A study done to determine the benefits of nuts has found that while, as a general rule, nuts had a twenty percent chance to reduce inflammation, peanut butter had absolutely no beneficial effect on those who ate it.
While this may prove a surprise to those who have been touting the...
For a number of years now the dreaded disease cancer has been on pace to replace heart disease as the number one killer in the U.S. (after stupidity, that is). however, for as yet unknown reasons heart disease has once again skyrocketed, placing it once more in the lead of...
A study, one of many (of course), has recently been conducted with the aim of uncovering the ‘hidden link’ between systematic racial abuse and disease. To the surprise of nobody with real world experience whatsoever, it failed to turn up any real evidence.
The study, looking to find statistical correlations between...
Every year, over 560 people die to what is known as alarm fatigue. This is the reported figure, some estimates put the actual number at closer to 5,600. An insane number, when you realize that these are people in a hospital.
What is alarm fatigue? Basically, it comes down to the...
For years we have all known that exercise is beneficial for your health, but we have never quite known how much. Researchers in the United States and Australia are now attempting to rectify that state of affairs, and have published their findings so far in the Boston Medical Journal.
A study...
According to conventional wisdom, and most of the studies conducted until recently, coffee is bad for you. Coffee has been blamed for just about everything from bone loss to cancer. Needless to say, these fears are groundless.
The simple fact is that most of these old studies were conducted on people...
The place where you spend most of your time is guaranteed to have an effect on you. Whether on account of the colors influencing your mood, the noise levels either comforting you or disturbing you (depending on your preference), or because of the level physical comfort you have at hand,...
A bit of research done in Rotterdam indicates that people aren’t as likely to make lifestyle adjustments as they need to be if they wish to avoid dementia or a second stroke.
The reason for this is most likely the fact that after a stroke people become completely reliant on their...
A newly published study out of Japan shows that watching too much TV is more than bad for your head, it’s also a pretty sure way to kill yourself.
In fact, being sedentary is more likely to kill you than being obese is.
The study found that for every 2 hours daily...
Last week I wrote about the commonality of polypharmacy and its greatest causes, this week I will focus on the other side of the coin: the danger of not taking enough medications.
A study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has found that for elderly patients the risk of...
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