Published May 21, 2010

Keep your heart young without cutting calories

Keeping your heart young can keep you young. Researchers proved years ago that one of the best ways to keep your heart young is to restrict how many calories you eat each day. But scientists just discovered a new way to keep the hearts of animals young. And what they found directly benefits you.

I’ve written in the past that insulin is the hormone of aging and death when it comes in excess. These researchers found that manipulating genes involved in insulin regulation can keep hearts younger in animals. In this study, the scientists suppressed the p110 alpha-gene in animals. This gene encourages insulin production.

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Published May 20, 2010

The third leading cause of death in the U.S. —
don’t be a victim

You probably know that cancer and heart disease are the top two leading causes of death in the U.S. Nothing surprising there. But can you guess what the third leading cause of death is? Is it stroke? What about diabetes? Or could it be pneumonia? The Journal of the American Medical Association says the surprising answer is none of these.

The answer is so surprising that it startled the entire American medical community. The article, written by Dr. Barbara Starfield, one of its most respected and honored public-health experts in the country, said it isn’t a disease at all. It’s your doctor!

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Published May 19, 2010

Why most prostate cancer victims
should ignore their doctor’s advice

What if your doctor told you the bad news? You have prostate cancer! And what if your doctor wanted to rush you into surgery to have the tumor — and your prostate — removed? What would you do? Well, there’s a 67% chance that you should simply ignore your doctor’s advice. Here’s why.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool study followed 500 cases of prostate cancer. They found that two-thirds of the men did not need the kind of urgent treatment your oncologist or urologist would push you in to. The reason?

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