Should You Get Personalized Genetic Risk Testing?
Overrated “precision medicine” may just be serving vested interests, and consumer DNA testing can be...
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Stretches and Other Self-Care Treatments for Plantar Fasciitis
Skip the invasive procedures. The best first-line defense for plantar fasciitis is simple: rest, ice, and calf/arch stretching.
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Flashback Friday: Benefit of Dates for Colon Health
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Life Extension with FGF21
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Flashback Friday: Sugar Industry Attempt to Manipulate the Science
How the food industry responds to “health food faddists.”
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We co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we are not holding up...
Why Don’t People Eat Healthier?
The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle.
Flashback Friday: Oil Pulling Benefits for Plaque, Gingivitis, Teeth Whitening, and Bad Breath Tested
Oil pulling is put to the test head-to-head against chlorhexidine mouthwash for oral and dental...
Breast Cancer and the Bovine Leukemia Virus in Meat and Dairy
Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from...
Bovine Leukemia Virus as a Cause of Breast Cancer
As many as 37 percent of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to...
Flashback Friday: The Best Food for High Cholesterol
Are the apparently amazing benefits of amla—dried Indian gooseberries—too good to be true?
