I recently came across a news article about the Mediterranean diet and cognitive health among older adults. But the reporting was so full of errors, omissions, and misinformation, that I found it [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Cardiologists still refuse to digest the health benefits of red meat
Two years ago, I first wrote about a massive analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that looked at the connection between red meat and disease risk in 61 previously published [...]
Your body’s clear signal that it’s time to lighten up your exercise regimen
Remember those terrible side pains called “side stitches” that you got as a kid when you ran too hard? (They can also occur when you laugh long and hard. After all, humor can be “side-splitting” [...]
These two science-backed supplements can help boost your mood
Since the onset of the coronavirus shutdowns last March, depression rates in this country have soared by 300 percent. And that’s understandable, given all the economic, social, and [...]
[REVEALED] Why you shouldn’t ignore those depressive symptoms
For centuries, mental illnesses—like depression—were thought to be caused by moral failing, curses, or even demonic possession. And in some ways, these unusual theories make sense. Because if [...]
Nearly 1 in 5 breast cancer victims face another deadly health danger
Last month, I told you about how mainstream medicine still relies heavily—and often inappropriately—on radical surgery to treat (or even help prevent) breast cancer in women. In fact, the rates [...]
Toast to summer and good health with a tall, cold, frosty beer
When experts talk about the health benefits of alcohol, red wine typically tops the list. But beer should get a lot of attention, too, since it has a lower concentration of alcohol compared [...]
Oncologists’ warnings about alcohol don’t hold water
With all the other problems and priorities facing our country, the neo-prohibitionists, as I call them, want the U.S. Congress to pass a bill requiring cancer warning labels on all bottles of [...]
Improve your lifespan through healthy aging
I think it’s troubling to use the term “anti-aging.” It seems to suggest you can completely halt—or even reverse—the body’s natural aging process. That’s why you won’t see claims about the [...]
Type II diabetes attacks the brain in three major ways
We’ve known about the link between Type II diabetes and dementia for a long time now. In fact, the link is so striking, some experts now refer to dementia as “Type III diabetes.” But until [...]
