Flashback Friday: Worth Getting an Annual Health Check-Up and Physical Exam?
What are the risks and benefits of getting an annual check-up, a comprehensive annual physical...
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Friday Favorites: How Effective Is Chemotherapy? And How Much Does It Improve Survival?
Most chemo drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration without evidence of benefit on survival or quality of life. If you put together all the new chemo drugs that had been approved over a dozen years, the average overall survival benefit is only 2.1 months.
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Is Sorghum a Healthy Grain?
How does sorghum compare with other grains in terms of protein, antioxidants, and micronutrients? And...
Why Does Forest Bathing Boost Natural Killer Cell Function?
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Flashback Friday: Do Vitamin C Supplements Prevent Colds but Cause Kidney Stones?
What are the benefits and risks of taking vitamin C supplements?
Boosting Anticancer Immunity with Forest Bathing
Visiting a forest can induce a significant increase in both the number and activity of...
What’s the Ideal Waist Size?
Increased risk of metabolic complications starts at an abdominal circumference of 31.5 inches in women...
Flashback Friday: How Much Should You Exercise?
Physical fitness authorities seem to have fallen into the same trap as the nutrition authorities,...
What’s the Ideal BMI?
Is there a unisex chart to see what your optimal weight might be based on...
Is the Obesity Paradox Real or a Myth?
How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer?
Flashback Friday: The Weight-Loss Program That Got Better with Time
The most well-published community-based lifestyle intervention in the medical literature is also one of the...
The Effects of Obesity on the Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases
What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line...
The Effects of Obesity on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Cardiovascular Disease
Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in...
