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The first summer holiday is upon us and I have some good news: if you burn the candle on both ends during the week, you may be able to make up for it by sleeping a little extra on weekends. Based on a Swedish study of over 40,000 subjects tracked over 13 years, consistently getting […]
“Diets don’t work!” is a mantra of just about every health expert who doesn’t have a diet to sell. “I’ve tried eating less, and even counted every calorie, and I still can’t lose weight!” is something I’ve heard for the 30 years I’ve been doing what I do. Both statements are false. Before you start […]
Researchers examined nutrition data collected between 1991 and 2013 in the second Nurses Health Study to examine whether adherence to a healthier diet reduced the risk of hearing loss. They developed a scoring system for three dietary approaches: the Alternate Mediterranean Diet (AMED), the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), and the Alternative Healthy Eating […]
Researchers wanted to examine the blood sugar control of type 1 diabetics who use a very low carbohydrate, high-protein, moderate fat ketogenic diet. The diet was developed by Dr. Richard Bernstein, himself a type 1 diabetic. They used a unique study design: they requested volunteers from a Facebook group of children and adults who adhere […]
For this week’s Memos, I picked three health headlines from the past week and examined the studies behind them to see if they were headline worthy. Let’s begin with the use of antibiotics and the risk of kidney stones. Researchers in the United Kingdom examined the incidence of kidney stones in over 13 million children […]
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) just published new recommendations for prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing for men 55 and over. In effect, they don’t recommend PSA testing on a regular basis. I think that’s a mistake. I’ll cover the specifics for PSA testing during the Prostate Health webinar, but I think regular testing […]
When I opened my eyes this morning, I said the same thing I’ve said for the past 25 years: I’m alive! If I wake up this morning, it means I have at least one more year. It makes no sense in the real world, especially for a guy who talks about science so much, but […]
I’m in a slight disadvantage in evaluating this study; I was able to read only the convention-session abstract and the press release. There were no recordings of the presentation that I could find, so there are details I don’t know. I have questions about the process, not the results, so here are my thoughts. The […]
Whether it’s a new form of treatment, a new medication, or even examining a phytonutrient for potential benefits, it all starts with basic research. That’s what the study I began talking about Tuesday is all about: basic research. I like it because this is the way all research has to begin. This is where test-tube […]
Last week, you may have seen headlines that said something like “Artificial Sweeteners May Cause Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes!” Just about every news organization picked up a press release from the Experimental Biology meeting. In the press release, researchers gave some of the results of a paper that was presented at a scientific session, […]
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