Archive for the ‘health and longevity’ Category
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Who cared more about our health and well-being growing up than our mothers? No doubt, we all remember her command at every meal, "Each your vegetables!" And, though we often had to "gag through it," we usually did as we were told. Most vegetables, it seems, are ...
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
From the "Duh, you think?" department of research. A new study, partially funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the medical journal BMJ late last month, says that women who are overweight in middle age not only have a decreased chance of living to age 70 in ...
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Dr. Jamie Phillips
Just the other day I saw an article on sciencedaily.com how caffeine improved memory loss in aged mice raised to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. The article started with the angle that "Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup." It went on to report ...
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