Category Archives: Health News

After passing a bowel movement, the last thing you want to see is red in the toilet. Many of us know that seeing red means blood, and blood in the stool isn’t a good sign. The most common cause of blood in the stool is colon cancer, and doctors will test stool for blood if ...click here to read more

Wrist pain can be the result of wrist arthritis. It’s a condition that becomes more common with age. The wrist is a complex joint, but there are various remedies and exercises that can help address the symptoms of wrist arthritis. The wrist is actually made up of many different small joints. Under healthy circumstances, bones ...click here to read more

Everything we take into our body ultimately ends up in the liver, where it’s filtered and removed from the body. This even includes pain medication. As we get older, we tend to take more over-the-counter pain medications as a means of relieving pain. A common ingredient in painkillers is acetaminophen (most commonly found in Tylenol ...click here to read more

As we age, our senses naturally become duller, but for some, this loss of vision or hearing happens much more quickly and much more severely. In fact, a recent national health survey found that 65 percent of adults over the age of 70 in the United States have hearing loss. It is known that people ...click here to read more

Even though incontinence is so widely experienced, it still remains a silent conversation – a lot of people are suffering from bladder leaks in silence. When ailments are not discussed openly, it leaves room for myths to travel from person to person. But many times, believing such myths could be causing you more harm than ...click here to read more

Millions of people take multivitamins as a means of boosting their vitamin and mineral intake. It’s believed that the more vitamins you take, the healthier you’ll be. This is quite the contrary – taking more vitamins doesn’t do anything for your body except become waste, which you urinate out. Researchers specifically wanted to observe the ...click here to read more

A new study has found that maintaining the recommended levels of physical activity lowers your risk of developing glaucoma by 40 to 50 percent. Patients with glaucoma have a thinning optic nerve due to abnormal levels of inner-eye pressure. Currently, treatment plans focus on relieving this pressure within the eye to remove the strain on ...click here to read more

The function of veins is to return blood back to the heart to become reoxygenated, allowing it to flow back through the body. But when veins are visible and bulge, they can make you look much older than you really are. One area of the body that can reveal age is the hands. The more ...click here to read more

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is common and uncomfortable, but a GERD or acid reflux diet can help control symptoms. GERD happens when acid flows back into the tube connecting your mouth and stomach. The acid reflux can be very irritating for the esophagus. It is believed that in the United States, about 20 percent of the ...click here to read more

Around 15 million Americans are currently taking statins, a common medication prescribed to those with high cholesterol as a means of reducing cholesterol levels along with cardiovascular disease risk. Although statins are intended to benefit health, they do come with their own slew of side effects. The most common reported side effect of statins is ...click here to read more

Acupuncture is an Ancient Chinese remedy that uses very thin needles that are inserted into specific points on the body to aid in several different ailments. Research on acupuncture is on the rise, and it already has a very vast following of people who strongly believe in this technique to aid in their ailments. The ...click here to read more

A new study has found a link between age-related vision loss and cognitive decline. The study included older adults aged 65 to 85. Visual and cognitive tests were performed on the participants to determine any possible link between the two. At the start of the study, the average vision was 20/25 and cognitive function was ...click here to read more

A Finnish study has uncovered that a common cholesterol medication could provide benefits for men with prostate cancer. The study looked at 158 men who underwent prostate removal surgery. Participants took the cholesterol medication prior to surgery for 27 days on average. Prostate cancer cells were measured by examining the tissue protein of the removed ...click here to read more

There is a constant debate about whether drinking alcohol is good for your health or not. The general consensus is that a moderate amount of alcohol seems to be considered safe, and in some cases, can offer health benefits. The latest study to explore the benefits of alcohol consumption looks at how it can affect ...click here to read more