Your mother was wrong. So, apparently, are U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines recommending that plumbing systems at food establishments and restaurants deliver water at 100 degrees Fahrenheit for handwashing. Rutgers University reports that researchers at the school put large amounts of harmless bacteria on the hands of 21 people […]
Author: Art Jahnke
Eating Late Could Be Bad For Your Health
The adage “Call me anything but don’t call me late for dinner,” has been rewritten by researchers at University of Pennsylvania to read “Call me anything but don’t call me for a late dinner.” That’s because research at the school suggests that eating dinner later can add pounds and mess […]
The Most Healthful Bread? It Depends On Who’s Eating
Which bread is most healthful: artisanal whole wheat sourdough, or processed white? It depends apparently, on who’s eating it. Science Daily reports that researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science divided a group of 20 healthy subjects in two, and gave half an increased amount of processed, packaged white bread for a […]
Yes, Caffeine Helps
Can caffeine really boost our athletic performance? What if we are already chronic coffee drinkers? The answers are Yes and Yes. New York Times health columnist Gretchen Reynolds reports on a new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology that suggests that it really doesn’t matter how often you drink coffee, […]
Compression Tights Don’t Help You Run Faster
The theory looked good on paper: Compression tights would prevent muscles from vibrating; thus, they would conserve energy that could be used to run farther and faster. On the track, however, the theory remained theory. HealthDay reports on research conducted at Ohio State University that  monitored runners while they ran on […]
Latest Therapy For Depression: Bouldering
Forget about drugs, yoga, meditation–the latest recommended therapy for depression involves climbing large rocks, yes, without ropes. Bouldering, it turns out, is used in many hospitals, OK, German hospitals, to treat the symptoms of depression. Now two German researchers, Eva-Maria Stelzer, a PhD candidate at the University of Arizona, and Katharina […]
Exercise Can Slow Aging By Nine Years
Exercise, actually lots of exercise, can slow your body’s biological aging by as much as nine years. That’s the verdict of researchers at Brigham Young University, who looked at the length of telomeres (nucleotide endcaps of our chromosomes that correlate with age) in 5,823 adults who participated in the CDC’s […]
Mindful Swimming
Swimming is a great exercise for lots of muscles all over our bodies. It can also be great for our minds. Writing in the New York Times, David Gelles suggests eight things swimmers can do to practice mindful swimming: Begin each swim with an intention to be fully present in […]
Chondroitin As Good As Celebrex For Knees
What to take for knee osteoarthritis; chondroitin, Celebrex, or both?  Now comes a study of patients in five European countries that suggests that chondroitin sulfate works just as well as Celebrex for the treatment of pain and joint function affected by osteoarthritis. Science Daily reports that 604 patients from five […]
Steroids For Knee Pain? Not So Much
Thinking about getting a steroid shot to relieve the pain of knee arthritis? Think again. A new study by researchers at Tufts Medical Center suggests that you would do just as well if you injected a placebo. The New York Times reports on the research, which randomly assigned 140 men […]