Migraine Drug Sales to Double Over Next 8 Years

Migraine Drug Sales are Expected to Almost Double Over the Next 8 Years. One Must Ask Oneself Why? Remember When a Billion Dollars Used to Be a Lot of Money? Well It’s Not Enough for the Pharmaceutical Companies. Migraine Drug Sales are Expected to Almost Double Over the Next 8 Years. One Must Ask Oneself Why? One of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, Decision Resources, recently reported that the market for migraine therapies...

Butterbur and Migraine Warning From Web MD

PA-free butterbur products are POSSIBLY SAFE when taken by mouth appropriately and short term - up to 16 weeks. Butterbur products that contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are UNSAFE when taken by mouth or applied to broken skin. PAs can damage the liver, lungs, and blood circulation, and possibly cause cancer.

Should You Take Statin Drugs for Cholesterol?

Collectively the revenues generated by statin cholesterol lowering drugs, like Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor, and Pravachol are in excess of 10 billion dollars a year! Is taking these drugs a risk unto itself? The answer is a resounding….YES! Though these drugs are shown to reduce certain cardiovascular risks in people who have cardiovascular risk factors such as; hypertension, low HDL cholesterol, insulin resistance, high triglycerides, physicians are now recommending these drugs to people who don’t have any of these risks...

15 Cancer Prevention Tips

The International Agency for Research on Cancer projects that the number of people with cancer will increase by 75% by the year 2030 as we continue the unhealthy habits of our “Westernized” lifestyle and as developing countries adopt our lifestyle. As developing countries become more affluent they also pick up the bad habits of fast foods, huge portions, poor diets, and less exercise.

EXERCISE IS PERHAPS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEDICINE

The benefits of exercise have been associated with longer life, reduction in risk of heart disease, diabetes, dementia, Alzheimer’s, asthma, and now, decreasing the mortality rate of cancer survivors. A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that physical exercise is associated with reduced all-cause mortality in breast cancer and colon cancer survivors. For decades, physicians have been telling sick or injured people, that bed rest and not exerting oneself when ill or injured, will help...

Benefits of 15 Minutes of Moderate Exercise a Day

JUST 15 MINUTES OF MODERATE EXERCISE A DAY CAN EXTEND LIFE BY THREE YEARS 30 minutes a day to exercise doesn’t sound so difficult until you try to do it and struggle finding the time. Then the mindset is, well if I can’t do the 30 minutes, I may as well not do anything because it’s not going to help anyway. The really good news is that researchers from Taiwan’s National Health Research Institute studied 416,000 participants over a...

Control These 4 Things and You Could Live Longer

Secrets to living a long live: A long-term study found people can live longer if they control these four factors.

WARNING SIGNS OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS

Signs and symptoms of heat-related illness may include: Weakness Headache Dizziness Muscle cramps Nausea or vomiting Rapid heartbeat If you experience these symptoms, get out of the heat immediately. Drink water, and wet and fan your skin. If you don’t feel better within 60 minutes, contact your doctor. If you develop a fever higher than 102 F (38.9 C) or become faint or confused, seek professional medical help. Regular physical activity is important, but don’t let hot weather activities put your...