The traditional take on type 2 diabetes is that once your beta cells (those important cells in your pancreas responsible for creating, storing and releasing insulin) stop producing enough insulin, they’ll never return to normal. Well, that’s been blown out of the water…

There’s no doubt that surgery can be a life-changing event. In fact, the time leading up to surgery, as well as time spent recuperating can be a very stress-filled time. But normally your doctor prepares you for what to expect, right? Not necessarily…

The mainstream loves to disregard therapies that have not been“ proven by randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trials.” Does this mean safe and effective therapies that lack clinical trial are not valid and should not be recommended?

When you fall, your brain has a hard time wrapping itself around what your body is doing. In that moment, all your faculties are in an utter state of confusion. Until you find yourself on the floor, hopefully uninjured. But for many, a fall can be deadly…

Supplements are an easy way for seniors to get beneficial nutrients they might not get in their everyday meals. There are so many different supplements on the market, however, that narrowing down what you need can be difficult. Here are the 10 best diet supplements most seniors should be taking…

Your body has two kinds of fat. One helps you use up the calories you eat each day (slim people have more of this fat), while the other is nothing but a repository for more fat (white fat). But you can convert calorie-storing white fat to calorie-burning brown fat to lose weight this way…

For many who live with it, the fear of getting motion sickness can make you dread travel. But, an answer to the problem is on the horizon. And, it’s been developed not by a doctor or a big drug company but by a company whose end users may just need the solution most of all…

It’s hard to know what to eat… especially when you’re trying to improve a specific disease. Luckily, a new study from French researchers has an answer for you. This study found that the closer psoriasis sufferers followed one particular diet, the less psoriasis symptoms they had…

As much as 50 percent of the antibiotics prescribed by doctors’ offices and hospitals are unnecessary, and it’s a big problem that leads to antibiotic resistance. But there’s one place doling out antibiotics at almost triple the rate of other healthcare providers…

Smoking causes nearly half a million deaths a year. That means that about one in every five deaths can be attributed to the dangerous habit. You know you need to quit. You know you want to. So here are some things to help you along…

Many medical conditions have qualified for treatment with cannabis: Chronic pain of any type; migraines, persistent muscle spasm, cancer, and many more illnesses. But it could keep your doctor from prescribing you other needed medications. Is this right?

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you know what a struggle it can be. That’s because it’s just so easy to fall right back into your old eating habits. But, what if you had a “taste” for curbing your appetite and making better food choices?