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Vision Health: Never Too Young
Continuing with what I asked Dr. Laura Kenyon during my interview with her, the question is still “What are the mistakes people make related to retaining their vision?” Here are the rest of her answers as well as a program every parent needs to know about. Eye Protection The third mistake we make is not […]
Keeping Your Eyes Healthy
When I interviewed our optometrist, Dr. Laura Kenyon, for my Sunday radio show here in Grand Rapids called Straight Talk on Health (you can listen live via the Internet by going to https://www.wgvunews.org/programs/straight-talk-health), I learned a lot about how to take care of your eyes. In this week’s Memos, I want to cover the things […]
Metabolically Healthy and Obese
The researchers in Germany continued to determine which factors associated with being obese were the most predictive of mortality from any cause and from cardiovascular disease. While not explicitly stated, it seems to me that they attempted to use variables that were simple to assess. With that in mind, here are the variables which demonstrated […]
Can You Be Obese and Healthy?
The research question that was most interesting to me as a graduate student was this: could you be overweight, even obese, and still be healthy? That question still interests me today, and for good reason: 70% of the U.S. population is overweight or obese, and we’ve just passed 40% of the entire population falling into […]
Omega-3s and A-Fib: More Analysis Required
I hope that you took the time to review the paper on atrial fibrillation as well as the research letter on omega-3s and atrial fibrillation. If you haven’t, especially the primer on A-fib, please do it. It’s a serious condition that requires attention if you have it; in most cases, fixing it is surprisingly simple. […]
Research Update on Omega-3s and A-Fib
A recent research letter to The European Heart Journal caught my attention. This was a continuing meta-analysis of data linking the use of omega-3 fatty acids to atrial fibrillation. The result of the original analysis in 2020 and the additional studies that were examined in the current meta-analysis led to the conclusion that there’s an […]
Aging with a Vengeance and Your Proteome
This year’s Super Bowl Webinar focused on aging with a vengeance—becoming the best version of yourself, no matter your age. The study we just reviewed on the proteome suggests that the people were healthier who were biochemically younger than their actual age. Here are the actions I believe can help at the three critical phases […]
Proteome: Predicting Your Age
Have you ever taken a test or questionnaire that predicts your health age? What they’re really predicting is your longevity based on lifestyle factors and where your health stands today. What if you could be more precise in actually calculating your health age? That’s what researchers did based on the results of the proteome study […]
The Proteome: A Cross-Sectional Study
Every study begins with a question. A single question often leads to more questions, which leads to questions about whether the outcome can be measured, and on and on. In this case, the question was related to changes in the blood proteome over a lifetime: Is the proteome stable? Is it a series of continuous […]
What Is the Proteome?
In the week we took off, I spent my time researching a couple of fascinating studies. We all have different ideas of what’s fun, don’t we? For me, getting to research topics in depth is a refreshing opportunity to learn something new. I’m going to share part of what I learned in the next several […]
