INTERESTING HEALTH FACTS

Below are interesting health facts that have been discussed in past issues of Smart Life News. Our readers remain on the cutting edge of health because we bring them research that is often left out of the standard "medical news" or ignored by the medical / pharmaceutical industry.


Ordinary B-vitamins can enhance human mental performance and even increase "happiness"


Interesting Facts is that There are safe pharmaceuticals referred to as smart drugs that can improve memory, enhance learning, increase focus, treat neurodegenerative diseases, and slow aging - with virtually no side effects

A simple test withheld by doctors could reveal why many people have symptoms of hypothyroidism, even though standard tests have shown "normal" blood thyroid hormone levels

"Food allergies" are sky high in patients with "undiagnosable" neurological problems


Interesting Facts is that Just this year, mercury toxicity was implicated as a cause of Alzheimer's Disease? Now, what exactly were those dental fillings made out of again

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A mineral found in the diet and present in many multi-vitamin supplements is a potential risk factor for Parkinson's Disease

An inexpensive supplemental hormone, common in the average, healthy human, can help prevent cancer, fight obesity, slow down aging, and enhance brain function?

Taking iron pills for anemia can be very dangerous

Sex drive is positively correlated with longevity in males


Interesting Facts is that Female sex drive responds to a common over-the-counter supplement

Hangovers, skin wrinkles and organ damage from alcohol toxicity can be prevented with a few simple nutritional supplements

80% of mental retardation associated with Down's Syndrome can be prevented

The dose-response curve for melatonin, is larger than almost all other nutrients, so you have to get the dose, timing and form right for melatonin to work properly

3 out of 10 US school kids have nutritional deficiencies that impair IQ and that juvenile delinquency is associated with nutritional deficiencies


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Secondary nutritional deficiencies may be as common as primary ones

Throughout the world, it is becoming increasingly harder to obtain dietary supplements like high dose Vitamin C without a prescription from a doctor

A Few Interesting Health Care Facts And Figures

Almost two trillion dollars wasted on health care every year...

The United States spends, on average, 1.7 trillion dollars annually on its health care system. Apparently, that staggering amount of money can’t buy our nation a ranking within the top twenty listing of western countries providing basic health care services to their citizens.

50 million Americans don’t have access to a Primary Care Provider...

Forty-two million adults and eight million children couldn’t get in to see a Medical Doctor for basic health care services today if they stood at the front door of a medical practice, bleeding or crippled, and banged on the door! This is America I’m talking about.

Doctors are turning more and more patients away daily...

In a recent survey, thirty percent of AMA Doctors indicated that they are seriously considering dropping all Medicare patients or not accepting any further Medicare beneficiaries. The same sentiments are being echoed concerning Medicaid patients.

You could be next to be dropped from your Doctor’s patient load...

If you do have a Primary Care Doctor, there’s nothing to stop your Physician from dropping you as a patient at any time. With the rising cost of patient care, many traditional Providers are beginning to restrict their practices to just private and commercial insurance carriers and to a small percentage of Medicare, Medicaid and cash-paying patients who’ve been with a given Provider for some time. Are you really so sure that you won’t be the next patient to be dropped from your traditional Primary Care Doctor’s practice?

Many of our Traditional and Alternative Medicine Practitioners are not being honest with us...

Many traditional Medical Doctors take nutritional supplements but don’t recommend them to their patients. Believe it or not, quite a few Alternative Medicine Practitioners, who openly denounce traditional medicine to their patients, will occasionally pay a visit to a traditional Doctor’s office about their health issues. This kind of dishonesty needs to stop. Both modalities of health care services delivery – traditional and alternative medicine – have a place in our nation’s health care system. The sooner both camps realize that and start respecting one another, the quicker America can go about the business of cleaning up it’s health care mess.

My purpose here is to give you a brief sampling of the utter nonsense going on daily in the field of health care services availability and delivery.

Are you Angry, Disturbed or Flabbergasted? I certainly hope so. Because until every one of us gets disgusted enough to fix this health care mess, we’ll all be hearing sad and embarrassing stories like these for a long time to come.

10 Interesting Health and Safety Facts

1. About 3.9 million employees are disabled at work in any given year.
2. One work related injury occurs every 8 seconds.
3. Accidental overdose of iron pills is the leading cause of poisoning deaths among children.
4. Fire kills more Americans each year than ALL other natural disasters combined.
5. Nature requires over 5 years to get rid of a cigarette butt.
6. The energy needed to make 1 new aluminum can makes 20 recycled ones.
7. About 8 out of every 10 adults will have a back injury in their lives.
8. On average about 400 people die from excess heat (heat stroke) each year.
9. Occupational skin diseases costs $1 billion annually in worker comp costs claims.
10. Of the 42,000 traffic fatalities in recent years, 41% were alcohol related.