Health-related

[Pushka]

Best thing for your back is strengthening your core.

 

[Foreigner]

Worthy reading for those who realise life can be so fragile:

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...became-a-widower-and-a-father-on-the-same-day

 

[Foreigner]

Cherie Blair's Healthcare business fails:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...spectacularly-wrong-as-company-goes-bust.html

Plan to operate 100 clinics shot down.

 

[Foreigner]

Samuel Jackson turns to veganism following health scare:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ES-clot-scare-led-Jackson-hardcore-vegan.html

Claims lower BP, cholesterol, BMI.

 

[Foreigner]

Good memories, better liars:

http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/06/21/kids-with-good-memories-make-better-liars/85901.html

 

[Foreigner]

30 Fitmess Apps evaluated...all but one passed top standard:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...y-passed/?tid=HP_technology?tid=HP_technology

 

[drross]

Best thing for your back is strengthening your core.

agreed but not every physio etc know what 'core' muscles are

 

[Foreigner]

China study suggests link between consumption of chilli and longevity:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/05/frequent-spicy-meals-linked-to-human-longevity


"Further analysis showed those who consumed fresh, as opposed to dry, chilli tended to have a lower risk of death from cancer, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes."

 

[Foreigner]

Dose of exercise may help to keep our brains sharp as the years pass:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/...-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

 

[Foreigner]

Abstention from alcohol over a month can have health benefits:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-lower-blood-pressure-cholesterol-levels.html

 

[drron]

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[Foreigner]

WHO says processed meats can lead to colon and other cancers. It also says red meat, including beef, pork and lamb, probably causes cancer as well.

 

[marki]

Life is a risky business ...... I am still looking for the book on how to live it although the odd chapters are scattered around.

 

[drross]

WHO says processed meats can lead to colon and other cancers. It also says red meat, including beef, pork and lamb, probably causes cancer as well.

i'm reasonably confident that soon some authority is going to announce that living gives you cancer.

 

[cove]

Everything in moderation they say. Then you may not live to 100 but it will sure feel like you did.
I look around at those super thin split stick types and feel sorry for them for not ever having gone past their version of moderation.
Just remember you can always go to a fatter doctor.

 

[drron]

i'm reasonably confident that soon some authority is going to announce that living gives you cancer.

Hasn't that observational study already been done?
Everyone born alive dies.

 

[drron]

Everything in moderation they say. Then you may not live to 100 but it will sure feel like you did.
I look around at those super thin split stick types and feel sorry for them for not ever having gone past their version of moderation.
Just remember you can always go to a fatter doctor.

I fully agree.
I once had as a patient a Professor of Medicine because his Cardiologist was too strict on diet.
Ron I like my cream and cheese.Would you kindly increase my statin dose.
The patient is always right.He did live well into his 90s and enjoyed his cream and cheese.

 

[medhead]

This comparison of the risk of bacon from Cancer Research UK. http://zniup3zx6m0ydqfpv9y6sgtf.wpe...ds/2015/10/151026-Tobacco-vs-Meat-TWITTER.png

3% of all cancers attributed to bacon.

i'm reasonably confident that soon some authority is going to announce that living gives you cancer.

Birth is the leading cause of death

 

[JohnK]

i'm reasonably confident that soon some authority is going to announce that living gives you cancer.

Living kills?

 

[marki]

This comparison of the risk ....



Birth is the leading cause of death

It's happens earlier then this. Before birth there is still the egg and sperm basically conception is a big risk. Many things can go wrong in the period spanning conception to birth. I.e. Death