Gout currently affects about 9 million adults in the U.S., making it one of the less common chronic diseases today. But the condition has dogged the human race for a long time.1,2
It’s been observed in 4,000-year-old mummies from Egypt.2
And it seems to have been first...
Almost half of adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure (also called hypertension). But many of them have no idea they have it.1
That’s because high blood pressure rarely causes symptoms on its own. Yet it can damage your major organs even before you realize anything’s wrong....
If you’re like most people, you’ve heard your doctor mention “triglycerides” when discussing your blood work.
But what exactly are triglycerides, and how do they relate to your health?
This article will answer these questions, and more:
- What are triglycerides?
- Relation...
Heart disease is all too common. It’s the top killer disease for men and women across most racial groups in the U.S. In fact, it’s behind 1 in every 5 deaths in the country.1
It puts a huge drain on the economy too. It costs around 250 billion U.S. dollars per year —...
When you hear the word “sugar,” a sweet white substance probably comes to mind. But there are actually many different types of sugar, and they’re not all processed the same way by your body.
There’s some debate about whether some types of sugar may be healthier than...
At least 1 in 3 American adults has insulin resistance — and often, they don’t know it.1
Insulin resistance wreaks havoc on your health long before it’s diagnosed. It harms your brain, your eyes, your heart, your kidneys, and your other organs. And if that’s not bad...
Type-2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic condition in which your cells have lost the ability to respond to the hormone called insulin. Plus, your pancreas has become dysfunctional so that it doesn’t produce as much insulin as it should.1
The result is consistently high levels of glucose...