Posts tagged “health”
Eat All You Want, Still Shed Pounds!
Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found that if an enzyme called acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2, or ACC2, is blocked in mice, the animals can eat much more food than other mice and still weigh 10 percent to 15 percent less. The researchers said their findings could pave the way for the development of
Computer-mad Generation Has a Memory Crash
“It’s a type of brain dysfunction,” said Toshiyuki Sawaguchi, the university’s professor of neurobiology. “Young people today are becoming stupid.” And … in a completely unrelated story … Doctors amputate first human hand transplant: Hallam said for the first year, the right hand – which had belonged to a French motorcyclist killed in an accident
Trying to Breathe with a Stuffy Nose
This will probably sound ridiculous, but with everything that’s happening in my life right now I think the thing I want most in the world, right now, is to be able to breathe through my nose. It’s one of those small things that you don’t ever notice until it’s gone. Every now and then I
Beer Fights Kidney Stones
In a battle like that, I’ll root for beer every time. Keep up the good fight, Dan.
sex and cardiovascular disease
Men can halve the risk of a major heart attack or stroke by having sex three or four times a week, a specialist in cardiovascular disease said on Tuesday. as reported at danelope
Blowing up balloons for health
Blowing up balloons has made me healthier! I used to have chronic bronchitis – wake up coughing my head off every morning like I had smoked 3 packs of cigarettes (I have never smoked!!). When I started blowing up balloons that went away. My doctor decided it was because I was blowing up balloons. I
Being sick sucks
Being sick sucks. Being home from work because you’re sick sucks. Being home from work when you are now getting paid by the hour sucks. Being home sick when you are getting paid by the hour and you are paying a plumber by the hour to fix your leaking fridge sucks. Being home sick when
sick
down Let’s see: I have a fever. My nose is stuffed. All my joints are sore. I have an itchy throat. I keep hacking up phlegm. I’m sweating. I am disgusted by the thought of a beer. Yup. Sick.
In Which I Get Sick
I think I have a cold.
In Which I Go for a Run
I ran. More later. Gonna go shower.