We live in an era in which popping a pill to feel better has become the norm. There are pills to control our blood pressure, lower our cholesterol, regulate our hormones, improve our libido, increase our energy level, suppress our appetite, fight … [Read more...]
HRT Increases Breast Cancer Risk
New evidence confirms the theory that women who are on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during menopause are more likely to develop breast cancer than women not taking hormone supplements, and further, the longer women are on HRT, the higher the … [Read more...]
Popular Sleep Drugs Get Black Box Warning
If you have trouble sleeping and your doctor has prescribed a medication to aid your sleep, you may want to keep reading because three oft-prescribed sleep drugs have been ordered to now carry a black box warning, according to the Food and Drug … [Read more...]
Vaping: Is It Really Safe?
Tobacco companies have been working on smoking alternatives since the 1950s, but it was a man in China who invented the e-cigarette, as we know it, in 2004. They weren’t immediately popular in the United States, but popularity has slowly skyrocketed, … [Read more...]
Textured Breast Implants Linked to Cancer
There’ve been reports for several months now about a specific type of cancer being linked to breast implants, and now more specific information has been made public about which implants are associated with Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL), a … [Read more...]