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I gave up drinking regular soda in my thirties due to my weight and switched to diet sodas because they were “healthier.” Then it turns out they really aren’t all that much better for you so I gave those up as well. It’s been almost a year since I stopped drinking diet pop and in . . . → Read More: Fruit drinks are as bad, or worse, than soda in terms of sugar. The problem of antibacterial resistance is, if you’ll pardon the pun, a growing one and it’s looking like Gonorrhea is near to joining the already too-long list: Gonorrhea Could Join Growing List of Untreatable Diseases – Yahoo! News Gonorrhea is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the world with about 600,000 cases diagnosed in the U.S. . . . → Read More: Gonorrhea may soon be an untreatable disease. 
The conventional wisdom for years has been that if you want to stay healthy you should take vitamin supplements every day, but a growing body of evidence is showing that, not only is it not necessary, it could be damaging to your health: More Evidence Against Vitamin Use – NYTimes.com. “You go back 15 or 20 . . . → Read More: Two more studies suggest that taking vitamin supplements may do more harm than good. Well this just fucking sucks: Epidemiologists from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio reported data showing that diet soft drink consumption is associated with increased waist circumference in humans, and a second study that found aspartame raised fasting glucose (blood sugar) in diabetes-prone mice. “Data from this . . . → Read More: New research suggests artificial sweeteners no help in battle against obesity. 
Sometimes this is all it takes. I love my doctor because she’s willing to just lay the truth out for me without beating around the bush. I had to see her on Monday for a checkup because the folks at Blue Care Network, the medical insurance company Anne gets through her job, have decided . . . → Read More: Just face it: The Universe is out to kill you. 
It's like this. Except with your dick. To circumcise or not to circumcise, that is the question pondered for thousands of years by new parents of baby boys. For most of that time the decision was usually pretty simple: Are you Jewish or Muslim? If so then you remove the skin-hoodie. If not, God . . . → Read More: Potential new circumcision recommendations have ‘intactivists’ all hot and bothered. 
Have a diet coke and a stroke! Yeah, probably not the best advertising slogan. Well this is just fucking great: Just as you were starting to feel virtuous for having switched from sugary sodas to low- or no-calorie substitutes, a new study comes along suggesting that diet sodas might be bad for your head . . . → Read More: New research suggests daily diet soda intake might lead to heart attacks or strokes. … to let folks know that things have been a bit quiet around here because I’ve had the week off between the old job ending and the new job starting next week. Combine that with running around getting ready for my knee surgery tomorrow and I’ve not spent much time blogging. Did I not mention . . . → Read More: Just a quick note… It’s a cute ad with a serious message:
Honk for mammogram awareness. The International Cancer Genome Consortium scientists have successfully mapped out the entire genetic code for two of the most common cancers — skin and lung — and are continuing to work on several others: BBC News – Scientists crack ‘entire genetic code’ of cancer. Scientists around the globe are now working to catalogue all the . . . → Read More: Scientists have mapped out genetic code of two types of cancers. |
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