A recent study of 2800 participants from Tufts University published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that older adults – me and probably you cuz this study criterion for “older” was anyone over 50 – who consume a flavonoid-rich diet (flavonoids are found in many fruits and berries) had a substantially lower risk […]
Hard to believe, I know, but there is much going on in the medical world that is not about COVID-19, and a great deal of those goings-on are important. Like a study (published in the journal CANCER) from (where else?) Scandinavia (where they track so much more about the citizens than we allow over here; […]
Today, April 28, (sort of leaked cuz it’s not been published and critiqued yet) word that the Gilead drug, remdisivir, had a positive effect on patients with Covid-19 if given early enough. How significant? You judge. Apparently, a 31 % better outcome for patients on remdisivir than for those patients on placebo, which was due […]
It’s not as if there isn’t plenty of news out there that might merit a comment or three. And clearly, there is a terrific amount of speculation that would be even more likely to merit some strong comments. And there is a terrific amount of false news that also needs attention to be paid. And […]
I am a firm believer in the law of unintended consequences (especially. of course, when we act out of what we think is kindness or good will). So I was not at all surprised by the conclusion of a recent report about raising the restrictions on driving for older people (I, of course, have a […]
Shingles is a very uncomfortable, frustrating reactivation of an old chicken pox infection, and anyone who has had shingles – guilty – can attest to the fact that it’s something you would really love to prevent, if at all possible. Which it is, of course, because both shingles vaccines on the market have good studies […]
You know how all the experts, people who know a lot about very little and who often have no idea how to make that knowledge useful to others, tell you that you can’t lose weight through exercise, only through some kind of diet modification. Well, not so fast, perhaps. According to a recent study from […]
According to a recent report from Washington State, the number of “stoned” drivers has more than doubled since recreational marijuana became available down there. NORML, of course, disputes those findings by claiming that it’s really all a matter of increased testing. But even if NORML is right, and I really doubt it, here’s a further […]
According to a recent study published in a journal called Brain Plasticity doing some aerobic exercise is clearly linked to a lower risk of dementia. So in this small study, 23 (what the researchers called) “younger old” sedentary people (but isn’t younger old an oxymoron? whatever) who were at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) […]
This is old advice but it certainly bears repeating because, well, because no matter how careful we are, burns happen so it’s important to repeat this often: The best immediate treatment for a burn in a child is cold, cold water, and lots of it (actually not just in a child but for an adult, […]