Current Health News

November 29, 2017

This is both a tragedy and an embarrassment for the Heart Association. Assuming the 52-year-old president was following the badly flawed AHA dietary guidelines, maybe this is the wake-up call they need to come clean with what the science really says for preventing heart attacks.

November 29, 2017

A severe lung infection at a convention in 1976 was the first time the sometimes-fatal illness known as Legionnaires' disease was given a name. Experts have connected the illness to bacteria in water-cooling towers, but most are still unaware of the toxic potential of neglecting these systems.

November 29, 2017

There's been an ongoing debate in medical circles whether salt causes high blood pressure. The only answer, they say, is to curb salt intake. But new research shows that consuming probiotics serves to lower blood pressure in ways that positively affect other aspects of your health.