Recently we learned that Pfizer’s blockbuster drug Chantix, that can cause death in real life. Its side effects include suicidal thoughts, depression and even violent behavior. And death of Mr. Carter Albrecht proves that it is not only a warning, it may be the reality.

Statistics show that incidents of breast cancer fell in 2003 by 6.7 percent in comparison with 2002. This is most likely the result of hormone replacement therapy decrease, which consists of equine estrogens and progestins.

Last year the CDC reported, that at least 10 deaths and at least 140 cases of severe illness were caused by a mutant adenovirus 14 – a variation of a common cold virus. Outbreaks were reported in New York, Texas, Oregon and Washington. So far no medicine was found effective.

Doesn’t it seem like your allergies get worse and worse every year? Some of us who never experienced them before suddenly find ourselves suffering.

Estrogen in women and testosterone in men are necessary for memory. At work, especially in this economic downturn, you need to be as competitive as possible, especially when your expertise can easily be replaced by a recent graduate willing to work for less money.

Many women are suffering from tender and swollen breasts right before their period. Usually, it is one of the many symptoms, that include bloating, fatigue, even moodiness in some.

A low progesterone level can be the cause of this tenderness. Replacement with progesterone, not progestine, may help.

Nobody argues that breasts are a very important part of a woman’s body. Therefore, maintaining their proper shape and consistency is crucial. The main hormone responsible for their texture as well as volume is estrogen.

Food stimulates cortisol secretion by adrenals. Cortisol secretions are what help you fight stress and manage anxiety.

Everybody agrees that beauty is a big advantage in sexual relations. But what about money?

Adrenal fatigue may be the reason why it is so difficult to get our energy back in the morning.

Contemporary medical study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, found that obesity is linked to low testosterone level, explaining erectile dysfunction.

There is no doubt, that weight loss is very important for people with extra ponds to stay healthy. And any products to help achieve weight loss are potentially good money making machines. And that is what Hydroxycut was using to make money: people’s natural desire to stay healthy.

We cannot live without light, because we need it to work and we need it to help us get vitamin D to protect us from cancer and to build our bones. But it does not mean, that we can use light more, than nature allows us. We know, that too much sun light can cause skin cancer. But what is too much?

It is very easy now to get an image using your cell phone, and then send it by e mail. Just push a few buttons and it is done. The question is what image you are sending. If it is a photo of a few friends chatting peacefully — it is ok. But what if it is an image of somebody naked?

Going to major surgery is not a pleasant thing at all, especially if it is because of a dangerous health condition. Like going for hysterectomy ( uterus removal ), which is the second in the United States GYN surgical procedures done after C section. But can we avoid it at least in some cases..

In today’s economic times, many people are finding that retiring at the age of 65 is almost impossible. And some of us, just don’t want to. But, in a time where kids are coming out of college, willing to do twice as much work for half the pay, baby boomers are finding themselves unable to keep up.

The recent debates on Bioidentical versus traditional HRT treatments did not reveal how you benefit from anti aging medicine.
Should you take bioidentical hormones, traditional drugs, or nothing?

Sure, consumers need to cut down on spending. Every news station has special segments on where we can cut spending, where we can crunch numbers again, and how to save. But right now, consumers are still spending on beauty treatments like Botox, Restylane, and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy.

A comprehensive analysis of medical studies and literature, performed by Holtorf Medical group in California and published in January 2009 in Postgraduate Medicine has just announced that bioidentical hormones are safer than traditional HRT.

Sure, over the counter (OTC) weight loss pills look tempting. You see the pictures, you hear the commercials about how much he or she lost in as little as a week. Inches off, pounds shed, looking and feeling younger. All natural. Sounds great. Sign me up.

But hold on there!

Here’s two things you never thought you needed a better reason for, but there is one anyway: living longer and having more sex.

Doctor’s orders: more sex, live longer. Sounds easy, right?

Stuffed? On Pizza? A nice, hearty risotto? Mushrooms can make your meal delicious. But how much sweeter would it sound knowing that eating just a little bit can cut your breast cancer risk by more than half?

When you want your skin to look younger, or you have skin trouble, the first thing that comes to your mind is to put some cream on it.  And sometimes it works, because a cream treats the symptom.  However, a cream almost never treats the cause.  Remember, that your skin is the reflection of what’s going on inside your body.

So how did it happen, that a young actress Natasha Richardson died after a minor head trauma?

Does it mean that nature did not take care of one of the most important parts of your body — your brain, so that even a minor trauma can kill you? Does not make sense at all.  So what killed Natasha Richardson?

Recent studies have shown that men who have s.e.x 3 or more times a week have less incidence of heart attacks then those who do not. Another study discovered that having s.e.x twice weekly reduces men’s chances of getting prostate cancer. 

As a result, everybody is concerned with cholesterol, heart, high blood pressure etc. Heart disease’s rank as the No. 1 cause of death may be changing as soon as next year!  According to the World Health Organization, cancer will be replacing heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death. What does this mean for you? 

We all crave unconditional love, and while we may be in a satisfying relationship, we still would do everything possible to look attractive to our significant other. Why bother? Because you want to be in control.  It feels good to have your significant other look at you with desire.  It feels great to feel sexy.. However, feeling sexy may not come that easy especially if you need to lose some pounds. 

This is a new indication for Allergan’s glaucoma medication Lumigan. While using it for glaucoma patients and doctors noticed that it promoted eyelashes growth.

And it’s understandable considering since the feud between them started, Oprah’s gained about 40 pounds and now weighs around 200 pounds. It’s obvious to anyone Michelle Obama is not the cause of the Daytime Diva’s weight gain. Chances are, Oprah’s stress levels are through the roof, but how would that make someone gain weight?

Sure, they have money, they have trainers, they have surgery, but how is that you can look at a star you grew up with, and yet you look older than they do? Besides being rich and having every luxury at your fingertips, you may have to opt for a more feasible option. Don’t worry, the stars do it, too.

A heart problem hands down, because it may kill right away.  However, breast cancer can kill too.  What about both?  Not a good combination at all.  But how can you get them both? 

You pay and get what you want. However, you may run into problems you don’t expect at all because you were not told about them. The nature of these problems is removal of the part of your body and/or foreign body placement. The result: an unnatural look. Not because the surgery was done wrong, but because of its nature.

Even though they have more resources, they face the same problems, as we, ordinary people do.  Too much weight for example. Like re Alley or Kate Winslet or Star Jones.  So what are they doing about their weight management?

Remember: it can kill like a hip or spine fracture. It is especially dangerous in diabetic patients because their ability to heal is severely impaired. Should they do everything possible to prevent a fracture? Absolutely – like preventing falls. However, it looks like falls are not the major threat for diabetics any more. So what is it now? Guess what? Drugs!

It definitely should be, because medical information is vitally important for your health. It is often taken for granted, that every piece of medical information is honest and reliable.  That is what I thought for many years since I entered a medical school, and continued to believe for many years.  But not any more.

That is why we have a regulatory agency, run by the US government, called FDA, to separate good drugs from bad drugs. So good ones should be approved by the FDA, and the bad ones should be rejected. That is how it should be. But in real life it is sometimes opposite to what it should be.

Therefore I was shocked, when I learned from the National Enquirer from Dec 22 2008 that Martha Stewart’s darkest secrets will be revealed in a coming book, written by her family members.

So to choose the right brand you go to the Internet and “Google” the product.  And your search returns you so many results, that you’re overwhelmed. Almost each manufacturer claims, that their product is the best.  So how to choose the right product for you?

If your memory is not working properly, you are in trouble. Imagine, that you forget where your keys are, where your cell phone is, where your credit card is? How about your professional performance? It may be ruined without a rapid memory response.  Unfortunately, with age, your memory starts deteriorating. 

Therefore, would it be a good idea to slow its progression? Of course it would. Therefore  news about different ways to slow it down is breaking news.