Imagine that there was a disease associated with 25% to 30% of hospital deaths. Imagine that this number goes up closer to 50% when patients have complications. Imagine it was fast-acting and likely to be fatal if it wasn't caught quickly. And imagine if it was rarely listed as the cause of death, reducing the attention it received and making care givers less aware to watch out for its signs before it became fatal.

Do you struggle with weight issues? If so, this may surprise you. There’s an underlying cause of weight gain that very few people consider. This cause can go hand-in-hand with a loss of muscle mass, so the effects can be dangerous to your overall health.

Many people over the age of 50 notice that their brain just doesn’t function like it used to. It gets harder to multi-task. It gets harder to concentrate. And it’s easier to get distracted. When they were younger, they could easily recall names, numbers, and dates. But these same things are not coming quite as fast as they did back then.