GUESS WHO DRINKS the most alcohol? It turns out that the type of job you have appears to correlate with how much you consume. Let’s take a quick look at the largest... Read More
Can You Use Yoga to Drop Cholesterol? Maybe.
Can You Use Yoga to Drop Cholesterol? That is our question for today. IS THE PRACTICE of yoga associated with a lowering of cholesterol? We often hear about the ability of... Read More
Regular Mammograms Associated with Better Survival
Don’t forget to get regular mammograms I am a radiation oncologist with a special interest in breast cancer. A recent study funded by the American Cancer Society (ACS) recently stopped me in... Read More
Dodge Obesity Through Exercise
Dodge obesity through exercise: How doing even half the recommended amount of physical activity can lower risk Let’s focus on the importance of engaging in regular physical activity, even if... Read More
Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate
Today we briefly explore the positive effects of dark chocolate consumption on your brain. Flavanols in dark chocolate may be responsible, at least in part, for the benefits.... Read More
Reduce Your Risk for Fractures
Reduce your risk for fractures You already know that exercise has innumerable benefits, including better cardiovascular fitness, improvement of many metabolic factors, a reduction in cancer risk, and an enhanced... Read More
How You Can Drop Your Stroke Risk
Drop Your Stroke Risk There are two general categories of stroke, hemorrhage, and ischemia. In some ways, these are opposite conditions. Hemorrhage is marked by too much blood in the closed cranial... Read More
Fitness and Cognition (and a bit about blinking)
Fitness and cognition Exercise enhances our cognitive functioning and can improve mental health, too. Today, I want to share with you a quite quirky finding from researchers in Japan. They... Read More