Regular readers of the Geezer doubtless recall earlier reports (here and here) on research suggesting that exercise is as good for the brain as it is for the body. Now, in part one of a two-part series on lifestyle and brain fitness, Science News rounds up several studies and a […]

Geezer knows how this sounds, but new research suggests that you really can burn calories while you sleep. And while you’re awake. And while you’re neither asleep nor awake, but at work. The Washington Post’s food and health writer, Sally Squires, reports on a Dutch study that suggests that eating […]

Compression shorts, those hip-hugging short pants made of Lycra or some other expanding fabric, are de rigueur for some sports, such as cycling, and a fashion faux-pas in others, such as tennis. Now, 20 years after they appeared in sportswear catalogues, their relative propriety in whatever sports is well established. […]

It’s been said before, and now it’s said again, and backed by a 24-week study, 1,583 patient study, whose results are published in the New England Journal of Medicine: glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate do very little to relieve the pain of arthritic knees. The New York Times reports that patients […]

Geezer has long been a believer in the power of the unconscious mind. In fact, he will argue that many of his finest decisions were made after "sleeping on" on the dilemma at hand. At this point, sadly, Geezer’s loved ones are apt to point out that those decisions must […]

Everyone knows that some things do get better as we get older, but who would have thought that sex is one of them? Geezer has no comment, but he does have a report from an Oslo-based study showing that men in their fifties said they were happier with their sex […]

How much does your sports injury hurt? Wanna know what kind of grief and suffering lies ahead? Now you can look it up on Men’s Health’s Sports Injury Index, compiled with help from the Sports Injury Clinic. Geezer happens to love this service magazine fare almost as much as the […]

When it appeared two weeks ago, the $415 milliion federal study suggesting that a low-fat diet does virtually nothing to reduce cancer and heart disease was immediately acclaimed as definitive and authoritative. And why not? When you spend that kind of money, you want to believe you’ve got things right, […]

Just when you thought Geezer reported nothing but bad news and more bad news, along comes a study revealing a cheap, easy and painless way to treat something that the website of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons calls "one of the most common afflictions in our society:" lower back […]

First they tell us that a low-fat diet does virtually zip to lower our chances of getting cancer or heart disease. Now they tell us that calcium, taken as a supplement by millions of Americans who would like to improve their bone density, joins low-fat eating in the probably-not-worth-the-effort garage.The […]