Radio Program Tomorrow 11:00am Eastern
The Halloween edition of our show is [shocking, I know] on Halloween!! We’ll talk about tricks, treats, and our special guest is a director of the Action For Health Kids nationwide organization, started by Laura Bush and Surgeon General David Satcher. TIME: 11:00am to noon on Oct 31. PLACE: Click...
Health fair today
I'm speaking at this health fair, and have a little table. I feel so home-made, ad hoc, seat-o-the-pants with my table presentation. Ever other table is selling a million things and are clearly pros at this. I'm just a guy with info and data and a process for living...
Aspirin versus Coffee? The bowels of a gut reaction
Coffee consumption reduces colon cancer, and it doesn’t matter if its caffeinated or not (… if you’re anal retentive about your colon cancer, check out the study cited below). But, a new study is touting high doses of aspirin as a way to accomplish the very same thing. So. Aspirin...
Which Country Walks MORE than U.S.?
The question is actually … which country walks LESS than us?? Not many, that’s for sure. Adults in western Australia average 9,695 steps a day. The Swiss followed with 9,650, while the Japanese clocked in with 7,168 steps. But Americans straggled far behind with just 5,117 steps.The drive-not-walk mentality has...
HRT drugs –> breast cancer deaths
Is it worth it? I don’t know. Let’s just run through the logic: 1. IF you take Hormone Replacement Therapy, you boost your chances of getting ovarian and breast cancer. Why would you do that? 2. NOW, we learn that IF you take HRT, the cancer you do get...
Don’t Shrink-Wrap Your Brain
Whatever you do, DON’T shrink your brain!! Nearly 300 people in Pittsburgh kept track of how much they walked each week. After nine years of this, scientists took brain scans to measure their brain volume. After four more years, they tested to see if anyone in the study had...
To Stent Or Not To Stent
Got a blocked artery? Oops. Now what? You may have heard about docs using stents to open up the pipes, but there are two study-of-studies that don’t look good for this procedure. SYNTAX Study (New England Journal of Medicine) 1,800 patients. The arteries feeding blood to their heart muscle...
Apple or pear? It may be your genes | Reuters
Of course it’s your genes. If you preferentially deposit fat on your hips rather than your belly, that is due to your genes. However, that you have the excess weight to begin with … that comes does to your behavior. What is significant is that the difference (apple or...
Tens
It is ten minutes after ten am on 10/10/10. Is this a sign pr just a sigh? Getting ready for my radio program at 11:00 this morning. Would love to hear from you guys: google WMNY, will Clower and you'll find the link to listen live while you're drinking...
Fat placement matters?
I saw this headline and thought, “oh, neat, something showing how fat location (hips versus belly, pears versus apples) matters.” But this study is like a mediocre movie with a killer trailer advertisement. You get all psyched, but the body of work itself is pretty useless. Here’s what they...
Gym culture not working out for the French | Reuters
The whole idea of forced exercise is unusual, and the French do NOT see this as a lifestyle choice. Playing tennis because you enjoy it? That’s a lifestyle. Kicking a soccer ball about, or cycling? Those are lifestyles. But the “forced march” approach of the gym, bust-a-gut mentality isn’t...
Supplements for joint pain?
Supplements are having a hard time of it lately, and this is another indication of the errant nature of our pill-preferring culture. So. Here’s another pill bottle to clean out of your medicine cabinet, following research on the claims behind the most popular supplements prescribed for joint pain. Got...