Remember the five second rule? If you pick up food dropped on the floor within five seconds, it’s still safe to eat? Researchers at Rutgers have made it a lot more complicated, by studying the influence of different floor surfaces on different foods. A Rutgers news release reports that with […]
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Too Fat? Your Doctor Won’t Tell You
Think you might be a bit too fat? How about way too fat? Don’t wait for your doctor to tell you. A recent study by researchers at the University of Rochester found that less than half of all adults with BMIs in obese territory were told by their doctors that […]
More Evidence that Exercise Cuts Heart Disease
As if we needed more evidence that exercise is good for our hearts, Finnish researchers have concluded that exercise cuts the risk of heart disease. Even for older people. Yes, a lot. HealthDay reports that researchers at the University of Oulu tracked the health outcomes of almost 2,500 people 65 and […]
Standing Desks Lower Body Mass Index
OK, the research was done with elementary school kids, not adults, but the findings are worth thinking about: kids who used standing desks for two years had significantly lower BMIs than kids who sat all day. A Texas A&M news release reports that researchers at the school outfitted four classrooms […]
Toe Tapping Keeps Legs Healthy
Fidgeting feet may be the key to healthy legs, if researchers at the University of Missouri have got things right. A U of Missouri news release reports that researchers at the medical school compared the leg vascular function of 11 healthy young men and women before and after three hours of […]
Too Hot For The Olympics?
Enjoy the summer Olympics, because by 2085 the earth’s climate will be so hot that very few cities will be able to host them. That’s the verdict from researchers at the University of California in Berkeley, who examined the viability of future Olympics sites based on a measurement that combines temperature, […]
40 Percent Of Sunscreens Don’t Cut It
The seasonal advice “Don’t forget the sunscreen” should be amended this year to “Don’t forget the sunscreen that actually works,” a category that includes only 60 percent of the top-selling sunscreens. How do we know? Because when researchers at Northwestern University looked at the top rated 1 percent of the 6,500 sunscreens […]
Exercise May Protect Liver From Booze
No, it’s not OK to drink more if you exercise more, but it is a good idea to exercise, particularly if you like a drink or two. Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have reason to believe that aerobic exercise may protect the liver against alcohol-related inflammation […]
Exercise Improves Memory of Breast Cancer Survivors
Many breast cancer survivors have trouble remembering things, a problem that researchers attribute to stress, rather than to chemotherapy or radiation. Now comes research from Northwestern University linking physical activity to higher levels of self-confidence, lower distress and less fatigue, which in turn is associated with lower levels of perceived […]
Heavy Water Drinkers Are Slimmer
People who drink enough water to be adequately hydrated are half as likely to be obese as people who are inadequately hydrated. That’s the verdict of researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School, who assessed water intake as adequate or inadequate based on urine samples of more than 9,500 people. Nearly […]