A study done in Sweden found that drinking black or green tea each day significantly reduced women's epithelial ovarian cancer risk.

I have good news for red wine lovers. In addition to being beneficial for the heart, offering protection against lung cancer, and possessing antibacterial properties, red wine may also prevent and reverse gum disease.

Eating plenty of tomatoes, carrots, and leafy green vegetables may lower risk of developing adult asthma.

Need another reason to snack on nuts? A recent study shows that pistachios and sunflower seeds may be the best choices for those wishing to lower their cholesterol levels.

Admittedly, not everything that's good for you tastes good. That's why cinnamon is so great.

These therapies repair and maintain cartilage without harmful side effects and have been found to be very effective in both dogs and humans with arthritis.

Since it's such a common condition, it seems as though many people think there's not much you can do about age-related macular degeneration.

Although the antiperspirant and breast cancer link has been debated for years, the health risk remains unproven. But this is one debate that won't go away….

Q: As a subscriber to your newsletter, I appreciate your progressive approaches to everyday problems. I am looking for a practical solution to treat my snoring, which unfortunately causes my wife to have many sleepless nights. I would appreciate whatever advice you can provide to help alleviate this problem.

Q: I read that many medical experts now believe that elevated levels of homocysteine-not high cholesterol-are the main cause of cardiovascular disease in Western society. Some say it’s good to eat beets because they contain betaine, an important source of a molecule that accelerates the detoxification of homocysteine and transforms it into cysteine, a safe amino acid. Do you have any more information about this?

Urinary tract infections are bad enough the first time around, but for many women the first time isn’t the last. And each time it comes back, it gets worse. This is especially true of cystitis, the infection of the urinary bladder.

Most medical schools either pretend alternative medicine doesn’t exist or brush it off as “unproven.” But the medical school at the University of Kansas isn’t most medical schools. Not only does it recognize the validity of alternative medicine, but it’s also making strides to study it.

My children are grown now, but they still remind my wife Holly and me about a family rule we had when they were children: If the sun is out, so are you! There’s really no reason to limit this rule to the kids-it would do us all good to spend more time outdoors.

Tom came to me wanting to hear an answer. Literally.

About a year earlier, he had suddenly lost nearly all the hearing in his right ear in only three weeks. One specialist told him it was probably a neurosensory problem. Another thought it might be autoimmune related. Neither one did anything for him. There was nothing to do but wait, they said.

IN THIS ISSUE: Take control of your hearing loss before it’s too late; Just say no-to sunscreen!; A mainstream medical school supports alternative medicine; 7 keys to clearing up stubborn bladder infections; Healthy heart “beets”; Healthy heart “beets”

And in addition to treating prostatitis, these nutrients also help to reduce the risk of prostate cancer, especially for those with additional known risk factors.