You may have wondered as you do your grocery shopping: How safe are those piles of produce laying out in the open?
Do unwrapped apples, bananas, potatoes, onions, and other fruits and vegetables collect coronavirus as people walk past all day?
Early in the pandemic, Professor Vishal Shah wondered the same thing.
He did what many others were doing at the time: He painstakingly cleaned the produce he brought home from the grocery store, washing it with soap and water.… Read More
This vitamin doesn’t get much attention. But researchers have found that it may be the single most important nutrient for your heart.
It can prevent a serious and common condition that often leads to sudden cardiac arrest.[1]
Researchers from Augusta University in Georgia wanted to find out if this vitamin could stop left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). It is a gradual enlargement and thickening of the walls of your heart’s left ventricle.… Read More
Prewashed, packaged greens have become wildly popular in recent years.
It’s so easy to pop open the bag and have greens ready to be tossed into a salad or stir fry.
No more washing.
No more drying with paper towels or salad spinners.
No more worrying that you haven’t gotten all the dirt off.
Prewashing has turned healthy food into fast food.… Read More
Researchers at the University of Rome discovered that getting COVID-19 dramatically increases the chances that a man will suffer erectile dysfunction (ED).
The scientists gathered data from 985 sexually active men. They found that those who tested positive for the coronavirus were 5.66 times more likely to later develop trouble with sexual performance. That number held true even after the study adjusted for other ED-related risk factors such as age, obesity, and mental health status.… Read More
In the pre-digital era, millions of Americans retreated to their bathrooms with a newspaper, magazine, or book.
But now?
The print media are on their last legs. And more people are relying on their smartphones to occupy their minds while they attend to bathroom business.
About 90% of us take our cellphones to the bathroom, according to one study.
That’s a bad idea.… Read More
Seniors tend to have different fitness goals than young people.
Instead of packing on muscle to look buff, older folks are more likely to want a workout that helps them live independently and continue to do the things they love.
Researchers have found that one form of exercise may be better than all others in reaching this objective.[1]
Dr. Kathrin Rehfeld of the Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany and her colleagues recruited 52 healthy seniors to test the workout.… Read More