"Cold Water Therapy Might Do More Harm Than Good. An Expert Explains."
May 24, 2023
Link via Instapundit who I agree with: Good, because I don't like cold water.
Health
"Older people have better mental well-being than 30 years ago"
May 17, 2023
OK, but I'm not sure if the finding generalizes: the study was on Finns.
"Powerful chemotherapy drug reaches brain tumors using novel ultrasound technology"
May 17, 2023
It's a ways off yet, because they're currently in a phase 2 trial. But if it pans out it could be amazing.
"[S]ufficient to explain the obesity epidemic in the USA"?
May 16, 2023
"We are currently expending about 220 kcal/d less for males and 122 kcal/d less for females than people of our age and body composition were in the late 1980s."
"I'm A Doctor Who Almost Died Because My Own Doctors Refused To Do This 1 Basic Thing"
May 10, 2023
If the guy hadn't been a doctor it seems there would have been a tragedy.
"Does the sweetener erythritol increase the risk of cardiovascular disease?"
May 03, 2023
I consume a fair amount of erythritol--an artificial sweetener--so this was interesting:
Whether these findings are sufficient to consider erythritol as a cause of CVD [cardiovascular disease] remains debatable.
"This Simple New Blood Test Can Detect Alzheimer’s Risk with 96% Accuracy"
April 26, 2023
Bring it on, please.
More hopeful news on Alzheimer's:
"MIT scientists discover ‘remarkable’ way to reverse Alzheimer’s disease".
"Conquering Alzheimer’s: a look at the therapies of the future".
"Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result"
April 24, 2023
Fascinating story. Worth keeping in mind the next time you hear "The science says . . ."
Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it.
"I'm a leading longevity scientist. Here's why someone reading this now could live to 150"
April 12, 2023
Speed it up, please.
"Have doctored images led to 20 years of wasted Alzheimer’s research?"
April 11, 2023
Which raises the obvious question: why wasn't this paper checked? Why weren't there lots of attempts to replicate the results which would have exposed any fraud?
(I actually think I know the answer: academic publication honors novelty way above truth. It's improved a little in the last three or four decades, but progress is painfully slow.)