Monthly Archives: July 2011

Some recipes with cherries.

Teenagers prefer drinks with caffeine.

This is a good review of the infections associated with water and swimming.

People with coronary heart disease and hypertension who take aspirin, Celebrex, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) and naproxin (Aleve) on a regular basis over three to five years for pain are at increased risk for heart attack, stroke and death.

City dwellers tend to be more healthy and live longer than country people.

The evidence indicates that toning shoes provide no special benefit over walking with regular shoes. However, if the shoes get someone to walk, that is a benefit.

High sodium puts the cardiovascular system at risk and potassium was linked to lower heart related death rates. It is another good reason to eat more vegetables and fruit.

Evidence indicates that fatty foods are addicting and calorie dense. That would include most processed food and animal protein.

European E. coli infections in Americans who traveled to Germany.

Healthy lifestyle (no smoking, BMI 25 or less, 30 minutes of daily exercise, diet consisting of vegetables, fruit, nuts, legumes, whole grains, fish, moderate alcohol) lowers the risk for sudden cardiac death in women.