We KNOW drinking red wine is good for the heart. Dark chocolate and walnuts too. Old news. Here's what we didn't know.According to a recent study by the University of California at... moreWe KNOW drinking red wine is good for the heart. Dark chocolate and walnuts too. Old news. Here's what we didn't know.According to a recent study by the University of California at San DiegoModerate to heavy alcohol drinkers are more likely to reach age 85 without dementia or similar cognitive issues.Moderate is defined as one drink per day for all women or men over 65Heavy is defined as 3 drinks a day for all adult women and men over 65 and 4 drinks a day for menunder 65Excessive drinking is defined as more than the above-stated amounts less
My family has cancer. My grandma had just about every type, but it began as ovarian and breast cancer. She made it to 71. She had four kids- My mom, who had a debilitating stroke a... moreMy family has cancer. My grandma had just about every type, but it began as ovarian and breast cancer. She made it to 71. She had four kids- My mom, who had a debilitating stroke at 55, my uncle, who died of brain cancer at 56, my aunt, who had the same issues my grandmother did and died at 54, and my second aunt, who is slightly younger than the one who just passed.My aunt who passed got tested and discovered she was a carrier of a gene mutation that almost always results in breast and ovarian cancer, meaning my grandmother had it too. My mother refused to get tested, but my aunt insisted that I get tested and I don't have it. However, my other (living) aunt told me today that she does. She called herself "a ticking time bomb." I can only imagine what she's thinking right now.During the time while I was waiting for my own test results, I had already made up my mind that I'd gladly hunt down a doctor who was willing to remove any "parts" that were likely to develop cancer, but my aunt has not done so, even thoug... less
What would happen to your personality? If you were kind would you become cruel? If you were a great chef would you forget how to cook? Would your IQ remain the same? Your love of c... moreWhat would happen to your personality? If you were kind would you become cruel? If you were a great chef would you forget how to cook? Would your IQ remain the same? Your love of certain music or colors or foods would disappear? If all is controlled by the brain and all it loses is memory how does the rest of it function?
I was doing chin ups this morning and I felt something weird in my back, so whatever I ran for a while and then something tightened up in my back and now I'm sore.I skipped going f... moreI was doing chin ups this morning and I felt something weird in my back, so whatever I ran for a while and then something tightened up in my back and now I'm sore.I skipped going for a swim and I'm just resting.I feel like I should feel better tomorrow, but at 37 years old is it more serious when your back does weird things?I used to see older guys I worked with suffer when their backs went out so anything to do with back pain scares me.I don't wanna have long term issues.
