If you have a severe illness, such as heart failure, cancer, or have had serious injury, you know they can completely alter your life. One way they can change your life, though, is one that you might not think about. It’s the fact that serious illnesses can cause your muscles to waste away. When that happens, you can become frail quickly. And your ability to fight your illness or heal an injury begins to disappear. Fortunately, there’s a supplement that can keep your muscles from wasting away. And it might even help heal both your muscles and your illness or injury. 

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If you suffer with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you’re at significant risk of developing another health challenge. And this one could cut your life expectancy in half. 

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It’s hard for me to admit. But there are times when high blood pressure is so stubborn even the best supplements won’t lower it. It usually happens when the cause of the elevated blood pressure isn’t nutritional. Fortunately, the Air Force recently discovered a way to lower blood pressure – even stubborn cases. And it can help just about anyone who struggles to keep their blood pressure in a normal range.

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Back in January, rock-n-roll legend Glenn Frey died from complications of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While this disease is deadly, it's possible the Eagle's singer was killed by his medication, not RA. That's sad enough, but new research suggests he didn't even need to be on the drugs that may have killed him.

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In recent years, the evidence  has started to stack up against the cholesterol theory of heart disease.  Cholesterol, even LDL cholesterol, isn't the boogeyman everyone thinks it is.  But that doesn't mean that all cholesterol gets off the hook. As I've discussed  before, oxidized LDL cholesterol is the real troublemaker for your heart.

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