by Sue Robbins | Nov 24, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Those who ate a meat-free diet were at increased risk for bone fractures. Vegetarian diets are generally considered healthy, but new research suggests they may have a significant risk: an increased chance of bone fractures. Between 1993 and 2001, British researchers...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 18, 2020 | Miscellaneous
This winter the pandemic is expected to intensify the depression experienced by many people with the syndrome known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. We hadn’t yet switched back to standard time, with its shortened hours of afternoon daylight, when I began to...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 15, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Scrambled, poached or boiled, eggs are a popular breakfast food the world over. Yet the health benefits of the humble egg might not be all they’re cracked up to be as new research from the University of South Australia shows that excess egg consumption can...
by Sue Robbins | Oct 27, 2020 | Children's Pain, Miscellaneous
In a new report on pediatric pain in the British medical journal The Lancet, a commission of experts, including scientists, doctors, psychologists, parents and patients, challenged those who take care of children to end what they described as the common...
by Sue Robbins | Oct 26, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Do you have the heart to safely smoke pot? Maybe not, a growing body of medical reports suggests. Currently, increased smoking of marijuana in public, even in cities like New York where recreational use remains illegal (though no longer prosecuted), has reinforced a...
by Sue Robbins | Oct 21, 2020 | Miscellaneous
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, report that the severity of their symptoms was reduced by about half within four hours of smoking cannabis, according to a Washington State University study. The researchers analyzed data inputted into the Strainprint...
