A huge study just took place and was reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association on the affect of multivitamins and cancer in men. In the study they looked at a huge number of male doctors and came up with some good although vague results. Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard … [Read more...] about Multi Vitamins May Reduce Cancer Risk in Men
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Is the FDA working with Apple, Google, and Fitbit On Personal Health Technology?
Interesting story that I read on Ars Technica just now about the precertification of software and personal health technology by the FDA. It looks like the FDA is interested in making sure that software and its underlying systems are good for people and accurate for giving people using the hardware … [Read more...] about Is the FDA working with Apple, Google, and Fitbit On Personal Health Technology?
Goal Setting for 2017
Tom Venuto of Burn the Fat sent me this article on Goal Setting for 2017 to print up on the blog. Hope you find some great value in it as I did. When you pause and reflect on the past decade as you look ahead to a new one, it makes you appreciate how short life is, how valuable time is and how … [Read more...] about Goal Setting for 2017
Glucosamine for Back problems in Doubt?
I just saw an article about a study done by some Norwegian researchers saying that among other findings that Glucosamine does not seem to help lower back problems as much as people might think. Although it is widely used, glucosamine has no effect on chronic low back pain and degenerative lumbar … [Read more...] about Glucosamine for Back problems in Doubt?
Sleep Less Lose Less Weight
We have I think known this for a long time but it seems that a University of Chicago study, actually a fairly small study, showed that sleeping less seems to affect weight loss. The standard advice for those wanting to lose some fat: eat less, exercise more or do some combination of the two. A … [Read more...] about Sleep Less Lose Less Weight
