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Boulder Award Program Honors the Achievement BOULDER July 4, 2014 -- NatureMed has been selected for the 2014 Best of Boulder Award in the Health Clinics category by the Boulder Award Program. Each year, the Boulder Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service...

Cortisol is a stress hormone made by the adrenal glands. Cortisol levels are highest in the morning and normally go down during the day. Keeping balanced cortisol levels is important for optimal health. Low levels are associated with fatigue, low blood pressure, salt cravings, immune system dysfunction, and adrenal exhaustion. High levels are associated with hypertension, immune suppression, increased thirst, elevated blood sugar, abdominal ...

Testosterone may be beneficial as a treatment for CAD because testosterone can improve conditions that contribute to heart disease, such as diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, and triglycerides. Testosterone improves conditions that contribute to heart disease by: dilating the arteries, improving circulation, and lowering blood pressure in most studies (Dubey et al. 2002). Because some people get an increase in blood pressure with testoster...

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) is a major contributor to CAD, but not the only cause. Risk of getting CAD can be reduced by approximately 20 to 40 percent if you can get your LDL down to optimal range. This sounds good until your realize that we still have 60 to 80 percent available for further risk reduction. This is where the benefits of raising HDL come in. Cardiac risk is thought to drop by 2 to 3 percent for each 1 mg/dL increase ...

Exercise is a prevention strategy as well as a treatment. According to the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) statistics, more than 64 percent of the U.S. adult population is overweight, and roughly 31 percent of American adults are obese. That translates to approximately 59 million American adults that are obese. Incidence of adult obesity has increased sharply since the 1970s. In 2001, the CDC estimated that more than 300,000 deaths per year wer...