For years now, researchers have suspected that exercise lowered the risk of prostate cancer, but several studies turned up conflicting results. Now, from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a large scale study suggests that exercise can lower the risk of aggressive prostate cancer. A Harvard news release reports that […]
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Antibiotics And Your Gut Bacteria
By now, we all know how important gut bacteria is for, well, just about every aspect of our health. And we all want to encourage a rich and pleasing variety of gut bacteria, gut bacteria with kind of diversity that is destroyed by antibiotics. How bad is the damage? Researchers […]
For Strong Bones, Diet Tops Exercise
Yes, both diet and exercise help build stronger bones, but which has the greater influence? Researchers at the University of Michigan give the edge to diet. A U of Michigan news release reports that when researchers at the school looked at mineral supplementation and exercise in mice, they were surprised […]
Does Stretching Improve Performance?
Does stretching improve our athletic performance? The short answer, from a new study recently published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, is no. But it doesn’t hurt performance either. The New York Times reports that the study involved 20 young male athletes, soccer players and rugby players, who […]
Does Diet Soda Lower Colon Cancer Risk?
After years of concerns about the health risks of drinking diet soda, researchers may have found a health benefit. A Yale University news release reports that researchers at the school have found that drinking artificially sweetened beverages is associated with a significantly lower risk of colon cancer recurrence and cancer […]
For Men, Exercise May Mean Smarter Kids
Can a man’s exercise habits influence the brains of his children? Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Göttingen, Germany, think that it can. The New York Times reports that scientists at the center divided a large group of genetically identical mice into two groups, and put one […]
Daily Aspirin Doubles Melanoma Risk in Men
Remember when your doctor ran down the list of reasons you should take a daily aspirin? (It appears to reduce the risk of gastric, colon, prostate and breast cancer.) Well, that was before researchers at Northwestern University concluded that men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of […]
Dark Chocolate Improves Mood, And Other Things
Feeling cranky? Have some dark chocolate. Forget where you put the chocolate? Have some more chocolate. Chocolate, according to researchers at Loma Linda University, improves mood, and something else, oh yeah, memory. It also reduces inflammation. A Loma Linda news release reports that researchers at the school examined the impact […]
The Bad News About Next Year’s Flu Vaccine
Next year’s flu vaccine will be no more effective than last year’s flu vaccine. How effective is that? When put up against H3N2, the type of influenza A that infected most people in the US in each of the past two years, it’s about 19 percent effective. That’s the estimation […]
Bananas Beat Sports Drinks
They are cheaper, better, and their packaging is completely organic. Bananas, it turns out, are better than sports drinks when it comes to providing anti-inflammatory agents during and after workouts. The New York Times reports that researchers (partially funded by Dole Foods) put 20 competitive cyclists through a 47-mile bike […]