The real cause - and treatment - for irritable bowel syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome

 affects 30 million Americans. It causes lots of gas, bloating, and irregular bowels. However, unlike ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, there’s no overt inflammation in your bowel. For years, conventional doctors had no idea what was causing the problem. Now a new study out of Greece appears to have found the cause.

This study was superior to others because it employed a direct small bowel culture. Previous studies had been based on methane exhalation. Methane is a byproduct of intestinal bacteria. This study, on 320 patients, found small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in more than a third of IBS patients compared to only 10% without IBS. And, in patients who had diarrhea-associated IBS, more than 60% of them had a bacterial overgrowth compared to just 10% of those without IBS.

Is this a superior way to take testosterone therapy?

Are you one of the many men on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with testosterone? If so, I have some good news for you that might make your treatment easier and less expensive.

 A University of Texas research group compared different forms of administration of injectable testosterone in older men. Their study lasted for over 45 months. At the outset, the men had testosterone levels that averaged 388 ng/dl. That’s in the lower half of the reference range.

Do night lights encourage disease?

What if I told you that one simple little habit that many people have almost completely shuts down the production of one of the most important hormones in the body? Well, there’s really no “what if” about it. It’s true. And a new study is showing just how dramatically it can happen.

I don’t know if many people really appreciate how important melatonin is for health and longevity. Many think of it as little more than a sleep aid. But there is so much more to melatonin than that.