intolerance is that it affects everyone differently. For some people...