Cancer, Cardiovascular, Gynecology
Infection and The Nation’s Number one Killer
For centuries infection has been the number one killer. But several years ago it appeared that antibiotics and vaccines had largely eradicated this menace. Then unexpectedly the AIDS virus struck with a vengeance. Lately, to the surprise of everyone, scientists are now linking infection to, peptic ulcers, heart attack and cancer. So how can you protect yourself and your family from these problems? In 1984 an Australian physician, Barry Marshall, decided to prove that his theory was right. He drank a bacteria laced concoction to show that it was bacteria, not stress, that caused peptic ulcers. Subsequent studies confirmed that most ulcers are infected with a bacterium called H. pylori. But there's a problem. About half the people over 60 years of...Read More
Cardiovascular, Sex
Frequent Sex Good For The Heart
Thank God researchers finally have good news! No dire warnings about the dangers of cholesterol. No alarms bells that we're all headed for Alzheimer's Disease if we live too long. Rather, there's a pleasant way to decrease the risk of dying from the nation's number one killer, heart disease. The prescription, frequent sex. No longer can we say that Europeans pride themselves on active sex lives while the English just take their hot water bottles to bed. After all, this second research study on sex originated in Bristol, England. Shah Abraham, a professor of social medicine at the University of Bristol, is the author of this heartening news. He reports that men who have sexual intercourse at least twice a week...Read More
