Want to know how to lower the risk of an unhappy cardiovascular event? Convince yourself that you are useful to others. That’s the suggestion of a study conducted at Mt. Sinai St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York. Science Daily reports that an analysis of data from 10 studies in the United […]

Can topical gels and patches reduce inflammation and reduce pain as well as NSAIDs taken orally? The answer, according to the Wall Street Journal, is “sometimes.” The other answer is Don’t forget that the topical drugs are available in the United States only by prescription. The Journal quotes Jeff Sherman, […]

Here’s a fact that has been substantiated by more than one study: people who exercise more drink more. Writing in the New York Times, health columnist Gretchen Reynolds tells us that that relationship may be a good thing, or at least not a bad thing.  Reynolds cites recent research at […]

First of all, we are talking about very long distance running, 2,800 miles, to be more precise. That’s the length of the Trans Europe Foot Race, a two-month long endurance test during which researchers used an MRI truck to scan the joints and brains of competing athletes every three or […]

Intense exercise, the kind that brings on a good sweat, may help keep prostate cancer at bay. That’s the suggestion of research conducted at the University of California in San Francisco, where scientists tracked tens of thousands of midlife and older men for more than 20 years, noting their healthy lifestyle […]

Want to know how to walk off the calories from a Thanksgiving dinner? Keep walking. About 18 hours after you start, you’ll be back to ground zero. According to this calories burned chart, walking burns about 250 calories an hour. And according to this Thanksgiving calorie counter, a Thanksgiving meal […]

It may not be the most elegant way to show off, but elegance rarely gets in the way a man on the make. Researchers at Cornell University are convinced that men eat more, a lot more, when women are seated at their table. Why? That’s a tough one, but the […]

Yes, we’re talking about sex. We’re also talking about academic research, in this case at the University of Toronto Mississauga, where scientists have determined that sex is good, and more sex is better. But how much is just right? HealthDay reports that the Canadian researchers studied the results from a survey conducted […]

Three to five cups of coffee a day won’t just keep you from falling asleep at work, it may save you from premature death. That’s the suggestion of a recent study by researchers at Harvard’s Chan School of Public Health. A Chan School news release reports that the researchers analyzed […]

Is vitamin D related to ED, as in erectile dysfunction? Researchers at Johns Hopkins Med School think it may be. HealthDay reports that when scientists at the school analyzed data from more than 3,400 men, age 20 and older, they found that vitamin D deficiency was present in 35 percent […]