Research Indicates Strong Grasp of Obvious

Forgive my lack of recent posting, but I have had trouble finding much to spur my interest in the recent health and wellness headlines.  In fact, just about every bit of research that has come along recently seems to be out of the “No $#!!, Sherlock” file.  A summary of this weeks findings: Study finds connection between Yoga and... Read More

Violent Dreams Predict Future Illness

This is a fascinating bit of research, where surprisingly the prevalence of sleep behavior disorder has been linked to decades-later onset of neurological disorders.  The dreams, which typically involve violent action with accompanying flailing of limbs, seem to be indicative of a future inclination (often by many decades) of Parkinson’s... Read More

Calcium Supplements: Bone-maybe: Heart-no

Calcium, long (and seemingly incorrectly) considered the panacea for bone health in older woman is finally moving out of the limelight.  With very compelling evidence mounting over the past decade that vitamin D is more of a key in terms of bone maintenance than is calcium for most people, at the same time, there are signs that perhaps calcium... Read More

Insulin-producing beta cell replication sustained for four+ weeks

There has been some pretty exciting new developments in the world of diabetes care.  Not suggestions from the ADA of course, they are busy telling us all to eat high carbohydrate diets in the face of all logic (more on this soapbox another day…).  But in the realm of science, it is really starting to look promising.  This new research... Read More