The choice of music doesn’t matter, and the volume, well, it shouldn’t be so loud that it interferes with the surgeons’ communication, but other than that, it all seems to work toward reducing a surgery patient’s pain and anxiety, as well as the need for post-op painkillers. We know this […]
Author: Art Jahnke
Could Sleeping On Your Side Stave Off Alzheimer’s?
Could sleeping on your side stave off Alzheimer’s disease? That the suggestion of research conducted at Stony Brook University, where radiologists used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brain’s glymphatic pathway, a  system that clears wastes and other harmful chemicals from the brain. The scientists, who worked with rodents, […]
Standing 2 Hours A Day Reduces Waistline
It’s true. We know that because researchers at the University of Queensland used activity monitors to record the amount of time, over one week, spent sleeping, sitting or lying down, standing and stepping, of more than 780 men and women aged between 36 and 80. Ready? The envelope please….A University of […]
Research Links Processed Foods To Depression
 Yes, we have known for a while that processed foods–refined carbohydrates — such as those found in white bread, white rice and sodas — can make us fat. Now, researchers at Columbia University tells us that they may also make us glum. HealthDay reports that when researchers at the school […]
Sexting Could Help Your Sex Life
Shocking, but true: adults also sext.  And when they do, researchers at Drexel University are convinced, it can do good things for their sex lives. HealthDay reports that researchers at the school have found that eight in ten adults admit to having sent or received a sexually explicit text message. […]
Spicy Food = Long Life
They should know. The Chinese Academy of Medical Science looked for an association between spicy food and longevity, and yes, they found it. Science Daily reports that researchers at the academy surveyed 487,000 people between the ages of 39 and 70, asking them about their general health, and consumption of […]
Years Later, Teenage Exercise May Stave Off Cancer
OK, it may be too late to do anything about it, but it’s interesting to note that women who exercised when they were teenagers appear to be less likely to die from cancer, and all other causes for that matter, during middle age. We know this because a Vanderbilt University […]
The Secret To Buying Running Shoes: Comfort
Writing in the New York Times, Gretchen Reynolds gives us the lowdown on several scientific efforts to find the best way to buy running shoes. Some studies looked at that bugbear of running specialists: pronation. Guess what? When you’re buying shoes, it doesn’t matter. When runners who pronate and runners […]
Sorry Ladies, Vitamin D Won’t Strengthen Bones
Bad news for post-menopausal women who are worried about osteoporosis: vitamin D supplements won’t help. We know that because researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison divided a group of 230 vitamin-D deficient postmenopausal women into three smaller groupings. HealthDay reports that for one […]
Stressed? Get An Aquarium
Here’s an easy, low-cost way to lift your mood: watch some fish in an aquarium. Science Daily reports on research conducted at the University of Exeter showing that viewing aquarium displays reduces blood pressure and heart rate, and that higher numbers of fish helped to hold people’s attention for longer and […]