Although you have undoubtedly run into lots of articles and health news stories touting kale(yuk!) or cabbage or tomatoes or fish or avocados to lower the risk of all sorts of chronic health problems, especially dementia, I doubt you will have come across too many articles promoting mushrooms as a food that might lower the […]
Medical wisdom is a term that should definitely be put in quotation marks because nearly every week, we see something that has long been considered standard medical theory turned on its head. So, should you eat eggs? One week, yes, eggs are great. Next week, even one egg a day will kill you. But trust […]
In a rather startling recent study published in JAMA, the researchers concluded that ” higher consumption of dietary cholesterol or eggs was significantly associated with higher risk of incident CVD and all-cause mortality in a dose-response manner” which translated to meaning that the more eggs you eat, the greater your risk of heart disease, strokes, […]
In a really interesting study, researchers took a bunch of young mice and a corresponding bunch of old mice and gave them all enough antibiotics to destroy most of the bacteria living in their guts, what is called the “gut microbiome”. And I know it’s not a pleasant idea to be reminded that your gut […]
You know how common it is for people with all sorts of arthritis to tell you that the time of day has a strong effect on how they feel pain? The most common complain, of course, is that pain and stiffness are significantly worse in the morning on waking, and often much improved as the […]
Some of us (ahem, ahem) have been saying for years that there was just not enough good data out there to support most of the people who were indulging in the oh-so-widespread practice of taking a daily low-dose aspirin (ASA) in order to, well, in order, to try to live longer, which is by far […]
Several studies have concluded that many drugs are still quite effective well past their expiration dates (so are people, but that’s another matter). So it’s no surprise, I think, that another small study done on 5 drugs used in Antarctica, to where it’s not a small thing to have to lug in new supplies, has […]
Everyone knows that exercising at night makes it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep, right? Well, maybe not. In a very small study of 11 middle-aged healthy male volunteers, researchers found not only that afternoon and evening exercise did not interfere with good quality sleep but also that exercise later in the day actually […]
Dietary and other health supplements are not regulated (I could stop right there but I’ll add a bit just for safety) nearly to the same extent as medications are. So if you’re one of the millions and millions of people who believe you need to take a supplement, here’s something to think about. First, you’re […]
A study in the over-named publication, The Journals of Gerontology Series A – has concluded that consuming blueberries regularly can lower blood pressure just as well as most blood pressure medications can. In this study, 40 healthy volunteers given a blueberry concoction to drink every day had their systolic blood pressure levels (that’s the upper […]