Now that I’m at that age (well, TBH, I’ve been at “that age” for a few years at least), I have begun to be aware of my bladder in ways I really don’t want to be reminded of. TMI, I know, but it now takes me much longer to pee than it used to when […]
A study published January 29th online in The Journal of Nutrition had a conclusion that anyone with even an ounce of functioning brain matter would have known: Eating out is a recipe for poor nutrition. In this study researchers looked at information from a sample of more than 35,000 American adults who filled out questionnaires […]
According to a new study published in the journal, Nature Human Behaviour, Japanese researchers have found genes related to “variations in specific dietary habits”, which means that what you eat may be based at least in part on what your genes led you to eat. More specifically, these genes were linked to a higher chance […]
The reason so much established nutrition info gets over-turned, often dramatically, is that so many nutrition study results are, well, let’s just say, faulty. Why? Because the findings are based on asking people to report what they eat (or ate) and besides the fact that people have very faulty memories for things that don’t matter […]
So it’s been shown in several studies that patients who enroll in a study generally do better than patients with similar conditions who don’t participate in studies. This is especially true of cancer studies with a general consensus that patients in cancer trials live longer (6 months to a year on average) than patients who […]
If you know you have high blood pressure (HBP), chances are good that you are on some kind of medication for it. And if you’re not on medication, you probably should be. Anyway, one of the most common problems with meds for HBP is something called orthostatic hypotension (OH), which in English means that your […]
Here’s a shock. A study from Stanford University concludes that studies about tanning that are “financially linked to the tanning industry are significantly more likely to downplay the risks and highlight perceived benefits of indoor tanning than studies without such ties.” And so are studies about walnuts that are funded by the walnut growers. And […]
According to just-released figures from UK health authorities, prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England, having for the first time overtaken breast cancer in terms of prevalence in England, followed then by lung cancer at number 3, and bowel cancer at number 4. So is that good news? Or bad? I […]
A review of the literature published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports serves as a very useful guide to the benefits of being more active as we get older. According to these authors, “physically active older adults benefit from reduced risks of early death, breast and prostate cancer, fractures, recurrent falls, […]
A study published in the January 29 issue of Neurology is good news for all those aging geezers – like the author of this blog, to be sure – who worry about their brain health because if you believe the results of this study, it’s never too late to start doing something positive to maintain […]