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When patients tell me they drink up to 6 cups of coffee a day, my response has been to advise them to cut back on it especially if they have any palpatations. So I was …
British scientists have discovered KLF14, a gene that appears to regulate obesity and other metabolic disorders such as high cholesterol, insulin resistance and diabetes. Although scientists knew about the existence of KLF14, they didn’t understand …
Australia has taken a bold step to eliminate the appeal of cigarette branding and packaging by drafting a law that will require cigarettes to be sold in plain, brown packs sporting large and graphic health …
I recently posted an article, Theoretical Limits of Age, about telomeres and its role in longevity. To summarize, every time a cell multiplies, telomeres, which are the caps on the end of chromosomes that protect the …
The results of a new study showed that 1 in 10 women aged 70 and older are more frequently diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer than younger women. The reason for this is that general screening …
The bright dots at the ends of these DNA strands are telomeres
There is a theoretical limit to how long we can live and scientists believe this is because of a structure found on the ends …
The Burpee
This interesting question headlined an article in the NY Times the other day. Multiple exercise physiologists weighed in and the answers ranged from the old-fashioned burpee (yes I didn’t know what that was either but …
Two trials involving 1,260 showed that providing antibiotics for a 2 week period provided relief from symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for up to 10 weeks.
Antibiotic treatment did not provide relief for those who suffer …
When I read about the discovery of the neurological pathway that controls anxiety, I immediately thought of a particular young patient. Her anxiety is so profound that she keeps making appointments sometimes several times during …
Note the overall decreased brain activity in the cocaine user as depicted by the decrease in yellow and red.
What is going on chemically in the brains of overeaters or obese people when they think …
