When I got a surprise summer cold recently, I went to my local health food store in search of vitamin C. The woman working in the vitamin department saw me trying to decide what type to buy, and gave me a tip that will probably change the way I take vitamin C forever.

When your doctor says your illness is “idiopathic,” don’t believe it! The “idiopathic” condition is one that has no known cause. Every illness has more than one cause — you just have to discover them.

Do men and women require different approaches to health and nutrition? Aside from the obvious differences, it’s only recently that researchers and conventional healthcare providers have tuned in to the subtle and not so subtle biological differences between the sexes.

Few things are as uncomfortable and unnerving as painful urination or urinary frequency, also called dysuria. And more than one condition can be the reason for the pain. But most often the blame can be placed on one of three conditions…

Balanced blood sugar is an important key to a healthy life. And not just if you want to fend off diabetes. Unbalanced blood sugar creates inflammation in your body that leads to a host of problems like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and even cancer..

My blood pressure issues go way back. Early in my life, my high blood pressure surprised my doctors since I wasn’t overweight, exercised frequently and ate what they thought was a healthy diet. But it wasn’t until …

Autoimmune diagnoses are tough. The “good” news is that now there are drug options to treat the most severe autoimmune diseases.

I meet people every day and talk to them about improving their health. They usually have no problem talking about almost any issue … until it comes to the “embarrassing” ones. For instance problems with digestion and elimination, or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

It may sound crazy… marijuana supposedly makes you spacey and forgetful, right? But if you take a closer look at its effect on your brain, you’ll see that it actually helps you dodge a brain-destroying symptom, and you don’t even have to smoke it…

Social media had a great start. It was fun. It connected us. But now, for some at least, it may have gone too far. In different ways social media can impact people’s lives negatively — possibly even dangerously….

When it comes to beating cancer, modern medicine has hit a wall. That’s why so many scientists are looking back in time at natural and effective cancer cures that have been around for thousands of years. And there are a lot of health-restoring jewels to be found…

A daily swig can do everything from cure bad breath to heal your stomach ulcers. It’s reported to even prevent cancer. And now researchers are adding one more health condition to the long list of ailments relieved by the green goo…