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Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/PGXT-Mn_Dwo   Food scientists at the University of Georgia report that cottonseed oil outperforms olive oil   in terms of blood lipid normalization during a 5 day trial diet of each.   The scientists studied 15 men using a crossover design study in which each subject followed a diet rich in one oil or the other for 5 days, enjoyed a break, and then followed a diet with...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Dv5aEjVx7Hw   If you want to be more approachable, you might try tilting your head slightly.   Psychologists at UC-Santa Cruz studied this phenomenon using eye tracking equipment.   They found that a head tilt of as little as 11 degrees makes your eyes less threatening.   Their studies show that the tilt makes your conversational companion focus only on the upper eye, and...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/pIexMYNgSVc   A dramatic and shocking demonstation posted on Twitter by Isu-Isu Semasa and his mechanical smoking machine.   Here is Semasa’s time-lapse photography that shows you what is left in your throat and lungs after smoking 600 cigarettes.   https://mobile.twitter.com/homopoliticoos     #Smoking   #tar   #lungcancer   #copd   #quitsmoking   #radionews  

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/5TpdeAWZZ5I   A2 Milk is in a line of dairy products with a unique milk protein.   Should you buy and try it?   A2 Milk: Breakthrough of Science or Marketing? Medscape - Aug 10, 2018. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/900365_2

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/I40hVVo4-9s   Smoking during pregnancy can produce genetic disease in their babies. Study reference in video.

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/AN2hJLSqiiU   I’m Dr. Howard Smith, PENTA Medical Network, reporting from NYC with the Health News Roundup for the 2nd week of AUGUST, 2019.   This is Health News You Should Use, the latest medical discoveries and commonsense advice that you can use in a practical way to keep yourself and your family healthy.     Here are this weeks stories : Whole Body Vibration Is Healt...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/H4mvftl5mrQ   If your teen daughter has headaches from adolescent stresses, she may want to pick up a paintbrush as part of art and mindfulness therapy.   A small study at the University of Washington just published in the journal Art Therapy shows the usefulness of this approach.   Therapists there intensely studied a group of 8 teen girls who each experienced 3 or mor...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ixvp4So9CZM   If you’re one the the 80% of Americans suffering from an aching back, a recently published study from the University of Michigan suggests you try acupressure on yourself.     Researchers there report a preliminary study of 67 middle-aged subjects who were randomized into groups to receive 6 weeks of either acupressure or conventional physical therapy.   Ou...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/fovGVOV83o8   If you’re told that you must have cardiac surgery during the summer when the fresh crop of training doctors hit the hospital, you can go to the operating room with confidence that you are safe.   A study from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows that the complication rates for the most common heart procedures were no higher July through September t...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/bfkDdLP53zs   If you were worried, a German study just published in the journal Neurology effectively dispels rumors that the common vaccines can trigger multiple sclerosis.   For added measure, vaccinations aren’t associated with Crohn’s inflammatory bowel disease or psoriasis either.   The study analysis included a dataset of over 200,000 subjects more than 12,000 of...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/xvR4VNV6-sc   The S5 DNA methylation test is able to predict which women with pre-cancerous cervical tissue disease will go on to develop frank cervical cancer.   A study from London’s Queen Mary University is the latest in a string of investigations to underscore the predictive value of this assay.   The S5 pyrosequencing methylation test, papilloma virus genetic testi...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/iPUfYdQswxA   Ten percent of Americans on the verge of qualifying for Medicare and Social Security drink themselves to oblivion on a regular basis.   A new NYU study reports this frightening statistic and adds that the tendency toward binge drinking is higher for men as well as tobacco or weed users.   The investigators studied nearly data from nearly 11,000 adults age...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/HAp735CbcYk   Packing up and moving to a new home during your first 3 months of pregnancy can harm your developing baby.   Epidemiologists at the University of Washington report an association of such a transition with a heightened risk of pre-term birth and a low birth weight.   Their study of more than 28,000 women revealed a 42% higher risk of birthing a premie and a...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7-_1W4qDOjM   Cheating is not driven by necessity.   Behavioral scientists from Texas A&M and economists from   New York’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute report this conclusion after studying the population of a remote Guatemalan village.   The investigators observed the propensity of participants to cheat on a game of chance with a monetary prize during both periods...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JMuULiMuzA0   If you come from a family where overweight or obese members are the rule, a new Chinese study pinpoints the best exercise routines for keeping yourself trim.   Regular jogging is the best overall activity for keeping your Body Mass Index (BMI), body fat percentage, and waist-to-hip ratios in the healthy range.   Walking, power or otherwise, dancing, extend...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/OhjYx7MntcA   Professional baseball players enjoy a 24% lower mortality rate from any cause compared with the average American man.   This observation stems from a Harvard study of more than 10,600 MLB players donning the uniform over the past century.   Compared with men the same age, the players’ were 20% less likely to die from cardiovascular causes and cancer, some...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/3U6IEG03FJA   Cmon’ get happy by biting off a few squares of bittersweet chocolate.   A British study just published in the journal Depression and Anxiety makes that delicious suggestion.   The study looked at more than 13,600 Americans and analyzed their chocolate consumption and their likelihood of reporting depressive feelings.   Individuals who reported eating any dar...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/PUVfy3CCAVY   Frequent contact with friends helps 50 and 60 somethings avoid the scourge of later dementia. A team from University College London draws that conclusion after tracking more than 10,000 subjects over a 32 year period.   The participants documented the number and frequency of their social contacts via interviews.   Their mental status was captured via cogni...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/J9_peIVpHWo   Providing genetic testing and counseling to those with a family history of melanoma drove them to reduce their UV exposure by a whopping 50%.   This result comes from   a collaborative university study just published in the journal Nature .   The investigators provided genetic counseling to all of the 128 participants who had one or more relatives treated...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/jWU87b8D9No   The short answers is a resounding NO.   This conclusion comes from a study at Harvard”s Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary.   Ophthalmology researchers there tested 22 normally sighted drivers with and without yellow lenses for their ability to detect a dark-shirted pedestrian at night.   The yellow lenses did not improve the drivers response time to the pedestri...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7lh6PGR-tnY   Maybe those Hell’s Angels streaking down the road on their “hogs” aren’t guilty of unhealthy activity after all.   A new study from the Medical College of Georgia and Ohio State University shows that body vibration leads to more, beneficial anti-inflammatory macrophages in the gastrointestinal system leading to a healthier bacterial content.   We know that...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/kfjZ1qVnPy4 I’m Dr. Howard Smith, PENTA Medical Network, reporting from NYC with the Health News Roundup for the 1st week of AUGUST, 2019.   This is Health News You Should Use, the latest medical discoveries and commonsense advice that you can use in a practical way to keep yourself and your family healthy.   Here are this weeks stories : We Overfeed Our Infants Summer Sc...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/x6FOnzucxYI   The past two decades has seen a 4-fold rise in the number of pregnant American women undergoing CT scans.   The numbers of Canadian women being scanned during pregnancy has doubled over the same period. Even with modern image intensification, this radiation presents increased risks to an entire generation of children.   The study just published in JAMA Net...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/P-1uQvW4Hew   Studies of our gut’s microbiome, our gastrointestinal tract’s collection of bacteria, show that it has a huge role in our body’s health.   Most of our gut bacteria come from raw fruit and vegetables, since cooking kills the majority of those in other foods we eat.   The most ubiquitous raw fruit is the apple, and it supplies many of the bacteria in our sys...

Vidcast:   ttps://youtu.be/9BYS4pPwd8M   When you exercise for stronger muscles and increase your numbers of muscle strength fibers, you produce a neurotransmitter called Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor or BDNF.   This messenger then drives atrophy of your endurance muscle fibers.     This Yin-Yang relationship is newly described in a study from   Switzerland’s University of Basel.   This BDNF c...