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10 Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms You Can Identify Yourself
Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms Vitamin D deficiency symptoms have been linked to numerous health problems, including heart disease, depression, and even cancer.[1] Here are 10 signs you’re not getting...
View ArticleSpotlight on Supplements: Saw Palmetto
Saw palmetto or the American dwarf palm are common names for Serenoa repens, a small palm tree native to the southeastern United States. The first evidence of medicinal uses of saw palmetto berries are...
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Osteoporosis is Also a Risk for Men
Although it is significantly more common in older women, the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis also affects older men. Women precipitously lose bone after menopause. Bone loss continues at a slower...
View ArticleSeveral Options Can Relieve Vaginal Dryness and Revive Your Sex Life
The hormone changes that occur in postmenopausal years usually are accompanied by changes in women’s bodies. Margaret Polaneczky, MD, a gynecologist at the Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center at Weill...
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Keep Your Bones Healthy and Strong
About 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, and 44 million people who have low bone density are at risk for the condition, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Osteoporosis can have...
View ArticleAsk Dr. Etingin: Hyaluronic Acid; Bottled Water vs. Tap Water
Q: There’s a lot of buzz about hyaluronic acid. Is it important, or just hype? A: Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a molecule our bodies produce. It has the ability to retain water, which plays a major role in...
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2. Protein-Rich Superfoods
You must include healthful sources of protein in your diet. Your body needs protein to build, maintain, and repair bones, muscles, blood, and skin. Protein also provides the material your body uses to...
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2. Natural Risk Factors
Memory loss results from the deterioration of the hippocampus, the area of the brain vital to memory formation. The hippocampus degrades with age, but it also is susceptible to many other factors,...
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Factors That Interfere With Calcium Absorption
To keep your bones strong and reduce your risk of osteoporosis and fractures, it’s essential to consume an adequate amount of calcium. However, it’s also important to consider factors that can inhibit...
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2. Lower Your Risk of CAD
Before you can reduce your chance of being diagnosed with CAD, you need to understand the elements that make you vulnerable to the disease. While some risk factors are unavoidable—family history, your...
View ArticleOsteoporosis: One Back Pain Cause
Osteoporosis is a condition of very low bone density that is commonly seen in women over the age of 50. It also can occur in men, typically after age 65. When bones lose density, either from having low...
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4. Fabulous Fiber
Some of us love grains and legumes, but many people avoid them. That’s sad because these two foods have been victims of false information. Some people claim that grains and legumes might harm our...
View ArticleHigh-Estrogen in Men
Estrogen in men plays an important role in the regulation of testosterone, several brain functions, bone health, skin health, sexual function/libido, cardiovascular function, and cholesterol...
View ArticleMore Muscle, Better Libido, and Renewed Vitality
Seventy-one-year-old Dennis is very active in his retired life. He and his wife exercise together, attend L.A. Philharmonic concerts, do Sunday crossword puzzles, and they have been having sex at least...
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3. Osteoarthritis
Five words have been used to describe osteoarthritis (OA)—progressive, degenerative, inflammatory, chronic, and insidious. OA is progressive because its symptoms slowly but surely get worse over a...
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5. Gout and Pseudogout
Gout affects up to 8 million Americans, and occurs when sharp crystal-like deposits form in the joints. Similar deposits also characterize a condition called pseudogout; however, they are derived from...
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Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
Results released in 2006 from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)—a large, randomized trial that studied the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women—showed that taking...
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7. Dairy Do’s and Don’ts
The advertising slogan “Milk—it does a body good” may have been put on the shelf, but the fact remains that milk and other dairy products deliver significant nutritional benefits. Tufts’ MyPlate for...
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2. The Origins of Pain
A whopping 50 million American adults suffer from chronic or severe pain. According to data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey, 25 million of these cases are chronic. Chronic pain may be...
View ArticleDoes Antiperspirant Cause Cancer? Here’s Why You Should Be Concerned About...
People around the world spread this metal on their underarms; cook and store their food in it; receive vaccines containing it; and treat their heartburn, color their lips, and protect their skin from...
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