With cold and flu season starting, you can be sure that you’ll be given this advice: The best defense is washing your hands.
That’s because you typically get infected with viruses by touching a germy surface. Then, when you touch your face, the virus enters your body through the eyes, nose, mouth, or ears. You likely touch your face a lot more than you think.… Read More
If you’re a fan of the TV show Jeopardy, you probably know that host Alex Trebek is fighting for his life.
Trebek has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. That means the disease has spread to other parts of his body.
The 79-year-old publicly announced his condition in March.
He did surprisingly well after initial treatment. In May, his doctors said he was in “near remission.”… Read More
It has long been known that exercise is one of the best ways to prevent age-related dementia.
A new study shows you don’t need a major time investment to keep your brain sharp as you age. Just two minutes a week can do it…if you choose the right kind of exercise.
The research was done at Scotland’s Abertay University. Investigators enlisted 17 inactive people between the ages of 60 and 75.… Read More
He couldn’t stand most kinds of meat. He never ate fruit. And vegetables? Forget about it.
The teenager ate nothing but French fries, Pringles potato chips, white bread, and processed ham and sausage. He took the Western diet to its extreme.
The result? He suffered a severe deficiency that caused him to go blind.
The tragic case is the subject of a case study in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.… Read More
It was a familiar sight around Princeton University… The man with the world’s most powerful brain was walking on the side of the road.
People in cars would often stop and ask if he wanted a ride.
But Albert Einstein always refused. He insisted that the daily mile-and-a-half walk from his home to his university office was crucial to his thinking skills.… Read More
Just about every health-conscious person knows that soda is bad for you.
But what is surprising is just how bad.
In recent years, studies have found that sweetened, carbonated drinks drive obesity, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and even lung disease.
But an exhaustive new analysis shows that the dangers may be far worse than anybody suspected.
Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer looked at 451,000 people.… Read More