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How Much Sleep is Too Much?

August 16, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Is it true that sleeping more than eight hours a night hastens your demise? People certainly think so.  Several years ago a national TV news reporter asked me if it was true, because after working shifts “I  go home and sleep for ten or more hours, will that shorten my life?”  A recent article in Journal of […]

Fat Future

March 8, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Will today’s millenials become the fattest generation in American history?  If what is happening to British youngsters is a guide, future American adults may suffer from unprecedented levels of cancer and diabetes. Cancer Research UK recently released a study showing Britons born between 1980 and 1995 will by middle age be  70% overweight or obese. And that’s […]

Should We Stand?

March 1, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Is it better to work standing? To stand while you eat?  Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, chair of preventive cardiology at Mayo Clinic – Rochester, has published a study of studies showing standing at a desk while working “burns” an extra .15 calorie per minute.  Is that enough to be worthwhile? It’s time to examine some of the evidence about […]

Bedtime and Weight

August 6, 2016 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Growing Up Thinner Go to bed early.  Wake up ten years later slimmer than your peers.  Is weight control really this simple? Perhaps. The tantalizing question remains – does more closely fitting your biological clocks and getting more sleep equal less obesity? Recently, researchers looked over data from a study that gathered evidence from 1991 […]

The Coming Boom in Mental Health

September 20, 2015 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

​    What Kind of Future? What are the future needs of mental health in this country?  Many mental health workers worry daily about their jobs.   Will they be replaced by smart cognitive behavioral programs delivered over the net? Will insurance companies pay for what’s coming? Below are a series of factors that will potentially produce a booming […]

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