Hits & Myths
Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal
By wisequack at April 28, 2013 | 10:30 am | 0 Comment
There is a good chance that your mother, a doctor or at least Tony the Tiger has at some point in time told you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day...and the truth is they’re all right. That’s because recent research from a nutritional and exercise physiologist reveals that a person who consumes a morning meal that is loaded with protein can keep more...
Sunshine Makes You Sneeze
By wisequack at April 14, 2013 | 11:42 am | 0 Comment
For many people, a ray of sunshine is a welcome sight but it may also signal a bout of sneezing, depending on what genes you’re wearing. This phenomenon often referred to as ‘sun sneezing’ has been commonly accepted as a normal physiological occurrence but scientists have discovered that whether a person gesundheits at the light and how many times can actually be more...
BP Is Higher In The Doctor’s Office
By wisequack at April 1, 2013 | 10:05 pm | 0 Comment
For some patients, sitting in a paper gown on an exam table in a sub-zero room full of needles, swabs and various probes waiting for the doctor to eventually stroll in from some course (all 18 holes of it), does not provide an environment that is suitable for measuring their blood pressure(BP). In fact, the doctor’s office is probably the worst place to get cuffed more...
Chewing Gum Is For Kids
By wisequack at March 24, 2013 | 1:42 pm | 0 Comment
If you think that chewing a wad of gum is child’s play, I hate to burst your bubble but it turns out this might actually be good for your brain. That’s because research published in the British Journal of Psychology reveals that using your chompers helps a person to stay focused on tasks that require visual and auditory concentration. The results indicated that more...
Lightning Strikes Twice
By wisequack at March 3, 2013 | 1:31 am | 0 Comment
Although most people have heard the saying that lightning never strikes twice, it turns out this phenomenon could be all in your head...literally. According to researchers at the University of Cincinnati, for some people, lightning may actually trigger the onset of headache and migraines. Results of their recent study revealed a 31% increase in headaches and a 28% more...
Gingko Helps Your Memory
By wisequack at February 9, 2013 | 10:39 pm | 0 Comment
For all you people who can’t remember to take your gingko biloba on a regular basis, don’t worry...it doesn’t seem to help anyways. Although the herbal supplement is one of the best-sellers in health food stores across the nation, it appears that it isn’t very effective in helping to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in healthy elderly individuals or those with mild more...
Video Games Are Bad For Your Eyes
By wisequack at January 27, 2013 | 1:08 am | 0 Comment
With all the buzz about electronic devices and modern technology giving us brand new medical conditions such as iPod ear and Blackberry thumb, it seems only natural that video games are also likely to be detrimental to our health but this isn’t true...at least when considering the eyesight of adults. A research study out of the University of Rochester has found that more...
Seniors Don’t Get STD’s
By wisequack at January 20, 2013 | 2:32 am | 0 Comment
Many people think that older people are less likely to get a sexually transmitted disease (STD) but this is actually a myth. Like most things in life, we usually blame the youth of today for our social ills, but it turns out that older adults are not immune. According to recent statistics, adults over the age of 45 have been diagnosed with STD’s at a rate that is more...
You Can Forget About Herpes
By wisequack at January 13, 2013 | 1:51 am | 0 Comment
Once a person experiences their first cold sore, chances are they will suffer recurrent outbreaks in the future but the good news/bad news is that they might not necessarily remember them. That’s because, according to research out of the University of Manchester, the herpes simplex virus (HSV Type 1) that is responsible for cold sores can also cause abnormal protein more...
You Should Blow Your Nose
By wisequack at January 6, 2013 | 3:30 am | 0 Comment
Despite the constant nagging from your mom that you should blow your runny nose when you’ve got a cold, it turns out that this might not be the best advice. That’s because according to research conducted in Denmark and at the University of Virginia, blowing your schnoz can propel mucus into the sinuses causing a viral cold to worsen and increasing the risk of a more...
