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What Your Body Knows That You Don’t

July 12, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Your legs are not just talking to your brain, they’re telling it what to do.  That’s a very good thing. Otherwise your brain might not develop properly, and keep adapting through your life. That’s the conclusion reached  reading a study penned by Raffaella Adami and others from the Universities of Milano and Pavia.  It helps […]

You Want to Live Long?

May 10, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Unpopular Health Imagine a magic elixir that’s free and grants much longer life (12 years for men, 14 years for women.)  Despite benefits radically dwarfing the advantages of all health care, the elixir is almost universally spurned.   For to receive this magic elixir individuals must put up with what are commonly regarded as unacceptable intrusions:  they must […]

Defending the Right to Walk

April 5, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

It's not just Arashiyama where it's fun to walk

Why is it acceptable that walking is dangerous? Sarasota, where I live and walk, is a pleasant place, but ranks tenth among American municipalities in pedestrian deaths.  That’s not unusual, for eight of the top ten most dangerous cities for walkers are in Florida. Every work  day I walk to my office located two blocks from the main […]

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 […]

Can Watching TV Be Healthy For You?

December 14, 2017 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Is TV watching healthy? For years studies have argued more TV time decrees a higher risk of death.  Most of that risk has been ascribed to sitting, rather than frustration and anger at what is programmed. A new study has added a wrinkle: watch more TV and you get more deep venous clots. Plus there’s a new rub: if […]

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