It’s no secret that Type II diabetes is one of the biggest public health threats facing us today. It’s a chronic disease that affects 194 million people worldwide – and the incidence rates are climbing higher each year. In fact, some experts predict that the number of people

According the National Sleep Foundation, 67 percent of Americans are sleep-deprived or have sleep disorders. Since I normally log about five hours a night and suffer from periodic insomnia, I suppose you could count me in that statistic. Nights when I don’t get enough sleep

A couple of weeks ago, my cousin Jerry was rushed to the hospital for a triple bypass. Of course, the whole family was terribly worried – especially his wife, Gayle. But she had faith in the doctor when he said that the surgery would prevent a future heart attack. That’s t

This may well be the most absurd question I’ve ever heard: should chemical and pesticide companies be allowed to replace lab rats with humans to test the safety of toxic chemicals? Now, I suspect that most of us would say that this proposal is not only ridiculous, it’s uneth

If you’re like most folks, your day probably starts sometime after your first cup of coffee. The heady aroma and rich taste seem to take the chill out of the morning. And the shot of energy you get from your cuppa joe – well, I admit that there are mornings when caffeine is

Breast cancer has saturated women’s awareness in recent years as one of the most frightening threats to a woman's health. In fact, breast cancer is the second deadliest cancer among women. Over 200,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. So when

I recently had the opportunity to attend a seminar by John Lee, MD. Since I had read Dr. Lee's best-selling book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause, I was pretty excited to hear him speak - and I wasn't disappointed. But my ears really perked up when started

I woke up this morning to yet another air quality alert. The beautiful mountain vistas and the deep blue sky I found when I moved to my corner of the Southwest seem to be mired in a murky brown haze more often than not these days. But, aside from ruining the view, the smog t

There aren’t a lot of things that surprise me, but a new study from the Mylan School of Pharmacy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh certainly did. According to the conclusions made by the study’s authors, black cohosh, an herb used by thousands of menopausal women (includi

A few days ago, I got an e-mail from Peter, a reader with a very timely question: “The phenomenon I’m experiencing has all the earmarks of prostate problems, particularly the need to urinate five or six times during the night. According to my doctor, my prostate isn’t enl

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