Health Wellness

1 in 7 Americans Has Kidney Disease

Thirty million American adults have chronic kidney disease — but many don’t know it. That rate — one in seven — is higher than previously estimated, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings, based on 2011-2014 statistics, should “serve as a warning bell that a

Health Wellness

It’s Snakes to the Rescue for Heart Patients

Scary pit vipers may need an image upgrade: Their venom might end up helping human heart patients, research suggests. Taiwanese scientists say a blood thinner drug based on venom from the Wagler’s pit viper was effective in mice, and might prove safer than current anti-clotting meds for humans one day. The serpent-medicine connection isn’t new,

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‘Bad Germs’ Make Us Healthy

There are dozens of supplements that have profound anti-aging effects. Yet cod liver oil is all my grandma had and she lived to be 91. How did she do it? Today we know the human immune system is critical to longevity. Longevity (aging with health) is directly related to quality of life. American conventional medicine

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How to Spot PTSD

The month of June is designated to bring awareness to post-traumatic stress disorder, a mental health problem that can afflict people following a traumatic event. Anyone who has experienced a traumatic event — an assault, accident or warfare, just to name a few — can experience symptoms of PTSD. Read on to find out more

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Zika’s Set to Return to Mainland U.S.

THURSDAY, June 1, 2017 (HealthDay News) — The Zika virus will strike the continental United States again this summer, and looming federal budget cuts will make it hard for local officials to curb its spread, public health experts said Wednesday. The experts believe it’s a foregone conclusion that more local Zika outbreaks will occur on