Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published June 22, 2017. When it comes to mental health, most assume the brain is in charge. In reality, your gut may be calling the shots. Interestingly enough, in the 1800s and early 1900s, it was thought that waste in your colon could produce infections… Read More »
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published April 5, 2017. Sepsis1 is a progressive disease process caused by an aggressive, dysfunctional immune response to an infection in the bloodstream. It starts with symptoms of infection that can progress to septic shock. Unless treated — and the earlier the better — sepsis… Read More »
Feeling stressed? You’re in good company. The American Psychological Association’s Stress in America 2022 survey reveals “a battered American psyche,” downtrodden by external stressors like divisiveness in government and politics, historic levels of inflation and widespread violence.1 No matter what’s causing your stress, it can significantly interfere with your quality of life. Of the adults… Read More »
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death for men and women in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,1 one person dies every 36 seconds from cardiovascular disease. One identified risk factor is high triglyceride levels, which are a type of necessary fat. However, in excess, it can increase… Read More »
How to Reduce Inflammation in the Body How to Reduce Inflammation in the Body : Inflammation is the body’s process of responding to pathogens that intrude on everyday functioning, such as viruses, bacteria, infections, and fungi. When a foreign organism enters the body, the white blood cells are immediately deployed to a specific location. It forms… Read More »
A large-scale randomised trial of annual screening for ovarian cancer, led by UCL researchers, did not succeed in reducing deaths from the disease, despite one of the screening methods tested detecting cancers earlier. Results from the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) have been published in a report in the medical journal The… Read More »