8 Drugs Doctors Would Never Take
If they won't use these medications, why should you?
By Morgan Lord of Men's Health Online
Doctors count on this compendium to help them make smart prescribing decisions—in other words, to choose drugs that will solve their patients' medical problems without creating new ones. Unfortunately, it seems some doctors rarely pull the PDR off the shelf. Or if they do crack it open, they don't stay versed on emerging research that may suddenly make a once-trusted treatment one to avoid. Worst case: You swallow something that has no business being inside your body. Read More

How Lifestyle Factors Might Influence Alzheimer's Disease
In late July 2008, the International Conference on Alzheimer's disease (AD) convened in Chicago, IL. Over 5,000 researchers from 60 countries shared the information they had garnered from their studies on AD's cause, treatment, and prevention. Two intriguing psychological factors were revealed: a person's relationship status after mid-life and their habits of "ruminating" over personal and professional problems. . Read More

A Look at the Roots of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also referred to as manic depression, arises in people with a genetic vulnerability to the illness. Only recently have scientists begun to unearth clues as to its origin, which very likely arises from a combination of insulin resistance and inflammation of the brain. Insulin resistance, which is the basis for type II diabetes, is a condition in which cells are fed too much glucose, or blood sugar, well after they have reached full capacity for fuel. Glucose is being forced into the cell because the blood is simply too loaded with sugar. Read More