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Sudden cholesterol increase? It may be psychological

There are many published studies with evidence that cholesterol levels are positively associated with heart disease. In multivariate analy...

The figure and table below are from Vieth (1999); one of the most widely cited articles on vitamin D. The figure shows the gradual increase ...

The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-type activities a...

For most people, dog attacks are not very common. But they happen occasionally, and the experience can be traumatic. Incidentally, they ar...

Low testosterone (a.k.a. “low T”) is caused by worn out glands no longer able to secrete enough T, right? At least this seems to be the mos...

The War of Canudos took place in Brazil in 1896 and 1897. Canudos was a settlement of several thousand deeply religious Christians, led by ...

Many animals take naps during the day. Our ancestors probably napped during the day too. They certainly did not spend as many hours as we do...

Cortisol is a hormone that plays several very important roles in the human body . Many of these are health-promoting, under the right circum...