Anti-depressants like Wellbutrin are one of the top 5 selling classes of drugs today. Go to you doctor with the least little bit depressed and you will most likely walk out the door with a script for an anti-depressant. For most of her life, Kathy experienced short periods of depression. But when she went through …
When patients are told that they need chemotherapy to combat their cancer rarely does the oncologist inform the patients of other options such as the use of anti-oxidants in conjunction with chemotherapy. In fact, some oncologist will insist that their patient not take anti-oxidants as they feel it will lessen the effectiveness of the chemotherapy. …
During the last two decades, the lifestyles and dietary habits of Americans have changed considerably. The average American spends 93% of his or her time indoors-more time spent in front of the television, the video game console, or the computer. Because this change has a dramatic effect on vitamin D levels there has been a …
Vitamin c isn’t just for scurvy-it’s good for asthma, too! According to a study in Italy, adults with asthma eat less fruit than those without asthma. Researchers monitored the diets of 1,030 study participants for one year and found that those with asthma consumed 132 g of fruit a day compared with 149 g a …