The good news from researchers at Dublin City University is that yes, coffee does enhance athletic performance. The bad news is that it does so mainly for people who don’t ordinarily drink coffee or tea. Science Daily reports on the research, which gave caffeinated gum equal to two strong cups of coffee […]
Author: Art Jahnke
No, Cycling Won’t Hurt Your Sex Life
For years, male cyclists have worried about reports that too many hours on a bicycle seat could lead to erectile of urinary problems. Now comes a report from researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, with some good news, kind of. The researchers found that cycling doesn’t harm the […]
Exercise Changes Gut Bacteria For Better
Researchers have known for a while that the microbiomes of endurance athletes are different from the microbiomes of the rest of us, but they haven’t known if exercise if responsible for that. Now they do. The New York Times reports on a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at […]
Facial Exercises To Look Younger
Apparently, facial exercises can make you look younger, almost three years younger, at least if you’re a woman between the ages of 40 and 65. We know this because researchers at Northwestern University had 16 women do 30 minutes of facial exercises daily for 20 weeks. Dermatologists then used a standardized […]
Sense of Purpose Is Good for Health
Perhaps the most impressive revelation of a new study by researchers at Washington University is the range of healthful activities that are associated with a sense of purpose. A Wash U news release reports that a strong sense of purpose was positively associated with vigorous and moderate activity, vegetable intake, […]
Study: Women Are More Fit Than Men
It’s official: women are more fit than men, at least by one important measure. Researchers at the University of Waterloo measured the rate of oxygen uptake and muscle oxygen extraction, two important indicators of aerobic fitness, in both men and women, and found that yes, women can process oxygen more […]
Drinking, Even Light Drinking, Ups Cancer Risk
While oenophiles pretty much agree that red wine is good for your health, health experts are taking a dimmer view of the health effects of alcohol. All alcohol. Even a little alcohol. The New York Times reports that a statement published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology claims that even light […]
To Calm Down: 15 Minutes of Solitude
Just 15 minutes of being alone is enough to calm most people down, and to reduce the strong emotions that can make us crazy. We know this because a University of Rochester news release reports that researchers at the school conducted four experiments. The first compared solitude (simply being alone without […]
Cinnamon Helps Burn Fat
At least one ingredient in holiday sweets may be good for you. Cinnamon, according to researchers at the University of Michigan, encourages fat cells to burn energy. In a news release from the school, researchers point out that fat cells normally store energy in the form of lipids, which was good […]
Exercise Increases the Size of Your Brain
Glutes and biceps aren’t the only things that are pumped up by exercise. A new study by Australian researchers finds that exercise can increase the size of our hippocampus, the part of our brain that is critical for memory and other brain functions. A news release from Australia’s National Institute […]