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Eat Slower and You’ll Eat Less
Your mother probably told you “Don’t rush your meal”, or “Don’t eat so quickly”. And it seems it was good advice, given the present-day epidemic of overweight and obesity. Eating more slow...
There’s Good Stress and Bad Stress
Different reports from health experts have emphasized that some stress is good for you, and some is bad. But how do you tell the difference? The Center for Creative Leadership has tried to tackle this...
A Gun in the Home Increases the Risk of Suicide
In a recent US Supreme Court decision an existing ban on firearms kept unlocked in the home was struck down. This relaxation will lead to more guns being kept in the home, with the consequence that th...
The Mother of All Meta-Analyses
If you ever needed convincing of anything, this super meta-analysis will convince you about the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. It was done in Florence, Italy, and has been published in the Britis...
Do You Drink Too Much?
The US Institute of Medicine has estimated that one in 5 of the population are ‘problem drinkers’, who habitually exceed the acceptable daily limits of two drinks for men and one for women, or who...
Dental Cream Contains Zinc . . .
. . . and excess use of it can cause health troubles. This can be because consumption of excess zinc can produce a lack of copper in the blood, and low copper levels are associated with as variety of ...
Snorers at Greater Risk of Stroke
Sleep apnea is linked to an increased risk of stroke, and snoring is an important symptom of sleep apnea, although it’s not essential for the diagnosis. So it’s not surprising that some researcher...
A Good Excuse for Overeating
It seems that intellectual work causes a substantial increase in calorie intake – at least under experimental conditions. A Canadian study published online in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine exam...
The Risk of Incense Burning
A cooperative study between researchers from Denmark and Singapore has resulted in a publication in the journal Cancer that evaluates a major risk from burning incense. It is believed to be the first...
Saturday Quack - Drinking Red Bull May Carry Risks
Red Bull is a popular soda energy drink . Produced by an Austrian company, more than 3 billion cans were sold in over 130 countries in 2006. It’s caffeine-loaded (80 mg per can, about twice as much ...
Saturday Quack – What Doesn’t Help When Quitting Smoking
It’s extremely difficult to quit smoking, as those who’ve tried can tell you. A new report in the journal Bandolier has looked at all the ways people use to help them quit, and the findings are ra...
When It’s Time to Give Up the Car Keys
An interesting article in the New York Times has dealt with the problem many children will face at some time – talking to their parent about when it’s necessary to give up driving. Accordi...
My Brain Station
If you’re like me, you keep your important personal information in a whole lot of different places – some on a Rolodex, some in a file, some in a safe-deposit box, some on your computer, a...
And Test Your Toenails for Nicotine
The Nurses’ Health Study has provided lots of information on different topics, but perhaps one of the more obscure is the collection of toenail clippings from some 62,000 participants (all women...
Drink More Coffee and Live Longer?
There have been numerous reports on the health benefits and the risks of drinking coffee, with findings that are often somewhat inconclusive or even contradictory. A new study, reported in the Annals ...
Golf Prolongs Life?!
Is this a suitable topic for Monday? Millions of men and women have pursued a small white ball over the weekend, and probably many of them have cursed the day they took up golf. Never mind – the...
Dancing the Tango is Good for Parkinson’s Patients
Tango lessons – particularly the Argentine tango – can help improve balance and mobility in patients with Parkinson’s. This is according to a study published in the Journal of Neurol...
Use Your Smoking Cluster to Quit
Some time back I reported on the ‘clusters’ of overweight in the community – overweight people tend to have friends who are overweight, too. The mapping techniques used for that stud...
The Risk of Being Hooked on the Hookah
Waterpipes – known as hookahs, shishas, or bongs – are Middle East imports that are growing in popularity among young folk, according to Virginia Commonwealth University researchers. Flavo...
Heavy Drinking Has Gender-Specific Effects
We know, by now, that men and women’s hearts react differently to disease – at least, to coronary vascular disease. A new study, however, shows that a gender difference also occurs i...