Researchers at the University of Arizona have “clocked” the speed and spread of germs in an office setting, and it’s faster than you can imagine. They found that just a single door contaminated with a virus can allow… Continue Reading
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Age-Related Hearing Loss – Can You Stop it or Slow it Down?
Age-related hearing loss is common. Is it possible to slow it down or even stop it? What can you do about age-related hearing loss? As a cardiologist who has treated thousands of elderly patients over the years, I… Continue Reading
Fruits & Veggies: The More You Eat the Longer You Live!
That’s what Swedish researchers concluded after a nifty study based on a computerized analysis of lifestyle questionnaires filled out over a 13-year period by more than seventy-one thousand Swedish men and women (ages 45-83). The association between fruit… Continue Reading
Study Shows Too Much Coffee Can Harm You
Researchers seem to love studying the effect of coffee on health. There’s almost ten thousand studies with coffee in the title dating back to 1866 in the database of the National Library of Medicine. In one recent study,… Continue Reading