Lynn Allison
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5 Ways Sleeping Well Will Protect Your Heart
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia most likely suffered a heart attack while sleeping, which caused his heart to stop beating, says noted cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandall. “He probably was just feeling poorly but didn’t recognize what was happening, so he went to sleep,” says Dr. Crandall, chief of the cardiac transplant program at the world-renowned …
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7 Exercise Guidelines for Healthy Aging
We have no control over the fact that we are getting older, but we can control how well we age. With a healthy diet and exercise, we can decrease and even reverse the effects of aging by preserving muscle and cardiovascular health. The trick is knowing the smartest strategies for doing so. “As we get …
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10 Traits of People Who Lose Weight and Keep It Off
Losing weight, for many people, is easier than keeping it off. That’s why achieving permanent weight loss and optimum health isn’t found in a fad diet, a complicated piece of exercise equipment, or a new drug. The key to wellness success is resolving to change your lifestyle permanently—and not just during or after the winter …
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10 Things Americans Consume That Are Banned in Other Countries
Living in the most technologically advanced country in the world, many Americans believe that our food supply must have the highest standards anywhere. The fact is, many of the things we eat in the U.S. have been banned in other countries because they are viewed as dangerous to health. Here’s a list of some of …
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6 of the Most Misdiagnosed Health Issues
Few things are more frustrating to patients and doctors than an elusive diagnosis. Patients sometimes undergo batteries of tests, appointment after appointment, failed treatments—and still the suffering continues. We expect doctors to have answers. But very often they don’t. These six conditions are among the most difficult for doctors to diagnose accurately: 1. Thyroid disorders. Richard …
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3 Signs You’re at Risk for Dementia
Despite massive research efforts, there is still no diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease. However, recent studies have uncovered three surprising early warning signs of the brain illness. 1. Weak handshake. Scientists at the Population Health Research Institute in Hamilton, Ontario, found that poor hand grip is predictive of dementia, heart problems, and stroke. Researchers looked at …
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7 Secrets You Should Never Keep From Your Doctor
Honesty is the best health policy, but many patients are embarrassed to share certain types of personal information with their doctors. That can be a costly—even deadly—mistake, says Joe Colella, M.D., a Pittsburgh-based physician. “Very often patients hold back or distort important information that can be lifesaving,” he tells Newsmax Health. “They’re afraid of being …
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6 Big Myths About Germs
We all want to keep our surroundings as clean as possible to reduce our risk of exposure to disease-carrying germs, but are we taking it too far? “The biggest myth of all is that all germs are bad,” notes Pat Salber, M.D., a board-certified San Francisco internist. “It turns out we have an intimate relationship …
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8 Foods Shockingly High in Sugar
For years, fat was considered diet enemy No. 1. Those days are over. Sugar and other carbohydrates are now considered by both researchers and doctors to be the primary drivers of obesity. But reducing sugar is not as easy as simply cutting sweet foods from your diet. Sugar hides in many foods you would never …
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6 ‘Super Foods’ That Will Lower Your Cholesterol
Certain foods can help bring down high cholesterol levels naturally, without the potentially dangerous side effects of statin medications. “By increasing your intake of soluble fiber you can significantly lower your blood cholesterol levels,” Gabe Mirkin, M.D., author of The Healthy Heart Miracle, tells Newsmax Health. In fact, some people are able to reduce or …
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6 ‘Unhealthy Foods’ That Are Actually Good For You
It turns out that many of the foods we’ve been told for decades to avoid have actually gotten a bad nutritional rap. One-time bad guys such as eggs, coffee and even salt are now being shown in studies to be beneficial in moderate amounts. Here are six “unhealthy” foods and beverages that actually are good …
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7 Subtle Symptoms Men Should Never Ignore
Men are notorious for ignoring health problems. Complaining about aches and pains somehow seems unmanly to many guys. That’s one reason men are far more likely than women to avoid going to the doctor, surveys consistently show. “Three out of four people who have not seen a doctor in more than five years are men,” …
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10 Foods Most Likely to Make You Sick
Can eating a salad make you sick? Believe it or not, salad greens are at the top of the list of America’s riskiest foods. Examine the statistics: Leafy greens cause a full 30 percent of the estimated 76 million food-borne illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. The Washington-based Centers for …
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5 Diet Myths That Sabotage Weight Loss
At age 20, Lisa Lynn couldn’t understand how she had gotten to be 40 pounds overweight. She ate a vegan diet and exercised three hours daily—still she continued to pack on the pounds. “I was gaining weight, and felt depressed and hopeless,” the author of the new book, The Metabolic Solution, tells Newsmax Health. Lynn, …
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6 Medication Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Health
Thirty-one different prescription drugs—that’s the staggering number of medications taken by the average American over 65 each year. That shocking statistic explains in large part why one of the gravest health threats many people face is not from disease. It’s from the medicines they take to fight disease. When patients take so many powerful medications …
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