Discussed the new trend in thinking about bacteria in the body and how to foster a healthier population here and here, in posts called “Bacteria: Friend or Foe?” The skyrocketing incidence of Clostridia Dificile makes this study very timely.
This feeds the ongoing controversy over the long term safety of cell phones. The jury is out, but use the precautionary principle and be careful. Use a headset as much as possible and don’t leave your phone in your pocket.
This fun video created by and for Kaiser docs shows that just a half hour of exercise can provide the following benefits, so they will be “prescribing” exercise in one half hour dosages. It is high time! Exercise provides
This article has very few specifics, but is a nice summary for those who are unfamiliar with acupuncture and a nice validation. I like this part “It creates minute traumas along the skin’s surface to bring a beneficial inflammatory
I am hoping that we are entering an era where data and science matter again. From election results to weather patterns, scientists have been dismissed as biased or corrupt by agents who are biased or corrupted by the industries
NYTimes article reads “Chelation Therapy Shows Slight Benefit for Heart Disease.” I was amazed at that and read on, only to find that the study showed no such thing. The results were not statistically significant and there were so many
The longevity advice here seems basic, but for thoroughness sake here goes. 1. Stop smoking. Duh. 2. Reduce stress. Meditation, yoga, Acupuncture (of course.) A 2005 study shows participants who meditated over a long period had thicker cerebral cortices. A
“Hidden deep inside the body’s cells, they’re called telomeres, and they are so important to every cell’s aging process that the team that discovered their existence was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2009… An enzyme called telomerase
Will just summarize some of the tips from the Time Magazine chapter on Allergies 1. Global warming is making it harder on the 40% of Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies. 2. Americans spend $30 billion a year on
Discussion of the first part of the New Yorker article here. The rest of the article discusses the future of using select bacteria combinations to actually treat illness. They discuss that probiotics, to date, are nonspecific and somewhat crude. Two
