High blood cholesterol affects over 65 million Americans and I am one of those people, as are each of my parents. Often genetic, high cholesterol is a serious condition that increases one’s risk for heart disease. The higher the cholesterol level, the greater the risk.
The scary thing with cholesterol is that it can be high and you may not even know it. Lowering cholesterol levels that are too high lessens your risk for developing heart disease and reduces the chance of having a heart...
We returned from Missouri with Annie’s numbers very high, so we went to see the endocrinologist. Of course, the minute we made the... Read more »
Breast cancer occurs when the DNA in a breast tissue cell is damaged, and the cell reproduces too rapidly. But what causes this DNA... Read more »
Q. I was diagnosed with DCIS, and have had a lumpectomy and radiation. Now my oncologist says I’ll be doing hormone therapy. I thought... Read more »
A reader recently asked if high cholesterol can directly affect your sex life. The answer to this question is yes, but the effect may not... Read more »
Prostate cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and the second leading cause of cancer death in American men. Almost a quarter... Read more »
Changes in the amount of estrogen at adolescence and menopause may be behind women's susceptibility to neurological diseases such as ADHD,... Read more »
Taking hormone replacement therapy does not appear to increase a woman's risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study. This... Read more »
Q. What with all the side effects I had during chemotherapy, I really wasn’t in the mood for sex very often. And now that I’m done with chemo,... Read more »
A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy if peppermint can affect the way cholesterol-lowering statins work. The Graedons... Read more »
According to a new study, women's cholesterol levels can fluctuate throughout their menstrual cycle because of changes in their levels of estrogen.... Read more »
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