According to a new theory, cancer cells survive by getting healthy cells around it  to self destruct by releasing hydrogen peroxide. This self-destruction releases nutrients that feed the cancer cells.
Just how do the cancer cells …

Which burns more calories: a slow run or a fast walk? According to exercise physiologist David Swain, in an article in Runner’s World, the amount of calories burned depends on the  amount of oxygen consumed.
According …

I was eating my lunch when I read this article, published today, about the diversity and sheer number of bacteria found on hands. A study from the University of Colorado showed that not only were bacterial counts …

Isn’t this just frustrating for those of us trying to lose weight? The common belief is that eating 3500 fewer calories per week or burning off that same amount in exercise,  results, ipso facto, in …

Ibuprofen (Motrin/Advil) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) combined in one pill provide greater pain relief in documented osteoarthritis in a study published in Annuals of the Rheumatic Diseases, this past October.
What interested me was that 3 grams …

A small study of endurance athletes found that cardiac damage confined to one ventricle of the heart occurred immediately after a race. This condition largely resolved after one week.
Endurance athletes, defined as marathon runners, endurance …

A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine compared the 2 leading statins, Lipitor and Crestor, to see which one had the greatest impact on reducing the volume of plaque build-up. In …

What role does generosity within a marriage play? What does it mean to be generous in a marriage? What can we learn from it?
These questions and more were raised by researchers at the University of Virginia’s Marriage Project. Their …

So if you’re looking for another reason why you should be out exercising, this might nudge you off the couch: mental functioning (including memory and skilled task performance) improves with exercise regardless of one’s age. Said …

Celiac disease was thought to occur in 1:10,000 Americans according to experts as recently as 1999. Thought of as a European disease, many specialists believed celiac disease was on the decline – this despite the …