Salt and hypertension have been linked in the public mind for decades. Over the past 50 years, hundreds of thousands of doctors have pounded on millions of patients to stop eating salt. Yet growing evidence suggests that for people with normal blood pressure (and possibly even those with high blood [...]
This Type of Noise May Improve Sleep, Health and Memory I know a few people who can’t fall asleep without the white noise of a fan in the room. The easiest way to define white noise is that it combines a large number of frequencies together into one sound. And [...]
It almost sounds too good to be true. But a broad swath of medical research shows that one food ingredient can help protect you from a long list of diseases. It’s not a vitamin or mineral, or a fatty acid of some kind of new “super” antioxidant or herb. It’s [...]
Is There Anything to Those Stories About the Dangers of Vitamin E? An overdose can kill. Too much will cause prostate cancer. It raises the risk of premature death. The findings of several studies in recent years have given rise to alarming headlines alerting us to the perils of taking [...]
Losing your sense of smell not only spoils the enjoyment of food and fragrances, and reduces retrieval of smell-associated memories, it can also be hazardous to your health. What’s more, it’s not a rare problem. It affects about a quarter of people over 50. It puts your health at risk [...]
