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Aging Brains can Flatten your Finances
Jul. 14th, 2011 07:29 amhttp://www.telegram.com/article/20110710/NEWS/107109970/1237
Makes the case that as we age, we should get our ducks in a row for the possibility that we ourselves might not make the best decisions about money in our old age.
Makes the case that as we age, we should get our ducks in a row for the possibility that we ourselves might not make the best decisions about money in our old age.
Coffee Drinkers Get Less Prostate Cancer
Jul. 5th, 2011 04:13 pmhttp://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/745359?src=mp&spon=34
is a review on this study:
Wilson KM, Kasperzyk JL, Rider JR, et al. Coffee consumption and prostate cancer risk and progression in the health professionals follow-up study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011;103:876-884. Epub 2011 May 17.
but this study
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/50/21/6836.short
found no correlation at least for survival of fatal prostate cancer, between coffee drinkers or not.
( ...and... coffee drinkers have higher testosterone! text here. video at link above. )
is a review on this study:
Wilson KM, Kasperzyk JL, Rider JR, et al. Coffee consumption and prostate cancer risk and progression in the health professionals follow-up study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011;103:876-884. Epub 2011 May 17.
but this study
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/50/21/6836.short
found no correlation at least for survival of fatal prostate cancer, between coffee drinkers or not.
( ...and... coffee drinkers have higher testosterone! text here. video at link above. )
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Nutrition Midterm Study Guide
Feb. 7th, 2011 09:29 amTest will be case based multiple choice and matching.
The test will be for 30% of your grade. Lecture will start at 9:10 on GI health.
( original from KP, revision in process, goldmine here, dig for conditions )
The test will be for 30% of your grade. Lecture will start at 9:10 on GI health.
( original from KP, revision in process, goldmine here, dig for conditions )
The Healthiest Diet
Oct. 30th, 2010 07:37 amWhich diet is the healthiest, according to the science, as reported by Dr Schor?
( the Mediterranean diet )
( the Mediterranean diet )
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Too Much Manganese Lowers IQ of Children
Oct. 18th, 2010 09:02 ama place to assess your diet: http://nutritiondata.self.com/
( Where do kids get too much manganese?? )
( Where do kids get too much manganese?? )
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Neuroleptic drugs act by blocking dopamine receptors (mainly D2 receptors), and can result in dyskinesia similar to what is experienced by people with Parkinson's. For some reason writhing and shaking movements can be stopped in some patients by blue-tinted sunglasses.
Red Rice Yeast
mainstay of Chinese medicine since ancient times
now available OTC as supplement for lowering cholesterol
promoted as alternative to statins
docs may recommend it when someone can't tolerate statins dt muscle pain
derived from a fungus that grows on rice
eaten as a dietary staple some places in Asia
BUT: RYR is a statin drug too w/ same SEs
( notes )
mainstay of Chinese medicine since ancient times
now available OTC as supplement for lowering cholesterol
promoted as alternative to statins
docs may recommend it when someone can't tolerate statins dt muscle pain
derived from a fungus that grows on rice
eaten as a dietary staple some places in Asia
BUT: RYR is a statin drug too w/ same SEs
( notes )
Pathology of the CNS: part 4, Dementia
Jun. 10th, 2009 08:34 amWhat sorts of dementia may be reversible?
( part 4 Miller notes on dementias: Parkinson's dz, demyelinating dz, multi-infarct, Alzheimer's )
( part 4 Miller notes on dementias: Parkinson's dz, demyelinating dz, multi-infarct, Alzheimer's )
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