For all those millions of you who think that just because some drug is sold over-the-counter, there is no reason to worry about it, here’s something important to worry one of the most popular class of OTC drugs, what are knows as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS), drugs like ibuprofen and naproxen. In a concerning study published […]
The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) is an ongoing (over 20 years now) population-based study of community-dwelling adults over the age of 25 (that was then; most are way middle-aged or even older now, obviously) which has taught us a ton about the impact that osteoporosis (OP) and consequent fractures have on the lives of […]
Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine after liquor, never sicker., Uh, no. At least not according to an excellent study recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In this study, in the first week, 90 (presumably very happy and willing) volunteers were given set amounts of beer and wine to drink, […]
Every male over 50 knows (or soon will know) that you never leave on a road trip without trying to learn the location of all the roadside rest stops. Either that, or only travel between towns that have a Starbucks outlet where you can always find a clean enough rest room (for most men, “clean […]
According to a lovely conclusion in a recent study that was published in the unbelievably-named International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (the publisher is clearly a person with one of those kids with three hyphenated last names, which many of them will eventually discard anyway), all you need to do to achieve the […]
According to its website, ” the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine (that makes) evidence-based recommendations about preventive services such as screenings, counseling services, and preventive medications.” So presumably, this is where a person who would like to get educated about prevention should go to […]
According to many cardiologists, calcium in the coronary arteries (detected on scanning, often as a screening test for heart disease) is a major risk factor for heart attacks and premature death, so if you have calcium in your cardiac arteries, you need to do something about it, which in the US at least, far too […]
The good news is that several studies have shown that the rate of colo-rectal cancer (CRC) is falling among baby boomers and older seniors (yes, baby boomers, you are seniors, too, whether you like it or not). The bad news is that according to several international studies, the rate of CRC rates are up sharply […]
New drug out – huge hype – everyone should try it – and before too long, lots of reports about people for whom it didn’t work, or worse, people it actually harmed. That’s because absolutely nothing ever works in the real world as well as it did in studies (or in ads, right?). And the […]