First, the news: after interviewing 1,656 married Americans ages 57 to 85, sociologists at Louisiana State University, Florida State University and Baylor University have determined that for many married couples, sex gets better. Did someone ask “When”?  That’s the tricky part. As Jan Hoffman reports in the New York Times, […]

No, it’s not just clever wordplay. Researchers at Indiana University have shown that taking a supplement of omega-3 PCSO-524, a marine oil lipid derived from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, significantly reduces post-exercise muscle damage. An Indiana University news release reports that the researchers tested 32 men who exercise less than three […]

It’s not exactly a strenuous cardio workout, but taking a sauna may diminish the risk of death from unfortunate cardiac event. Science Daily reports that researchers at the University of Eastern Finland looked at death rates from a sudden cardiac event and heart disease over a 21 year period in 2,315 […]

OK, no one is suggesting a danger of  being hooked on french fries, but researchers at the University of Michigan are persuaded that processed foods, including french fries, pizza, and chocolate, are more addictive than foods that aren’t processed. A U Michigan news release reports that previous studies in animals […]

The latest advisory from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which convenes every five years, has some good news and some bad news. First the good news, which isn’t all that good. As Anahad O’Connor reports in the New York Times, the panel dropped a suggestion from the previous guidelines that Americans restrict […]

The headline for the University of Iowa news release about research into online dating puts it nicely: Love is about being real, not perfect.” How do they know? Because researchers at the school created eight online dating profiles—four men and four women—with various combinations of two perspectives. One perspective, “Selective […]

Can mindfulness make exercise more rewarding? A group of researchers at Utrecht University in The Netherlands thinks it might. Gretchen Reynolds reports in the New York Times on their research, which surveyed 400 physically active adults, asking about daily exercise habits, personalities, typical feelings during any given exercise session, mindfulness in general, and […]

That’s right. Women who are physically active enough to break a sweat a few times a week have a lower risk of heart disease than inactive women. How do we know? Because researchers at University College in Oxford studied the health and exercise records of 1 million women, average age 56, […]

As Valentines Day approaches, Geezer passes on some advice from the New York Times  that could be useful, or not. Writer Sarah Kershaw takes the search for culinary aphrodisiacs to medical researchers and food studies scientists and comes away a big picture answer: of all the senses, only smell bypasses the […]

Even before reading about this study, Geezer can assure readers that more research is needed. HealthDay reports that research conducted at University College in London reviewed the health records and drinking habits of 53,000 people. What did they find? Contrary to several earlier studies, which found that light alcohol consumption […]