September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (also sometimes called just National Prostate Cancer Month – NPCM). It is a month-long campaign founded by the American Urological Association (AUA) to raise awareness about prostate cancer. The AUA created this month to help educate people about the symptoms, risk factors, and treatments for prostate cancer, raise […]
Israeli study could lead to a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
An announcement of the results of some leading-edge research by Israeli scientists into cognitive degeneration is giving some glimmer of hope that a cure for Alzheimer’s disease may be more than just a dream. A research team from Bar-Ilan University discovered that there might be a link between decreased brain wave activity and the level […]
Uterine Cancer Is on the Rise
Several reports have been published in the past few months saying that the rate of uterine cancer has risen significantly over the past decade in the US. More importantly, the death rate in women diagnosed with this cancer has also increased. As reported in the New York Times in June 2022, the incidence has risen […]
Can I Take Calmanervin Everyday?
Throughout the history of humankind, people have been able to turn to a wide variety of natural products derived from plants, bushes, grasses and trees to provide benefits other than pure nutrition or flavors. Because stress is an inevitable part of life, one of the most sought-after remedies for thousands of years has been a […]
Is there a ‘twindemic’ coming to the Northern Hemisphere this winter?
The sudden arrival of COVID-19 at the start of 2020 broke an established pattern of how the influenza virus swept through countries with the onset of winter. Until then, it was reasonably well understood that each year saw a slightly new variant of the virus, but there was enough knowledge for scientists to be able […]
What to Do for Migraine in Teens? Symptoms & Treatments
Migraines are a common yet often misunderstood condition that affects people of all ages, including teenagers. For teens, migraines can be especially challenging, interfering with school, extracurricular activities, and social life, all while being chronically underdiagnosed or written off as just a “headache” or “being dramatic” to get out of school for the day. But, unlike […]
World Breastfeeding Week
Last week was World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), it is held every year at the beginning of August as an annual celebration to promote breastfeeding for newborns for at least the first six months of their lives. The evidence is that this yields many health benefits, provides critical nutrition, and protects them from diseases such as […]
Understanding Antidepressants and Erectile Dysfunction
Feeling depressed, unhappy or miserable is something almost everyone experiences occasionally. However, suppose it becomes a chronic, repetitive and debilitating condition that is interfering with a person’s daily life to the extent that they can’t function properly. In that case, doctors will start treating it differently, as clinical depression. You can read some more about […]
Menopause is not a Disease
Most women don’t look forward to menopause, and it’s easy to see why. When women pass beyond their age of fertility into menopause, the alterations in body chemistry can produce profound and sometimes uncomfortable changes in their bodies and even their brains. Around 80% of women experience unpleasant symptoms during this time, like hot flashes, […]
Shelf life of vitamins – when do they expire?
In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t specify that vitamins and food supplements sold across the counter must display an expiry date on the container. A manufacturer may voluntarily choose to provide some expiry information. Still, in order to do this, it has to present supporting proof to the FDA, including stability […]
