The New York Times asked five experts, or at least somewhat knowledgeable people, for their advice on the best way to get a good night’s sleep.  Here’s what they said, and here’s the short version. Have someone read to you. Take a bath. Use a weighted blanket. Sleep in a […]
Attitude
What Testosterone Does And Doesn’t Do
Here’s a sentence from the New York Times‘ recent report on testosterone studies: “Testosterone has been available as a drug for so long that it was never subjected to clinical trials of safety and efficacy as most new drugs are today.” Yikes! Over the past year, however, several studies have […]
Cup of Tea Staves Off Dementia
Try to remember this: a cup of tea a day can cut the risk of dementia by 50 percent. That’s the word from researchers at the National University of Singapore, where scientists collected data on the tea-drinking habits of close to 1,000 Chinese people over the age of 55. An […]
Boring Desk Job? Try A Tough Mudder
Ever wonder what drives people to pay good money to suffer through Tough Mudders and other grueling endurance events? Now we know. It’s their day jobs. Researchers at Cardiff University are convinced that pain and suffering, especially pain and suffering blended with team spirit, are the ideal antidote for the […]
Hair Loss Drugs and Erectile Dysfunction
Researchers at Northwestern University have found that finasteride, which is marketed as Propecia (the hair-loss drug taken by Donald Trump), can cause persistent erectile dysfunction (PED) that persists for months or years after a man stops taking the drug. A Northwestern University news release reports that among the men studied, […]
High Status Women Stay Thin, But Not Men
It’s not a secret that socioeconomic status, OK education, comes with a lot of pressure to stay slender. Or, as recent research at Vanderbilt University suggests, when if comes to weight, you are not just what you eat, you are who your friends are. Unless you are a man. A […]
Better Sex Life = Better Work Life
Note to employers: your best workers have the best sex lives. That’s the suggestion of research conducted at the University of Washington and the University of Oregon, where business school professors followed 159 married employees over the course of two weeks, asking them to complete two brief surveys each day. A […]
Is Your Health App Too Friendly?
Sure, interactive health apps are good for your health, and back and forth communication between wearer and device has been shown to increase likelihood that the wearer will actually follow through with a recommended exercise. That’s the good news. The bad news, from researchers at Penn State and the University […]
Sugar Mouth Rinse Boosts Performance
Five percent. That’s the improvement in time for athletes who swished their mouths with sucrose compared with those who swished with water, and ran 7.9 mile race. Yes it’s strange, but just swishing our mouths with a rinse that contains a little sugar appears to boost athletic performance. A University […]
Marriage Relieves Stress
Think marriage is stressful? Try being unmarried. That’s the implicit message from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, who are convinced that married people have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol than unmarried. A Carnegie Mellon news release reports that when researchers studied saliva samples (taken over three consecutive days) from 572 […]