AI to Determine Cancer Prognosis
Genomic tests (assays) examine a cancer tissue sample to determine certain genes' activity.... Read More
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Sleep: 2 Keys
There is a U-shaped association between sleep duration and cardiovascular and overall mortality. Those sleeping seven hours had the lowest risk over 10 years.... Read More
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Ohtani’s Journey: From Humility to Hero
According to Jeff Fletcher's 2022 book “Sho-Time,” coach Hiroshi Sasaki shaped his players as people and athletes at Hanamaki Higashi High School in Japan.... Read More
coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19, infection, infections, medicine, pandemic, Wellness
Do Paper Masks Protect You Against COVID?
Observational studies (and even some randomized controlled trials) suggest a benefit to paper masks, but there is no high-level, conclusive evidence that these masks meaningfully reduce COVID-19 transmission.... Read More
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· In: health, insomnia, naps, sleep, Wellness
A Power Nap Guide
HARDLY A WEEK GOES BY WHEN A PATIENT DOESN’T ASK me about short sleep. And the inevitable follow-up question: Do naps salvage a sleepless night? Today I offer a power... Read More
· In: cancer, cancer research, cancer risk reduction, cancer screening, Wellness
A New Cancer Screening Test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a study to see if the Galleri blood test can reduce late-stage cancer diagnoses for cancers that don’t have traditional screening approaches. Today,... Read More
· In: exercise, exercise, fitness, health, heart health, Lifestyle, Wellness
7 Exercise Snacks
DO YOU FIND IT CHALLENGING TO SET ASIDE dedicated time for extensive exercise routines? Today, I want to explore exercise snacks: 7 tiny workouts for big results. The world seems... Read More
· In: COVID-19, infection, long COVID, Wellness
Long COVID-19 and Vaccines
Long COVID-19 syndrome involves a variety of new, returning, or ongoing symptoms that individuals experience more than four weeks after getting an infection. For some, post-COVID-19 syndrome lasts months or years or causes disability.... Read More
· In: bone health, Wellness, women's health
How to Make Your Bones Strong
Bone is living tissue, one that constantly breaks down and replaces itself. Osteoporosis happens when the new bone formation does not keep up with the bone loss.... Read More
· In: Wellness
3 Breast Cancer Myths You Should Know About
I hear this at least once a week: Nobody in my family had breast cancer; I am surprised that I have it. The American Cancer Society offers that “approximately 5 to 10 percent of breast cancer cases are hereditary, meaning that they result directly from gene changes (mutations) passed on from a parent.”... Read More
· In: brain health, health, high blood pressure (hypertension), Wellness
Brain Aging – Do This to Slow It Down
The participants had measures of their blood pressure up to four times over 12 years. Researchers used blood pressure measurements and brain scans to determine brain age, a measure of brain health.... Read More
· In: breast cancer, cancer, health
AI to Determine Cancer Prognosis
Genomic tests (assays) examine a cancer tissue sample to determine certain genes' activity.... Read More
· In: aging, health, healthspan, longevity, sleep
Sleep: 2 Keys
There is a U-shaped association between sleep duration and cardiovascular and overall mortality. Those sleeping seven hours had the lowest risk over 10 years.... Read More
· In: aging, balance, exercise, falls, fitness, health span, Lifestyle, weight training, weightlifting
Ohtani’s Journey: From Humility to Hero
According to Jeff Fletcher's 2022 book “Sho-Time,” coach Hiroshi Sasaki shaped his players as people and athletes at Hanamaki Higashi High School in Japan.... Read More
· In: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19, infection, infections, medicine, pandemic, Wellness
Do Paper Masks Protect You Against COVID?
Observational studies (and even some randomized controlled trials) suggest a benefit to paper masks, but there is no high-level, conclusive evidence that these masks meaningfully reduce COVID-19 transmission.... Read More
· In: diet, Food, food and health, health, microbiome, weight loss, Wellness
Fake Sugar and Your Health
High circulating levels of erythritol can contribute to increased rates of heart attack and stroke by promoting platelet aggregation and blood clot development.... Read More
· In: aging, diet, diet and health, health, health span, healthspan, longevity, men's health, mental health, physical activity and health, Wellness, women's health
Unlock Agelessness: My 5 Keys
The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) — the longest-running study of human aging — shows that we typically slowly lose muscle power, linearly at first and then faster at 65 for women (and 70 for men).... Read More
· In: diet, diet and health, environment, Food, food and health, food safety
Is Your Cinnamon Out to Get You?
Just a quarter teaspoon of any of those products has more lead than you should consume in an entire day. If you have one of those products, we think you should throw it away.... Read More
· In: diet, diet and health, health, heart health, Wellness
Forget Body Mass Index?
Does the bodybuilding gym rat 5' 8" me, who weighed 165 at my peak building phase, have the same BMI as a couch sitter of the same height and weight? Yes.... Read More