If you’re one of the millions of baby boomers who believe that your grandchildren are likely drinking much more than you did when you were that age (after all, the health headlines routinely scream about binge drinking among the young, especially those in college and university), you’ll be happy to find out that for a […]
So, if like me, you are not exactly in love with certain veggies and you eat them mostly because you know you should, then here’s an interesting way to make you think the veggies you don’t like taste better than they actually do. In an recent paper published in Scientific Reports, researchers studied what 30 […]
On a recent trip to Europe, what particularly struck the three of us non-smokers on that trip is how many young people smoke over there compared to here. It seems to me that nearly everywhere we went in Paris or Rome, we could smell heavy cigarette smoke (we could also smell the incredibly heavy pollution […]
If you’re one of those millions of people using one of the many available proton pump inhibitors (PPI) out there to treat your gastroesophageal reflux and you’re not sure about what you can do for yourself to discontinue the use of this potentially very problematic medication, you will likely be very interested in a new […]
According to a study that tracked more than 2.6 million people from Sweden and which was published Sept. 5 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, tall men are significantly more likely to develop potentially dangerous blood clots in their leg veins than their more down-to-earth (more accurately, closer-to-the-earth) brothers. Why is that a problem? Because if a part of […]
A study known as PURE which was presented at the recent European Society of Cardiology annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain and which was published coincidentally online in two reports in The Lancet, has once again roiled the very-turbulent world of nutrition. Which is no surprise since nearly every new nutrition study seems to breed controversy these […]
According to an article in Vanity Fair (which has also been reported by several other news sites), there may be a simple reason the amazing 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth II is still going so strong: her alcohol intake. As I reported in another post, low to moderate alcohol intake was related in a recent excellent large […]
According to an online report in the journal, Pediatrics and reported on the HealthDay website, depending on the severity and chronicity of a particular medical problem, anywhere from 10-50 of kids have been given “complementary” medical therapies by their parents. That’s not the problem. The real problem, according to this report, is that many of […]
According to a report from the UK discussed on the medicalexpress.com web site, a large majority of middle-aged people surveyed in parts of the UK claim they would start to live a healthier lifestyle in order to diminish their risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia later in life. Apparently 75 % of […]
Back pain is one of the most common complaints on the planet. It is estimated that 80-90 % of the population will have at least one acute episode of back pain, and 10 % or so will suffer from chronic back pain, and full disclosure- that’s me. But unfortunately, and I am being very kind […]