Health's A ChoiceTips on Taking Control of Your Health

The age old question of whether the environment or our genetics affect our long term health has been a question that many scientist have studied. There have been several studies with identical twins to study the effects of environmental factors such as stress, diet, sun exposure and other environmental factors play upon the aging process. [...]

Is there hope for someone over 450 pounds to lose weight-naturally?  That was my question in May 2007.  As a home health speech language pathologist, I had allowed myself to make all the wrong choices with my health and wellness.  Drive thru restaurants, minimal exercise and mobility, limited quantities of fruits and vegetables contributed daily [...]

Link found between X-rays and prostate cancer. Researchers have found your risk of contracting a rare form of prostate cancer doubles if you had hip and leg X-rays in the past 20 years. Your risk also increases if you had a barium enema. This rare form of prostate cancer hits younger men and is a [...]

Everyone who has had a sore throat, rash, hives, or a sprained ankle knows about inflammation. These are normal and appropriate responses of the immune system — your body’s defense  — to infection and trauma. This kind of inflammation is good. We need it to survive — to help us determine friend from foe.The trouble [...]

The chemical found in plastic food and drink containers causes heart disease, researchers have confirmed. Traces of the chemical, BPA (Biphenol A), are detectable in 90 per cent of people. The link to heart disease has been established by researchers from the Peninsula Medical School at the University of Exeter, who studied BPA levels in [...]

Dr. Sinclair’s study were a shock to many scientists in the resveratrol community. He showed convincingly that the amounts of resveratrol one needs to have a substantial beneficial effect were orders of magnitude greater than anyone expected. Clearly, one or two glasses of red wine per day won’t do the trick.