Sitting down with a nice cup of hot tea feels positively virtuous these days. Every time we glance up at the evening news, there’s been another scientist telling us how good tea is for our health — it’s those antioxidants! But now here comes another study with a decidedly different take — tea can be… Continue reading A Cup of Hot Tea Is Good for You — Or Is It?
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Finding the Courage to Act
Maybe life has been easy for you and maybe it hasn’t, but I bet that at some point in the past weeks you have wondered how you, personally, would have fared if you had been living in Japan when the earthquake and tsunami hit… or in the high-nuclear radiation zone… or, for that matter, in… Continue reading Finding the Courage to Act
100-Inning Limit for Young Pitchers
In past generations, overuse injuries from tennis, basketball, baseball and other sports were pretty much the province of professional athletes and aging men and women. Now, because of kids’ aggressive sports schedules, pediatricians and orthopedic physicians report that they are seeing “wear and tear” injuries in children of younger and younger ages, which is of… Continue reading 100-Inning Limit for Young Pitchers
You Have H. Pylori — Now What?
You’ve been bothered by chronic indigestion, perhaps leading your doctor to order an endoscopy so he/she could look down your esophagus and into your stomach with a camera, and, give you some tests. The finding? For many, it’s that their digestive system is harboring the intestinal bacteria H. pylori… now what? In 1982, when… Continue reading You Have H. Pylori — Now What?
The Right Way to Drink Wine
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH Harvard Medical School Should you raise a glass “to your health” — and if so, is red wine best? What we know now… Pros vs. cons. Consuming moderate amounts of alcohol may lower a woman’s risk for heart disease by 20% to 40%, primarily by raising HDL “good” cholesterol, reducing… Continue reading The Right Way to Drink Wine