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Sleep – that is. Nowadays everyone is pushing their limits even though it is well known that it is important for health. The common wisdom is that eight hours a night is what you want. Studies galore support the notion that at least seven hours a night are the right amount. Certainly I [...]
In a study showing that television may be even worse than anyone thought for your kids, researchers have discovered that television viewing is also linked to future high blood pressure in children, regardless of whether they were overweight or not. The results were published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. The study examined [...]
Here’s a nice Medscape review (although, fair warning, you must register to access the article!) of both the existing data, and a well-designed current study that looks at whether or not fish-oils can improve depressive symptoms in perimenopausal women. The problem is, some of the results were…well…kind of fishy.
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It used to be that people only thought of vitamin D in relation to your bones – vitamin D and calcium are both crucial to bone health. But all that only-bone-focus has changed in just the last few years. Here’s a nice 4 minute summary of some of the white-hot research news on [...]
There’s a neat new study that looked at people who get recurring mouth ulcers – and found that a small number have gluten sensitivity. What’s more, after these people were identified with blood tests, then biopsies, then stopped their gluten exposure, they had a marked improvement in their ulcers.
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Here are the results – [...]
There’s an (ahem) eye-opening study this week looking at the reasons why Americans aren’t getting enough sleep. Turns out that, of those not getting enough of the good stuff, 50% of us are losing approximately 2 hours of sleep a night due to…TV. The article also notes that many of us are also getting up [...]
Here’s a nice alternative and effective intervention for teens exhibiting early signs of depression – cognitive behavioral therapy. There’s a lot to like in this study, and its results. Cognitive behavioral therapy is different from what most of think of as “therapy” – CBT is focused on coping strategies, and changing both your thinking and [...]
Looking for your 5 Simple Things to Improve Your Health this month? Head over to SFGate for the Doc Gurley Five Things To Do For Your Health This Month – June. You’ll find a tidy, easy-to-accomplish list of simple steps that can make your launch into summer healthier and happier. While you’re there, sign of [...]
You have to give credit where credit is due – a recent analysis of studies looking at the benefits of aspirin therapy for people without a prior history of a heart attack managed to reduce the decision to a pretty simple bottom line: name your poison – a heart attack or puking up blood? We [...]
Perhaps you too have noticed the news coverage about the 16-year-old sports star from a wealthy California community who died this weekend due to presumed alcohol overdose – he was found in a hallway of an unsupervised home where lots of kids were partying.
The unanimous news coverage ends with the plea for “parents to teach [...]
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