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No one can precisely predict how long you’ll live. But researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have come up with a way to predict if your heart is good to go for at least another 10 years. After examining the results of 58,000 cardiovascular stress tests performed on treadmills in medical clinics, cardiologists at Johns Hopkins have concocted a formula that can be used to predict your…
Riding on a school bus that drives down busy streets can expose children to high levels of air pollution that hurt their hearts and lungs. But there’s a fairly simple way to cut back on their exposure. Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health have designed an air filter for school buses that eliminates 88 percent of pollutants in the vehicles. The researchers say that the high-efficiency cabin…
It’s one of the most frustrating and life-changing kinds of pain a man can experience … and in the worst place. I’m talking about male pelvic pain. Male pelvic pain has a number of different causes. One of the most common types of male pelvic pain, affecting 50% of men at some point in their lives, is prostatitis. If you have this, you already know that you want nothing more…
For good health, you need good sleep. And research into American sleep patterns reveals what you probably need to fix to get better sleep. A survey conducted by the National Sleep Foundation shows that both chronic and acute pain is keeping people awake at night. On average, someone with chronic pain has their nightly sleep shortened by an average of more than 40 minutes. For those who have suffered some…
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Being a Southerner, I grew up eating big, fluffy buttermilk pancakes. I liked the texture of them as much as the taste. So when I was married and my British husband’s relatives came to visit and were disgusted by the pancakes I made them for breakfast, I was stunned. “Pancakes are meant to be thin,” his sister told me. “We squirt a bit of lemon juice on them, roll them…
Scientists are just beginning to understand how sleep influences all aspects of your health. And now researchers have discovered a frequent sleep occurrence that increases your risk of stroke. A study at the University of Cambridge in England shows that people who sleep more than eight hours a day run an increased chance of suffering a stroke. The risk gets worse as you age: Older people who consistently sleep more…
When you are hospitalized, you may encounter a variety of threats to your health, including the possibility of an infection or being victimized by a medical blunder. And now researchers at Brown University are alarmed about another danger. According to the researchers, hospital security around the country is inadequate. On an average of more than once a month, someone enters a hospital with a firearm and shoots one or more…
I’ve written to you many times about the negative effects of high-fructose corn syrup. And I have to apologize for bringing it up again but the huge agriculture companies are pushing it on us even more, and the mainstream seems bent on defending it. The HFCS industry is still on a mission to convince people that corn syrup and table sugar are comparable. Yet today, we have even more evidence…
Blood sugar problems, which often lead to diabetes, afflict millions of Americans. Being overweight increases your risk, but a particular nutrient deficiency is even more dangerous. A study in Spain shows that lacking vitamin D expands your chances of developing diabetes even more than being drastically overweight. In addition, research shows, when you are low in vitamin D you are also more likely to be obese. Vitamin D is a…