If you want to quit smoking but are worried about gaining weight, this article may help you. Many ex-smokers do gain a few pounds, but only a few gain a lot of weight. The best action you can take to improve your health is to quit smoking. Smoking is much more harmful to your health [...]
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True or False: The average 55 year-old man has more estrogen than a 59 year-old woman.
True! Unless a man exercises regularly, he loses muscle mass to fat as he ages, and his testosterone is being converted to estrogen. This occurs because of an enzyme called aromatase. The more fat there is, the more aromatase is produced, which in turn converts more testosterone to estrogen. This can become a viscious cycle. [...]
Our “Sickness” Care System
The emergency medical care system in America is among the best of the best. However, the rest of our healthcare system is a horse of a different color. A more appropriate description would be “sickness” care. Despite the fact that the U.S. spends more money on health care than any other nation, it ranks just [...]
