Thursday, April 11, 2019, 2:00pm
If you could take a vaccine to prevent cancer, would you take it?
Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 5:00am
A new study has little infants linking human speech that was familiar to them with a visual object, and connecting them together.
Friday, March 29, 2019, 5:00pm
Many studies show that exercise and stimulation improve brain function and well-being in older adults.
Thursday, March 21, 2019, 5:00pm
Our desire to have sweet things is boundless, and for good reason. From an evolutionary point of view, if something was sweet, then it was loaded with calories.
Monday, March 18, 2019, 5:00pm
Everybody wants to be healthy. Young and old, rich and poor, we all want to be the best we can be.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 5:00pm
Like alcohol and opioids, pot can foster dependence. It's called cannabis use disorder and it's characterized by high daily pot use because of the body's ability to develop tolerance. The more you smoke, the more the cannabis receptors down-regulate — requiring more and more.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 5:00pm
Alternative and complementary medicines can answer many questions Western medicine doesn't. But before you spend your money, know what you’re buying. If you believe in science and a therapy has been proven to be worthless, then chuck it. If it hasn’t been studied scientifically, then use your common sense.
Friday, January 25, 2019, 5:00pm
Remember when you could only get flu shots in your doctor’s office? How inconvenient was that? You had to make an appointment to get in — no walk-in service there.
Monday, January 21, 2019, 2:00pm
When you check out at the grocery, do you look at the sweets like I do? I find myself wondering if I’m going to buy a Hershey’s bar — I love the ones with almonds — or some other sweet. Then I read the label and realize these are 210 calories that I don’t need.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 5:00pm
A monumental 10-year Canadian study examined how teens can increase their IQ.
Monday, January 7, 2019, 6:05am
we know exercise reduces death from all causes, especially heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some forms of cancer. It can also improve your mental health. But here’s the research. It’s a compendium of studies taking all the data, putting it in the pot and evaluating it to see what comes out. In total, 1.2 million people were in this research. That’s a lot of folks.
Friday, December 7, 2018, 2:05pm
Shift workers have it tough. I used to work in the ER — I remember it well. If I worked 3 to 11 p.m., I never got to see my friends. If I worked 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., I was wiped out all day. I knew that lifestyle was not for me. But if you’re a nurse in a hospital, you don’t have a choice. People get...
Thursday, November 29, 2018, 2:05pm
I’m an omnivore. I eat everything. I love food — all kinds. These days, my diet has improved from the meat-and-potatoes, always-liver-on-Thursdays approach my mom thought was healthy for us. That was the thinking back in the 1950s. Now my diet aspires to be as Mediterranean as possible. I call it...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 2:05pm
Are you blue at this time of year? Do you find your energy is moving in the direction of "I’m a slug — let me curl up with a good book, a blanket around me, and read for the next four months until spring comes?
Friday, November 16, 2018, 2:05pm
Are you blue at this time of year? Do you find your energy is moving in the direction of "I’m a slug — let me curl up with a good book, a blanket around me, and read for the next four months until sprin
Thursday, November 8, 2018, 2:05pm
Are you blue at this time of year? Do you find your energy is moving in the direction of "I’m a slug — let me curl up with a good book, a blanket around me, and read for the next four months until sprin
Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 2:05pm
A little bit of exercise every day can go a long way to improving your memory, Zorba Paster says.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 2:05pm
Taking that aspirin to ward off the angel of death in the form of a heart attack may not live up to its hype — and it just might put you in the hospital, Zorba Paster writes.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 2:05pm
A recent study published in the medical journal The Lancet addresses the question of whether there is an association between dairy products and heart disease.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 2:05pm
Dear Readers: I've written a lot lately about drug costs because they are so expensive. Now, don’t get me wrong. I think when it comes to new drugs, companies have to make a profit. Without that, we wouldn’t have new technology that saves lives. Case in point: Hepatitis C. We can now cure it not...
