What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a fat-like substance called a sterol. It is hard and waxy and melts at 149 degrees Celsius. The name cholesterol originates from the Greek words chole (bile) and stereos (solid), as it was first discovered in solid form in gallstones. Our body manufactures approximately one gram of cholesterol per day; [...]

In the animal world, fertility is paramount for the survival of any species. However, the human race today has a number of fertility problems. Men are showing sperm abnormalities (such as sperm with two heads or sperm that are so sluggish they cannot reach the egg). Some women have a number of menstrual cycles during [...]

You don’t hear a lot of guys these days bragging about how much they sleep. Your typical male looks at sleep and sees an unproductive waste of time, an indulgence of the newborn, the retired, and the slothful. Sleep experts, on the other hand, see it as a restorative daily health tonic, an ally of [...]

Heart disease Now the biggest single killer in the western world, cardio-vascular disease emerges last of all the western diseases as a population becomes westernized. Even today rural peoples around the world have very little coronary heart disease. Among the rural Bantu in southern Africa coronary heart disease occurs at a level of only 1 [...]

Socializing at shindigs kept Andrea Kennedy away from the buffet table and a lean 135 pounds for more than 14 years. Thin for most of her life, Andrea, a 51-year-old interior designer from North Bethesda, Maryland, started gaining weight in 1980 after rupturing a disk while moving into a new home. The injury caused so [...]