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I knew it! According to a recent WebMD article, “plain soap” and antibacterial soap are comparably effective in killing germs when used properly. As a nurse friend of mine explained it to me, “The soap makes the dirt and germs slippery and the water rinses them away. That’s why you don’t need antibacterial soap — […]
A hilarious ad in my morning New York Times headlines e-mail made me laugh out loud even though I’m in a bit of an early-morning stupor at the moment. I don’t want to reproduce it here because of copyright issues, but here’s the setup: two hippos standing shoulder deep in water, with just their faces […]
In July, researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory released findings that may facilitate drug treatment from those suffering from persistent fear, including post-traumatic stress disorder and, presumably, severe forms of anxiety.
Emotional disorders such as post-traumatic stress and panic attacks stem from the inability of the brain to stop experiencing the fear associated […]
New findings released by the NIH and published in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine characterize obesity as being “socially contagious.” Translation: The more fat friends you have, the more likely you are to become fat. The same is true for slim pals.
At first I thought, “Well, people tend to gather […]
Yes, you read that right. Obese girls are less likely to attend college, according to recent findings from the University of Texas.
Researchers tracked about 11,000 teens in the US using population center data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and found that in addition to being less likely to go to university, obese […]
Two recent news releases, one from Stanford University and one from John Wiley & Sons, reveal that although encouraging for patients, group therapy has no statistically significant impact on increasing breast cancer survival overall. However, both reports indicate that support leads to improved quality of life (most likely improved psychological well-being).
However, there does seem to […]
A recent study by the University of Washington reported in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that women living in areas with high levels of air pollution are more likely to develop and die from cardiovascular disease than are their clean-breathing counterparts.
The researchers studied levels of fine particulate matter, which are tiny airborne particles […]
Get this: Scientists have discovered a way to convert adult skin cells into stem cells by exposing them gene-carrying viruses. The cells that absorb the genes are poof! magically transformed into stem cells–but without the ethical hullabaloo of human eggs and embryos.
So far, the technique has been performed successfully in mice, but not yet in […]
You don’t have to love tofu to enjoy eating soy. With soy nuts, soy bars, soy milk, soy yogurt, soy cheese, and various soy-based meat substitutes, not to mention flavorless protein powers you can add to foods you already love, you’ll never run out of fun and delicious ways to eat more soy. And that’s […]
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine yesterday suggests that working out can slightly boost your levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the good kind of cholesterol. (FYI, low-density lipoprotein or LDL is the bad kind.)
These findings were based on an analysis of previously published studies, which revealed that individuals who are more […]
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