Tuesday, August 31, 2010

How to become diabetic in 6 hours!? Thanks Dr. Delgado for bringing science to the masses!

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(Note: My apologies for the sarcastic tone of this post. I am not really congratulating anybody here!) Dr. Nick Delgado shows us in this Y...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Heavy physical activity may significantly reduce heart disease deaths, especially after age 45

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This post has been revised and re-published . The original comments are preserved below.
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Friday, August 13, 2010

The evolution of costly traits: Competing for women can be unhealthy for men

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There are human traits that evolved in spite of being survival handicaps. These counterintuitive traits are often called costly traits, or Z...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Nonexercise activities like fidgeting may account for a 1,000 percent difference in body fat gain! NEAT eh?

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Some studies become classics in their fields and yet are largely missed by the popular media. This seems to be what happened with a study by...
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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Cortisol, surprise-enhanced cognition, and flashbulb memories: Scaring people with a snake screen and getting a PhD for it!

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Cortisol is a hormone that has a number of important functions. It gets us out of bed in the morning, it cranks up our metabolism in prepara...
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The baffling rise in seasonal allergies: Global warming or obesity?

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The July 26, 2010 issue of Fortune has an interesting set of graphs on page 14. It shows the rise of allergies in the USA, together with fi...
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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Growth hormone, insulin resistance, body fat accumulation, and glycogen depletion: Making sense of a mysterious hormone replacement therapy outcome

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Hormone replacement therapies are prescribed in some cases, for medical reasons. They usually carry some risks. The risks come in part from ...
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