Auto-Immune Diseases and Inflammation

Auto-Immune Diseases and Inflammation

Several studies suggest that inflammation associated with a faulty diet, lack of exercise, overweight and lack of vitamin D increases risk for autoimmune diseases, but there is no strong evidence yet to show that any diet will cure auto-immune disease. Examples of...
Heart-Healthy Diet

Heart-Healthy Diet

Several recent articles provide new data on which foods are associated with both your health and your longevity.  JAMA (2017;317(9):912-924).contains a major statistical analysis of the association between diet quality and rates of death from the...
Night-Time Urination May Be Caused by Excess Salt

Testosterone for Older Men

Medical journals have reported trials that examine the benefits and harms of taking testosterone for men over 65 with low blood levels of testosterone (less than 275 ng/dL). At 12 study sites across the country, a total of 790 participants were given testosterone gel...