The headlines earlier this week about an 18-day-old baby in Iowa who died from meningitis are not only heartbreaking, but also alarming. Doctors say the infant, Mariana Sifrit, developed the deadly infection after being exposed to the herpes virus—likely via a kiss from a well-meaning adult. Mariana was born healthy, according to news reports, but […]

One of the original Kings of Comedy, Bernie Mac’s life was cut short due to sarcoidosis. Before his death, many didn’t know what the disease was or how it affected the body. Sarcoidosis is a disease caused by small areas of inflammation. It can affect any part of the body but is most common in […]

If you do, you may have reasons to be concerned – as the video below illustrates. A few hidden cameras, and it’s hard to believe what you just might find, such as shown above. If you’re like us, you’ll take note – and change where you stay in the future.

Scientists in Florida have found traces of rat lungworm in five counties, bolstering the idea that this potentially fatal parasite may be expanding its geographical range on account of—you guessed it—climate change. If this sounds familiar, you’re probably thinking of the recent rash of rat lungworm infections in Hawaii. Previously, over the past 20 years, only […]

As the clothing industry has exploded, so have shortcuts. Unfortunately, that sometimes means your clothes may be poisoning you. This is particularly true if your clothes have come from China, which frequently make use of chemicals banned in the European Union and United States. As Greenpeace has noted, as many as 20 popular fashion brands […]

At 12 years old Chloe Brookes-Holder was a happy and healthy pre-teen. She danced almost daily, hoping to make it her career one day; she hiked and led an active lifestyle. That all changed after her second dose of an HPV vaccine. After the shot, Chloe started to notice unusual symptoms, which later transformed into […]

(This is an article that is very personal to me. A dentist had previously recommended a root canal, which I wanted to avoid at all costs, and I tried several natural methods before my infection grew and I ended up having the tooth pulled and getting a zirconium implant. I only discovered this information following […]

So many of us who are interested in health completely disregard our teeth and our mouths. We forget that our bodies are a holistic and interconnected system, one that can only function optimally if everything is running smoothly. If your liver wasn’t working properly, it would affect your entire body. Well, the same could be said about […]

In today’s world, it is mainly heart attacks which claim the lives of people globally. In the US alone, Heart disease is the prime cause of death amongst women where 1 woman is killed by stroke or heart attack every 80 seconds. An estimated 44 million women suffer from cardiovascular disease in the US which […]