Only 6.8 percent of U.S. adults have optimal cardiometabolic health, while an estimated 47 million have cardiometabolic disorders that increase their risk of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Risk factors for cardiometabolic disease include high blood pressure, abdominal obesity, elevated fasting blood sugar, dyslipidemia and elevated triglycerides.
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THE MANY HEALTH BENEFITS OF FENNEL
Common fennel is a perennial plant in the carrot family. All but the roots are used in traditional culinary and medicinal preparations. The plant is native to the Mediterranean and is believed to have been part of Jewish meals since biblical times.
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? THE FORGOTTEN BENEFITS OF DEEP SQUATS
Many health benefits are associated with deep squats, including improved bowel elimination, production of synovial fluid in the hips and knees, muscle growth that is associated with glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity, improved balance and better communication between your brain and muscle groups.
MORE THAN 200 PRESCRIPTIONS ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE DEPRESSION
Depression can stem from a wide variety of biological, psychological and environmental factors, including other medications. More than 200 drugs have depression as a listed side effect.
U.S. INVESTS $1.5 BILLION TO SPUR 5G ROLLOUT DESPITE NEW EVIDENCE OF ‘DEVASTATING’ HEALTH ISSUES
A new study from Sweden showed that a previously healthy woman developed symptoms of “microwave syndrome” shortly after a 5G cell tower was installed nearly 200 feet from her apartment.
WHO PREPARES GLOBAL TAKEOVER
The World Health Organization is seeking to cement its control over global health through amendments to the international health regulations (IHR) and its pandemic treaty.
BLOCKING ONE ENZYME COULD REVERSE ALZHEIMER’S DAMAGE
Cutting back sharply on the activity of an enzyme known as CDK5 in the brains of mice with symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease sharply reduced the brain damage that defines the illness, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
KILLING BRAIN CANCER WITH A TWEAK TO THE DIET
The brain cancer called glioblastoma has a 100-percent fatality rate. A person’s median survival time after being diagnosed is just 16 months.
TURNS OUT, EBOLA LIKELY LEAKED FROM A LAB AS WELL
In December 2013, Zaire Ebola hemorrhagic fever broke out in Guinea and over the next three years spread across West Africa, ultimately killing 11,323 people. It was the largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.
ENGINEERED MOLECULES KILL CANCER
Immunotherapy is cancer treatment’s new go-to remedy. Technicians take white blood cells from a patient—the “killer T cells” of the immune system —isolate the ones best suited to fight the patient’s form of cancer, then genetically engineer them to be “super T cells” able to overcome cancer’s defenses.