Posts tagged with ‘health’

Fat-shaming may curb obesity, says bioethicist

Daniel Callahan, a prominent bioethicist, says heaping more stigma on overweight people may help curb obesity rates in the U.S. Others say there’s plenty of stigma already out there.

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Study finds energy drinks are actually good for your heart

When energy drinks first started hitting the market a couple years ago, some people started wondering about the long term impact of high levels of caffeine and the other energetic ingredients in things like Red Bull, Monster, etc. As it turns out, energy drinks may actually be good for your heart.

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This week in egg news: Whole eggs as bad as smoking

For years, we’ve been told that egg yolks are very high in cholesterol, but a new study has even more alarming news. For people over 40, egg yolks can be as dangerous to your arteries as smoking cigarettes.

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Could popcorn be healthier than fruits or vegetables? Mmm popcorn.

When you go to a movie theater and order up a bucket of popcorn, you may not think of it as health food— at least not as healthy as fruits or vegetables. For decades, we’ve had the idea that fruits and vegetables were one of the ideal foods. Where’s popcorn on the nutrition pyramid? Nowhere. But a new study finds that popcorn may be higher in antioxidants than fruits or veggies.

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Eighteen quaint vintage anti-VD posters

The government: protecting soldiers’ junk since VD made ‘em unfit for duty. And don’t forget… loose lips sink ships.

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Massive 15 year study finds no link between cell phone use and cancer

Forget whatever little short term study that’s on the local evening news— a massive, thorough and conclusive fifteen year study has found no link whatsoever between cell phone use and cancer. Call your friends and tell them the good news as much as you want. The World Health Organization called phones “possibly carcinogenic”, but that’s just not true.

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Dozens of idiots taking shelter from evil wi-fi and cell phone radiation in the mountains of West Virginia

As if West Virginia didn’t have enough idiots as it is, the state is now becoming a haven for those who think they suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity, also known as technophobic hypochondria, a term I made up just now. Because Green Bank, WV is home to several large radio telescopes, the area is a radio-free zone, as not to interfere with the telescopes. This isolation is what is driving many to move to the area, who think that cell phone radiation is killing them.

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Which is worse for your health… bacon or cigarettes?

Cigarettes are pretty bad for your health, but bacon can be pretty bad for you as well. But which is worse? You may already think you know the answer, but the Straight Dope still wants to do the math to see how bacons and cigarettes stack up with one another and whether you should start smoking bacon instead.

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Tiny microchip tests for HIV in 15 minutes, costs $1

One of the main problems with stopping the spread of HIV in developing countries is ignorance. Not only ignorance about how the disease spreads, but who has it and who doesn’t. And for many countries, without a stable infrastructure and health system, getting testing to those who need to know becomes extremely difficult. But now there’s a microchip that can test blood for HIV in just 15 minutes and it costs just a dollar. That’s good news for stopping the spread of HIV and AIDS in poor countries.

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Finally, there’s a cure for just generally feeling like shit

There’s a cure or a potential cure for almost everything these days, and now there’s a cure for just the general malaise of life sucking. If you’re a chronic sufferer of the life sucks syndrome, all you need apparently is a little orexin.

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In the future, if you have back problems, you’ll be able to just order a synthetic spine

For those who suffer from chronic back problems, there are options, but they’re not always good options. You can have vertebrae fused together, which will reduce the pain, but it will also severely reduce your mobility and battle readiness. Or you can get plastic and metal discs, which work for a while, but then degrade over time, causing a number of other problems. But in the future, you could have your discs replaced with a synthetic spine that only gets better with age.

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Daily Discussion: Looks like we have a new patient…

Male, age 36, diagnosed with HIV 4 weeks ago and began taking antiretroviral therapy. Now he’s showing signs of acute intestinal obstruction. Nothing was found in the colonoscopy, and his blood work came back clean, except of course for the HIV. Why can’t this man take a shit?