A study from the University of Warwick in England shows that more time in the sun can help older people avoid diabetes and heart attacks (Diabetes Care, July 2009).  They evaluated 3,262 people aged 50-70 years old in Beijing and Shanghai, China, and found that 94 percent were low in vitamin D...

Q: My mother had a horrible case of varicose veins, and I'm starting to get them now too. Is there any way I can keep them from getting as bad as hers?

The berries of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) have a long history of use in the Americas, dating back to the Mayans who used these berries as a general tonic. In more recent times, saw palmetto is often used in the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), which frequently affects a large number of males in their later years. Saw palmetto is also a very popular herb used to treat symptoms in the male genital and urinary system, ranging from erectile dysfunction to low sperm motility.

Most of us don’t mind getting some gray around the temples as we age. I know I’ve been seeing a bit more of it in the mirror over the years.

But I just had to tell you about a recent study into why we go gray, because it’s a perfect example of how medicine today is focused on treating the symptoms – and not the root causes – of health issues.

Whether we admit it or not, the color of your hair seems to communicate something about yourself to the world. 

Now researchers are finally starting to unravel what your color says about what’s going on inside your body, which might lead to new strategies for prevention or reversal of the hair graying process.

Why does your hair turns gray?

Is Alzheimer’s really a type 3 diabetes of the brain?

Evidence suggests it is.

Aging is happening to everybody, most of the time faster than we’d like. Still, youth is not a chronological age. It’s good health and an optimistic spirit. Even though the hourglass tells us we’re older, the passage of time isn’t really what ages us. It’s the process that reduces the number of healthy cells in our bodies. 

A new study out of Taiwan has found that the nattokinase enzyme, which is derived from fermented soy, may help to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

Although they’re about 1/10 the size of a 35mm camera, eyes are infinitely more versatile—focusing on adjusting, absorbing, sorting, and interpreting thousands of images. But like a camera, our eyes begin to wear with age. Despite the natural aging process, several cultures have found ways to preserve good eyesight and eye muscle function- secrets that you can take advantage of.

Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, kale, turnips and cabbage are full of very powerful disease-fighting compounds, one of which is sulforaphane. This is one compound that appears to be quite a hard worker in keeping your body in top condition.