Without a doubt, exercising in Nature offers a vast array of health benefits. It can help lower your risk of heart disease, and reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. In one study, researchers [...]
Category: Emotional Type
The fate in our stars
New research shows the month during which you were born appears to influence your adult temperament. Of course, if you pay attention to life and the world, you have abundant opportunity to [...]
Antidepressants cause emotional blunting
Last month, I shared some disturbing, new research about selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Researchers from the innovative Max Planck Institute discovered these common [...]
Have we been treating elevated blood pressure too aggressively?
I’ve been closely studying the effects of high blood pressure since my work in Southeast Asia in the 1970s. It’s clearly the No. 1 silent killer behind cardiovascular disease. Therefore, I’ve [...]
Curiosity–it’s not just a trivial pursuit
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but new research shows it can help keep your brain cells alive. In fact, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that men and women showed [...]
Antidepressant drug shuts down brain connectivity within three hours
I find it interesting–and actually quite disturbing–that we continue to learn surprising, new things about selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant drugs. [...]
Prozac nothing more than a costly placebo
Change of seasons, end of summer, dimming of the light, and seasonal stress may all affect your mood. So it’s quite understandable if you begin to feel a little low around this time of year. In [...]
Hidden culprit behind Type II diabetes
Government health experts wasted decades–and billions of dollars–trying to round up and “control” the “usual suspects” when it comes to cardiovascular disease (CVD). They pointed [...]
Sisters’ seven simple secrets to heathy aging
Yesterday, I told you about a brand new study showing that men and women who first developed high blood pressure in their 80s and 90s reduced their risk of dementia by up to 55 percent. But how [...]
Beware of common peptic ulcer “cure”
Peptic ulcers have frustrated mainstream doctors for decades. Their favorite 20th century approaches to medical problems–drugs and surgery–could not treat them. Much less cure them. [...]