6 Causes of High Cholesterol

Cholesterol is a thick substance that can be found in the blood. While some cholesterol is good—your body actually needs it to build healthy cells—having very high cholesterol can have a negative impact on your heart, eventually leading to heart disease, according to the Mayo Clinic. In some situations this can result in fatty deposits building up in the blood vessels, making it more difficult for blood to flow through the arteries.

And so there’s no denying it: having high cholesterol is a very dangerous situation. The good news is that there are many ways to keep your cholesterol down. But it’s important you understand the causes of high cholesterol before setting out to lower it…

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7 Secret Tricks to Lose Weight At Any Age

Sadly, as we get older evil forces conspire against us to make losing weight more difficult.

10 Signs You May Have an Ulcer

An ulcer is like a nasty canker sore (or crater) that typically develops either on the lining of the stomach (a gastric or peptic ulcer) or at the opening of the small intestine in the duodenum (a duodenal or peptic ulcer). Ulcers occur due to an imbalance of digestive juices or if the stomach lining suffers some form of damage (i.e., alcoholism).

5 Foot Exercises to Relieve Back, Hip & Knee Pain in 20 Minutes or Less

If you have back, hip or knee pain, you probably have tried methods of getting relief. You might have tried anti-inflammatory over-the-counter medication like Ibuprofen or painkillers like Tylenol, but you might be able to get some relief simply by performing exercises that work those muscles and are intended to stretch out the ligaments.

10 Warning Signs of Lung Cancer

Even though lung cancer kills approximately 1.3 million people each year, the disease is not a definite death sentence. Those diagnosed early stand a 50-percent greater chance of survival over those whose undiagnosed cancer spreads to other organs throughout the body.

Any of the following ten early warning signs of lung cancer could save your life if detected early…

10 Signs You Have a Thyroid Problem and 10 Ways to Improve It

Did you know that there are approximately 25 million Americans who are living with problems with their thyroids? More alarmingly, more than half of those people don’t even know that there is a problem. Are you one of them?