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One in 10 women experiences a loss of their sexual desire. That equates to millions of women who’ve lost an important part of a healthy life, year after year. And unlike the male libido, a woman’s sex life is often dismissed by doctors when brought up during a medical visit. Big Pharma is making huge profits by helping men carry on in the bedroom, but they seem to care too…
I remember when I experienced my first night sweat. It was a couple of days before my 50th birthday. I had already been experiencing poor sleep for years. I knew these were all signs of impending menopause, but I also knew there wasn’t much to be done to treat the symptoms. After all, hormone therapy was dangerous. At least that’s what I had been told based upon the findings of a seminal…
You may remember a couple of years ago when Consumer Reports tested juices and found surprising amounts of toxic heavy metals. At that time, we shared that five of the tested juices contained enough heavy metals to threaten the health of adults if they drank four ounces per day, and five more contained enough heavy metals to threaten the health of adults if they drank eight ounces per day. If…
My mother was ahead of her time. She was never quick to reach for the medicine bottle when my sister or I were sick. Instead, she sat with us, gave us warm tea or cold compresses to make us more comfortable, and had us tell her about our symptoms. Only then did she decide if it was time for a doctor’s visit. Mom also knew nothing about antibiotic-resistant infections, but…
In my former career, I was a teacher in a special education classroom. I depended heavily on my teacher’s assistant to prepare lesson materials, guide students, and generally help run the classroom. When my usually competent and pleasant teacher’s assistant became irritable and resistant to my directions, I wondered if she was going through some life difficulties. But when she began having to write down even the simplest of directions…
I’ve lived with a painful nerve condition called trigeminal neuralgia for about 20 years now. When the pain rears its ugly head, I go to my local marijuana dispensary and purchase some CBD oil. A few drops under the tongue, along with my regular medication, really takes the edge off. Even after all this time, this licensed dispensary does not have an account that would let them accept my debit…
Diabetes is a complicated disease. But because it’s become so increasingly common — who doesn’t know someone with the disease? — it’s easy to forget just how insidious it is. It’s also easy to brush it off as just a matter of being cautious of what you eat or adjusting medication. But poorly managed diabetes can tear your body down — from your heart to your limbs. One of the…
Does coffee help or hurt your heart health? The answer depends on which experts you ask. Drinking too much coffee has been shown to lead to heart palpitations. But at the same time, drinking higher amounts of coffee was associated with a three percent reduced risk of developing an arrhythmia, including atrial fibrillation. A daily cup of coffee may also help heart attack survivors lower their risk of death after…
May is Women’s Health Month, and what better way to celebrate than taking care of your heart! After all, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States, taking the lives of more women each year than all types of cancers combined. In fact, the likelihood that a woman will die of breast cancer is about 1 in 30. The chance that she will die from heart disease is…
As my mom gets older, she often says she’s slowing down. I don’t see any signs of it myself — she still has some impressive get-up-and-go… She does yoga every day and goes for long walks several times a week. Her pace may not be as brisk as it used to be, but isn’t that just a normal part of the aging process? Maybe, but it doesn’t mean we need…