Paul Allen and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Paul Allen was ranked as the 44th-richest person in the world ($20.3 billion), co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and then went on to found his own company, Vulcan Inc., that owned research, media, technology and spaceflight companies. He owned three major sports teams and gave away more than $2 billion for philanthropic projects in science, education, wildlife conservation, the arts and community services. He suffered from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and died at age 65 on October 15, 2018, from septic shock brought on by the cancer and its treatment.
Cooling Down After Intense Exercise
“Cooling down” means that after you exercise intensely, you slow down and exercise at low intensity for a while before you stop exercising for that session. The scientific literature is controversial on whether cooling down helps to reduce next-day muscle soreness to help muscles to recover faster.
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
To make muscles stronger, you need to exercise intensely enough to damage the muscles. You can tell that you are damaging muscles when you exercise vigorously enough to feel soreness in those muscles eight to 24 hours later, which is called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness or DOMS.
Replacing Meat with Poultry or Fish Reduces Diabetes Risk
Most people know that eating a diet that includes a lot of added sugar markedly increases risk for diabetes, but a diet that includes regular portions of red meat also increases risk for diabetes, and if you already have diabetes, it can drive blood sugar levels even higher. Insulin drives sugar into cells, and it also drives the building blocks of protein (amino acids) into cells.
Farrah Fawcett: The Price of Beauty
It may not be so good to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, a famous actress who was a four-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee and who was ranked by TV Guide as “One of the 50 Greatest TV stars of All-Time”. Beautiful, famous women often attract handsome promiscuous men who share their acquired and often incurable infections.
Healthy Aging and Senescent Cells
Extensive evidence shows that aging is associated with, and partially caused by, the accumulation of “senescent cells” in your body. Recent animal studies have shown that it is possible to extend the lives of animals by reducing the numbers of senescent cells, even if treatment is started late in life.
Artificial Sweeteners Alter Gut Bacteria
Many research papers have associated artificial sweeteners with increased risk for cancer, weight gain and diabetes, but nobody yet has proven that artificial sweeteners cause these conditions.
The Scandalous Life and Death of President Harding
Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States and has been voted America’s worst president ever in many polls including one by Harvard’s Arthur Schlesinger. In the summer of 1923, near the end of the second year of his presidency, rumors started to spread of his affairs and the criminal actions of many of his appointees.
Long Total Fasts May Be Harmful
A study from Brazil found that having rats fast for 24 hours on alternate days increased their belly fat and interfered with the ability of insulin to control blood sugar levels. One of the most effective ways to lose weight is “intermittent fasting”, but this study suggests that doctors need to be careful about the type of “fasting” they recommend to their patients.
Dwight Eisenhower: The History of Bed Rest
From 1900 to 1940, doctors routinely put people to bed for at least two months after a heart attack. In the 1950s the first studies came out to show that men who were put to bed after a heart attack were more likely to die than those who were active. Doctors responded by shortening bed rest from two months to two weeks.