What Kind of Food? Recently I journeyed to the great Southwest. My hiking partner, desperate to reach Bryce National Park, woke at 3 AM after scant sleep, scurried to the airport, “enjoyed” the flight experience to Las Vegas, then sped the rental car north before encountering a massive migraine (don’t lots of vacations start this […]
Is ADD a Sleep Disorder? (5/6/13)
The Newest Epidemic ADD is now “epidemic” across America. With 13% of adolescents “diagnosed” in national surveys, people want to know just how big a problem ADD is. A recent article by psychiatrist by Vatsal Thakkar in the NY Times argued much of ADD may be misdiagnosed sleep disorders. Himself once diagnosed as suffering from […]
Can Baldness Make For a Bad Heart? (4/30/13)
Can Baldness Cause a Bad Heart? Say it is isn’t so. But according to a meta-analysis performed by researchers at the University of Tokyo, hairlessness is connected to heart disease. What Did They Find? Among 37,000 men taken from 6 studies out of a possible 850, baldness “increased” the risk of heart disease. How Was […]
Recognizing Regeneration (4/22/13)
Recognizing Renewal “My feeling is that sleep is fundamentally important to regenerating all cells.” So says Akhilesh Reddy, a body clock researcher at Cambridge University. He was referring to a new study out of the University of Surrey from a group involving Professors Dirk Jan Dijk and Colin Smith. Yet the same issues appear for […]
Electronic Cigarettes (4/15/13)
Electronic Cigarettes? Several countries, like Brazil and Panama, ban them. The FDA declares their use not backed by proper clinical trials. Some addictionologists hate them, thinking they can addict kids and keep others hooked on nicotine. Others, like the newspaper the Economist and many public health officials think they are a breakthrough in smoking cessation. […]