Ayurveda physicians suggest massaging stiff, achy joints with sesame oil, and research confirms that doing so daily can ease joint swelling and pain by 40 percent or more. Credit the oil’s sesamin and episesamin, phytoestrogens that soothe pain nerves and tame inflammation. Just warm a drop of sesame oil between your palms and massage into tender joints.

If your Family Doctor does not listen to you concerning an ongoing health issue do not go away, insist on seeing a specialist. Do so early on, as if you do not insist it could alter your life in a way you do not want. Had I insisted I would not have needed to have complete total shoulder replacement, and now not have any use in my left arm. Please for your own sake and the sake of others around you ask for a second opinion it just may save you from a permanent disability, or losing your independence.

The risk of developing cataracts, a clouding of the eye’s lens, which impairs vision, starts to climb at age 40. But a diet high in vitamin C may cut that risk by a third, according to a study published in the journal Ophthalmology. Just don’t take a shortcut by popping a vitamin C tablet; the benefits were found only from dietary vitamin C. Citrus fruits and dark green vegetables are excellent sources.

People who drink very not beverages may increase their risk of developing cancer of the esophagus, according to a new report by the World Health Organization. The WHO’s international Agency for Research on Cancer wrote in an article published in the Lancet Oncology that beverages at or above 149 degrees Fahrenheit can possibly lead to esophageal cancer. On the bright side, the WHO also announced that was reversing a previous warning saying thee was not conclusive evidence that simply drinking coffee could cause cancer.
-Candy Sagon, AARP