Learning From Mice Aging seems inevitable, but thoughts of reversing it propel great excitement. A group at Mayo Clinic has recently discovered that if a tiny group of cells, called senescent cells, are genetically manipulated to self-destruct, much of aging disappears – in mice. What the Study Showed The mice were a specially bred group […]
Obesity – why we can’t lose (11/4/11)
A Threat to the Nation Obesity will remain a threat to the American economy and national security for decades to come. With 17% of our GDP spent on health care, we cannot afford treating a nation that will be one third diabetic by 2030. Data argues that every pound Americans add increases national energy costs […]
Does your sports team need a sleep doc? (11/2/11)
Hockey and Basketball and… The Vancouver Canucks have one. So now do the Calgary Flames. Dr. Charles Czeisler, head of sleep medicine at Harvard, is now a consultant to the NBA. He’s on record as recommending players get more than 8 hours of sleep a night in order to perform their best. Some teams are […]
Sleeping Beauty (10/26/11)
Is Sleep the Secret to Looking Good? Why sleep? people ask me. I give them a welter reasons starting with avoidance of death. Sleep deprive any animal and it dies – rather quickly. Yet fear of death does not seem to motivate people to take more time for rest, or to even pay attention to […]
Will Lazy Cakes come back from the dead? (10/21/11)
Tough Times for Vampires It’s been difficult recently for vampires. October 9th was World Vampire Day. Only two days following this celebratory occasion, Toronto vampires filming the latest “Resident Evil” were struck by a construction accident, with multiple injuries and broken bones. Yet we all know that are vampires are very resilient. One potential vampire […]