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Leyla Weighs In: Shedding light on health statistics vs. outcomes
On an almost daily basis, we are bombarded with frightening health reports. Claims such as “50,000 people will die of colon cancer this year,” or “prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men,” or…read more
Categories:Cancer Heart Disease Stroke and TIAs
When it comes to heart disease, can lifestyle overcome bad genes?
It started with a Facebook post. A couple of weeks ago, I uploaded a video of Bob Harper with the comment: “‘Biggest Loser’ celebrity trainer, proponent of low-fat, ‘carb-friendly’ diet, suffers heart attack at 51, blames ‘bad genes’.”…read more
Categories:Heart Disease Heart Health
Leyla Weighs In: A urine test to determine a healthy diet
Scientists in London have developed a urine test that measures the healthfulness of an individual’s diet. Published in the journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, the study utilizes a quick five-minute test which measures metabolites of foods caused by…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
One big mistake people make on the elliptical machine
Using an elliptical machine is a great way to get your daily aerobic exercise in. It’s low impact and strengthens both lower and upper extremities. But I frequently see a lot of people making this one mistake when…read more
Categories:Exercise
What you need to know about glaucoma
Did you know that glaucoma is the second most common form of progressive blindness in the U.S., after macular degeneration? Or that it is the leading cause of blindness among African-Americans and Hispanics? In fact, glaucoma is estimated…read more
Categories:Eye Health Metabolic Syndrome Supplements
Ask Leyla: More on atrial fibrillation
Q: I read your recent article on atrial fibrillation (AF), and was intrigued by the emphasis on the importance of lifestyle changes for prevention of the condition. Can you elaborate? A: What I find striking about AF is its recent…read more
Categories:Heart Health
Revisiting salt intake – are you eating too much or too little?
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. — Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860) Last year, I weighed in on the salt…read more
Categories:Hypertension Nutrition Controversies
Leyla Weighs In: Is atrial fibrillation a lifestyle-related condition?
We are seeing more and more cases of A-fib and the medical management that such a diagnosis requires. But in a recent issue of Medscape, Dr. John Mandrola writes that his approach to treating patients with atrial fibrillation…read more
Categories:Exercise General Nutrition Heart Health
Important news about antibiotics: Antibiotics damage mitochondria
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than a quarter billion courses of antibiotics are dispensed to outpatients in America each year. That means that five out of every six people, on average, are…read more
Categories:Antibiotics Diabetes Obesity Supplements
Cold, painful fingertips? Try these remedies!
Over 45 years ago in college, as a recently transplanted Southern Californian newly arrived in New York City, I suffered from painful, white, numb fingertips during a record cold winter. Ski trips were a misery, as even the…read more
Categories:Autoimmune Diseases General Medicine Supplements
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Q: My mother is otherwise healthy, takes no medications and walks daily for exercise, but she…
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More mask misdirection (and some possible clarity): I’m finally getting a handle on this mask…
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We are living in unprecedented and unpredictable times. It seems every day brings new recommendations…
Exercise in the time of Coronavirus, Part 2
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