stress How to handle a dog attack 4:00 AM 0 For most people, dog attacks are not very common. But they happen occasionally, and the experience can be traumatic. Incidentally, they ar...
stress Sudden cholesterol increase? It may be psychological 4:00 AM 0 There are many published studies with evidence that cholesterol levels are positively associated with heart disease. In multivariate analy...
testosterone Could the low testosterone problem be a mirage? 4:00 AM 0 Low testosterone (a.k.a. “low T”) is caused by worn out glands no longer able to secrete enough T, right? At least this seems to be the mos...
War of Canudos The War of the End of the World: The health puzzle posed by its survivors 4:00 AM 0 The War of Canudos took place in Brazil in 1896 and 1897. Canudos was a settlement of several thousand deeply religious Christians, led by ...
stress Maknig to mayn tipos? Myabe ur teh boz 7:28 AM 0 Undoubtedly one of the big differences between life today and in our Paleolithic past is the level of stress that modern humans face on a da...
vitamin D What is a reasonable vitamin D level? 6:44 AM 0 The figure and table below are from Vieth (1999); one of the most widely cited articles on vitamin D. The figure shows the gradual increase ...
stress Power napping, stress management, and jet lag 9:03 AM 0 Many animals take naps during the day. Our ancestors probably napped during the day too. They certainly did not spend as many hours as we do...
visceral fat Cortisol, stress, excessive gluconeogenesis, and visceral fat accumulation 8:13 AM 0 Cortisol is a hormone that plays several very important roles in the human body . Many of these are health-promoting, under the right circum...
sudden cardiac arrest Cortisol response to stress is much more elevated with ingestion of glucose than with protein or fat 7:14 AM 0 Cortisol is a hormone that does a number of different things; a jack of all trades among hormones, so to speak. It tells the liver to produc...
sudden cardiac arrest Is heavy physical activity a major trigger of death by sudden cardiac arrest? Not in Oregon 5:59 AM 0 The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-type activities a...