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Do Lipitor Side Effects Outweigh the Potential Benefits?

The “epidemic” of high cholesterol has taken many parts of the Western world by storm, and physicians seem to have the answer: cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor that do all the work your body apparently can’t ...

The Pros & Cons of Bariatric Surgery + Healthier Alternatives

For a country obsessed with losing weight, spending more than $60 billion a year trying to shed pounds, Americans are failing miserably. Even though we know the health risks that come with being too overweight, ...

Dangerous Kids’ Makeup, Including the 11 Scariest Ingredients

The only thing scarier than kids' Halloween costumes this time of year is the ingredients in dangerous kids' makeup used to get them in character. An eye-opening 2016 report published by the Breast Cancer Fund and ...

How to Maintain Proper Prostate Health

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men living in the United States, with an estimated 180,890 new cases and 26,120 deaths from prostate cancer in 2016. (1) Those are scary numbers, ...

10 Cell Phone Safety Tips You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Do cell phones cause cancer? The preliminary results of a massive, government-funded study suggest they could. This makes cell phone safety an incredibly important topic. The early findings in the $25 million U.S. National Toxicology ...

Cherry Angioma Risk Factors, Symptoms & Natural Treatments

If you've never heard of a cherry angioma, chances are you've at least seen one — whether you know it or not. How do I know? Well, cherry angiomas are the most common type of ...

Antibiotics in Fast Food: See How 25 Top Chains Rank

Nutritional focus on fast food often hones in on calories, but antibiotics in fast food shouldn't be ignored, either. A recent report released by the Center for Food Safety rates the top 25 American restaurant ...

The Dangers of NSAIDs

The dangers of NSAIDs are well-known yet often ignored, but now new research is making NSAID use even more questionable. What are NSAIDs? NSAIDs, aka nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are one of the most commonly used ...

Black Salve: Is This Controversial Cancer Treatment Safe?

Black salve is the name for a group of topical pastes and plasters known as escharotics that are considered very controversial cancer treatments in mainstream medicine. Although one black salve ingredient called bloodroot is sometimes ...

4 Need-to-Know Facts from Dr. Quillin’s Talk on Cancer-Fighting Foods

Patrick Quillen, PhD, CNS, RD, author of Beating Cancer with Nutrition, recently presented a session on nutrition and cancer during The Truth About Cancer's Ultimate Live Symposium. There, he shared some interesting facts about the healing ...