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Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health

Sep 5, 2026

  • Long-term exposure to even moderate levels of air pollution was associated with more calcium buildup, more plaque and more advanced coronary artery disease, suggesting your heart is affected long before symptoms appear
  • Women exposed to higher levels of fine particle pollution were about 80% more likely to have severe...


Sep 4, 2026

  • Spending most of your day sitting increases your risk of chronic disease and early death, but taking a five-minute walk every hour is a simple habit that helps counter many of those harmful effects
  • Researchers found that hourly walking breaks offered the best balance between meaningful health benefits and a routine...


Sep 3, 2026

  • When it comes to maintaining a nutritional supplement regimen, the decisive question is not “what’s in the bottle” — it’s what makes a person actually take it, day after day, long after the first burst of motivation fades
  • Motivation behaves like weather: it rolls in and rolls out. Any routine that depends...


Sep 2, 2026

  • UCLA researchers found that creatine may do more than support muscle performance; early research suggests it also helps power key immune cells that coordinate the body's defense against cancer
  • When immune cells were unable to absorb creatine, they showed lower survival, weaker activation, and a reduced ability to...


Sep 1, 2026

  • A study of more than 31,000 adults with Type 2 diabetes found that a widely prescribed class of blood pressure medications was associated with a 33% higher risk of serious kidney complications, including substantial loss of kidney function, dialysis or transplantation
  • The increased kidney risk persisted even though all...