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Hot topics in health news
Stress: the Cause of 9 out of 10 Illnesses?
by Lisa J. Lehr
"The stress is killing me!"
How often do we hear people say things like that? Probably pretty often. Yes, we have lots of things to be "stressed out"
about: demanding jobs (or the opposite…trying to find a job), long commutes, kid-raising challenges, caring for aging parents, things that always
need to be done with the house, property, and cars, relationship conflicts, and the list goes on endlessly.
There’s lots of information out there about how to "manage" stress. It may never have occurred to most people that we don’t
have to just "manage" stress. [read more]
Remedies from nature
Herbal Help for Your Headache
by Lisa J. Lehr
Headaches are among the most frequent health problems. Of the types of headaches, migraines are the most common; an estimated 13.5% of the
population (22 percent of women and five percent of men) suffers from them, with the majority in the teenage to age 55 range.
In addition to migraine sufferers, about 30 to 80% of U.S. adults suffer from occasional tension headaches, with chronic tension headaches
affecting approximately 3%. These may co-exist in adults who have migraines, causing "mixed headaches." Figure in sinus and cluster headaches,
and the number of headache sufferers probably approaches 100%. [read more]
Eat, drink, and be healthy
Currants, the new super-antioxidant food
by Lisa J. Lehr
Just yesterday, it seems, the açaí berry was the "superfood," the powerful antioxidant everyone was raving about. While I’m certain that its
reputation is deserved, açaí is admittedly hard to find (you can get the fresh berries only in Brazil) and correspondingly expensive. You can get
all kinds of things made from açaí berries, of course…but they’re still expensive.
Introducing the new super-antioxidant food: currants, which can be grown right here in the US. [read more]
Get moving
Why fidgety people are thinner
by Lisa J. Lehr
Do you tap your fingers or swing your foot while sitting (mostly) still? Does it annoy you when other people do?
If your answers to these questions are "no" and "yes" respectively, you might reconsider—especially if those fidgety people are thinner than
you. A study published in the January 28, 2005 edition of Science suggests that some people burn an extra 350 calories per day through
"non-exercise" activities. Another source estimates 800 calories! Non-exercise activities include "classic" fidgeting (like tapping, drumming,
and leg-bouncing) as well as just choosing the less-easy way of doing a particular task.
Some people naturally have trouble sitting still. Scientists think the tendency to fidget is genetic; still, you can "learn" to fidget. [read
more]
Reviews of popular diets
Review: The Atkins Diet
by Lisa J. Lehr
Each month, we’ll examine a popular diet, summarizing the logic behind it and pointing out its pitfalls. Our
philosophy, based on scientific fact and observable evidence, is that diets don’t work; therefore, our examination of a diet may not be
considered completely objective. Failure rates for diets range up to 95%, and the reasons that diets don’t work are fairly easy to understand and
include physiological as well as psychological/ sociological factors. Such as… [read more]
Pumping iron
Are kettlebells safe and effective?
by Lisa J. Lehr
Kettlebells are a newly popular form of resistance training. (Resistance training is when your muscles are trained by applying resistance to a
movement, accomplished using your own body weight, other weights, stretch bands, water, or immovable objects.) As with everything else, we should
examine their safety and effectiveness before we spend money or risk hurting ourselves with this activity.
What is a kettlebell?
A kettlebell is a trendy "new" fitness tool that looks like a cannonball with a handle. [read more]
Prescription medications: good, bad, and ugly
The downside of depression medication
by Lisa J. Lehr
In order to be approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and be made available to the public, a prescription medication has to be
found "safe and effective." The process takes on average 12 years and costs over $350 million. Yet this process is still not foolproof; many
drugs are put on the market and only later found dangerous.
When it comes to antidepressants, both safety and effectiveness have been called into question lately. [read more]
You and your pets
Should your pets sleep with you?
by Lisa J. Lehr
A recent survey found that about 62% of American pet owners keep their dogs and cats inside at night, and about half of those
allow their pets to share the bed with them. Is this a good thing? Let’s take a look at the
ramifications.
This is more of an issue with dogs than with cats. According to some animal behaviorists... [read more]
Miscellaneous habits
The sleep deprivation-depression connection
by Lisa J. Lehr
"Sleep is overrated."
"I’ll get all the sleep I need when I’m dead."
"Sleep? Ha! Who has time?"
What do these sayings have in common? Besides containing the word "sleep," they are all foolish, ignorant, and dangerous beliefs. The fact is,
sleep is vitally important. Skimp on it and you risk your physical health, your mental health, and your life, as well as the lives of others. And
that is no exaggeration.
What’s the big deal? [read more]
Weird things in the history of health
Cats saved people from the Black Plague
by Lisa J. Lehr
If you lived in 14th-century London, would you have had a pet cat? This question is more complicated than it sounds. Because, you
see, having a pet cat was against the law; yet, if you had known what the mayor of London didn’t yet know, you might have violated the law to
save your life.
The ancient Egyptians were the first people to keep cats as pets, around 3500 BC; we’re all familiar with the Egyptians’ worship of cats. They
had the right idea, as history would later tell. [read more]
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