Researchers at Johns Hopkins have figured out how to slow it, with existing approved drugs.
Faster, please.
Category Archives: Health
BMI
We could save lives by getting rid of it.
Like calorie counting, low fat, and cholesterol, BMI is junks science.
Ending Hip And Knee Replacements
…by 3-D printing cartilage in place.
Faster, please.
Prostate Cancer
This looks like a pretty big breakthrough, particularly given the old saying (true or not) that any man who lives long enough will get it.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, link added.
Our Decades-Long Diet Experiment
We were all guinea pigs. Well, most of us, anyway. I gave it up in the nineties.
“The change in dietary advice to promote low-fat foods is perhaps the biggest mistake in modern medical history.”
And they still won’t fess up to it, and they’re still doing it with that disastrous school-lunch program. Betsy Devos should be doing something about that.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related, sort of: Did feminism cause the obesity epidemic? The fact that people aren’t cooking as much is certainly a factor, but I think the low-fat craze is probably more responsible.
A Health Tip
Don’t go swimming with a new tattoo.
I have a better idea. Don’t get a tattoo.
From A Former Drug Warrior
Michelle Malkin says it’s time to end the War on (Some) Drugs.
This really should be the conservative position. It’s a shame that she had to go through what she did with her daughter to come to it, though.
Methylene Blue
…may slow or reverse aging in skin.
Sounds good to me, if there are no side effects.
Dr. Manny Is An Idiot
There may be reasons not to eat organ meat, but sat fat and cholesterol are not one of them:
While there is new research questioning the role of dietary cholesterol and saturated fat in heart disease, there are still decades of research suggesting that they may be contributing factors. And the American Heart Association hasn’t changed its recommendation that saturated fat be kept at less than 5-6 percent of daily caloric intake.
The American Heart Association has (at best) its head up its fundament.
The Nutrition Tide Is Finally Turning
Eat fat to lose weight.