Living Well

It felt like just a moment ago you were enjoying dinner with your wife, and now you're flat on your back rolling into emergency surgery.

You've had a massive heart attack... and you're completely blindsided.

Doc's note: Today, I'm sharing a story from my good friend and colleague Steve Sjuggerud about "one way to live a richer life" starting right now...

"Choose your friends wisely – for you become them," my good friend Porter Stansberry said to me, way back in our early 20s.

It was one of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history.

In 2017, millions of folks had their most valuable information – the keys to their private identities – exposed and possibly stolen. The company at fault – credit bureau giant Equifax.

Sometimes, doctors can be killers.

I'm not talking about homicide. I mean that the folks we trust with our lives make lethal mistakes... And it happens more often than you might expect.

One of the deadliest cancers is about to claim more lives than ever.

Doctors expect liver cancer to claim 31,780 lives in the U.S. this year. It's one of the deadliest cancers you can get. That's because it's often undiagnosed until it's already advanced.

There's nothing like a small-town Fourth of July parade... and it's something Albert never missed. In his mid-60s, he's helped organize and run his hometown parade for most of his life.

But this year, he didn't see the parade.

Every pill you take could spell disaster.

I'm not talking about possible overdoses or getting the wrong prescription (like my mother did)... I'm talking about increased fall risk for folks who take multiple meds.

We now live in an age where a computer virus could hurt your body as much as a biological one.

If this seems far-fetched, you haven't paid attention to the news...

You weren't the only one happy about a warmer winter... So were these blood-sucking pests.

This past winter, much of the U.S. had a warmer and milder winter than usual. (Here in Maryland, we saw more than a few days of 70-plus degrees in the middle of winter.) That's the perfect environment for ticks.

Our children and grandchildren are growing "horns."

Or at least, that's what the popular media want you to believe...