Want to work up a good appetite by running a few miles? Not gonna work. Yet another study, this one conducted at Loughborough University in the U.K., has found that exercise has the opposite effect, diminishing the appetite — at least temporarily. HealthDay reports on the research, which analyzed hormonal, psychological and […]
Author: Art Jahnke
Drinking Guidelines (Around the World)
Yes, that’s right, drinking guidelines, meaning how much alcohol, exactly, is not recommended. Science Daily reports on a recent study published in the journal Addiction, showing that notions of excessive drinking vary wildly (by 250 percent) from country to country. Of 75 countries examined, only 37 even provided low-risk drinking […]
Your Brain On Tylenol
Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, does a pretty good job of relieving pain, but it also does some other things, like make it hard to spot an error that would otherwise be readily apparent. We know this because researchers at the University of Toronto gave two groups of 30 […]
Rich People Live Longer
Yes, the rich are different from the rest of us. They live longer, for one thing. The New York Times reports on research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association showing that the gap in life spans between rich and poor widened from 2001 to 2014, with the top […]
Women Are Toughest Judges Of Fat
When it comes to looking good, or not good, women are the harshest judges of overweight people, both male and female. That makes them a bit more open-minded than men, who judge overweight women negatively, but give overweight men a pass. We know this because researchers at the University of Surrey […]
A New Work Out Motivation: Losing Money
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found a great new motivator to help people lose weight: tell them they will lose money if they don’t. A Penn news release reports that researchers challenged 281 participants, all 18 years old or older and with a BMI of 27, to take […]
To Lose Weight, Eat Beans
We’re not sure if beans are actually good for your heart, but they appear to be good for your physique. HealthDay reports that researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto analyzed 21 studies of a food group called “pulses,”which includes beans, chickpeas, peas, and and lentils, to see how they […]
Exercise Slows Brain Aging By Ten Years
Yes, ten years. That’s the difference in brain aging in people who do light or no exercise and people who do moderate to intense exercise. Science Daily reports on a study, conducted by researchers from the University of Miami, Florida, that asked 876 people how long and how often they exercised […]
First Date? Sit Up Straight, Open Arms
Good posture doesn’t only help you get ahead in the workplace; it helps in the dating game too. We know that because researchers at the University of California at Berkeley videotaped 144 “speed dates” of men and women who spent four minutes talking to each other, then rated participants’ posture for […]
Pot, Not Opioids, For Pain Reduction
Smoking pot could be one answer to the country’s growing opioid abuse problem. Why do we say that? Because researchers at the University of Michigan have found that patients using medical marijuana to control chronic pain reported a 64 percent reduction in their use of more traditional prescription pain medications […]