Disease


Just How Does Blood Pressure Get High?

High blood pressure is the most common biological condition that predisposes to serious diseases and it is readily treatable with meds. It triggers heart attacks and strokes that result in more than half of the deaths, more than all cancers together. What about this blood pressure, anyway. READ MORE

Blood pressure monitor showing high reading.

Person holding empty pants pockets with text 'Reduce the Risk'.

Obesity and the Development of Cancer

I receive pertinent medical information from a dozen reliable sources. I wish to bring a recent dispatch from MD Anderson to your attention. MD Anderson, without a doubt, rates continuously as the best place to get cancer treatment in the world. I just received the following from them.

They say: “The link between obesity and cancer risk is clear. Research shows that excess body fat increases your risk for several cancers, including colorectal, post-menopausal breast, endometrial, esophageal, kidney and pancreatic cancers. (Actually, there are over a dozen cancers that are doubled to quadrupled in the obese).


The Ballyhoo About the Flu is True: Just Don’t Let the Flu Get You

Flu is the nickname for the illness caused by the too often times deadly influenza virus. The Flu is often considered to be just another “cold” and is dismissed as inevitable.  And since one has recovered completely so many times from colds it seems just another nuisance. However, last year 80,000 Americans died because of those microscopic guys, not to mention the severe illnesses they cause. And about 80% of these deaths are in the elderly.

Gloved hands preparing vaccine syringe in lab.