Public Health
Air Pollution: An Unclear and Present Danger
Journalist and author Beth Gardiner talks about her new book Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution . And CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna talks about gene editing. ...
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Targeting Gut Microbes May Help Stroke Recovery
Growing evidence from mouse studies suggests that a healthy microbiome might improve poststroke outcomes
Public Health
Aversion to Broccoli May Have Genetic Roots
Study subjects with a gene variant that heightened their sensitivity to bitterness tended to eat fewer vegetables than people who didn’t mind bitter flavors. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Fitness
Should You Be Going Barefoot More Often?
Get-Fit Guy spent some time chatting with Vivobarefoot CEO Galahad Clark about the importance of going barefoot and the health science presented the new documentary Shoespiracy
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Are Probiotics Safe for Your Immune System?
There are some situations where beneficial bacteria (either from foods or supplements) can post a threat to the host
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Are We Doing Everything We Can to Treat Infertility?
To aid couples along the path to conception, a higher-tech approach is needed
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Lipoprotein “Little A” Can Cause More Than a Little Damage to the Heart
People with a family history of early heart disease need to be tested for this inherited cholesterol particle
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Measles Infection Could Leave Kids Vulnerable to Other Diseases
The finding that the virus causes “immune amnesia” further highlights the importance of vaccination
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When Cancer Leads to Heart Disease
Patients and physicians need to understand how lifesaving treatments can increase the risk of future cardiac problems
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Treating Chronic Pain in the Right Place: Remotely
Research into brain mechanisms is resulting in new options for patients
Fitness
8 Ways to Get More Movement into Your Day
The evidence is all around us—we can’t offset or undo several hours of stillness with a single hour of exercise
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Getting More Sleep Can Reduce Food Cravings
There’s a connection between sleep and hunger. Getting better quality sleep may help with appetite, cravings, and ultimately, weight loss
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How Can We Reverse the Decline in Breast Cancer Screening?
Making it more convenient and less painful would be a great start
Fitness
How Cells Sense Oxygen Levels: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
William Kaelin, Jr., Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza share the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” New therapies for cancer and conditions such as anemia are in the pipeline, based on these discoveries...
Medicine
Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for How Cells Sense Oxygen Levels
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William G. Kaelin, Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” They identified molecular machinery that regulates gene activity in response to changing levels of oxygen...
Fitness
Is It Possible to Get Fit Fast?
Everybody wants to get that beach body right now or to run that 10k next month, but can you really get fit fast?
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Does Eating Too Much Fiber Cause Mineral Deficiencies?
The Institute of Medicine hasn’t set an upper limit on fiber, meaning that there’s no amount at which it’s considered toxic. That doesn’t mean that an excess of fiber couldn’t make you uncomfortable...
Fitness
The Scientific Evidence for the Health Benefits of Cordyceps
The Cordyceps fungus is said to have the power to fix a host of health problems, from muscle fatigue to diabetes. But are the claims too good to be true?
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The Importance of Forearm Strength and How to Build It
Do you have weak forearms? Is your lack of forearm strength holding you back? The Get-Fit Guy answers a listener’s question and gets to the bottom of this weakness
