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Waist-Hip Ratio Beats BMI for Predicting Obesity’s Mortality Risk

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ Waist-Hip Ratio Beats BMI for Predicting Obesity’s Mortality Risk New evidence continues to show that alternative measures of adiposity than body mass index, such as waist-to-hip ratio, work better for predicting the risk a person with overweight or obesity faces from their excess weight. A direct comparison of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI), and… Read more »

Health Panel Recommends Anxiety Screening for All Adults Under 65

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ Health Panel Recommends Anxiety Screening for All Adults Under 65 A panel of medical experts on Tuesday recommended for the first time that doctors screen all adult patients under 65 for anxiety, guidance that highlights the extraordinary stress levels that have plagued the United States since the start of the pandemic. The advisory group,… Read more »

Not so sweet results from sweet alternatives (Roizon Article)

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ Not so sweet results from sweet alternatives By Michael Roizen, M.D. on Sep 20, 2022 A wolf in sheep’s clothing is an ancient cautionary tale. One form of the saying appears in the Bible, although the story is often credited to Aesop. Well, welcome to the 21st-century version of the fable: Some non-nutritive sweeteners, which promise… Read more »

COVID-19 Linked to Increased Alzheimer’s Risk?

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ COVID-19 Linked to Increased Alzheimer’s Risk? COVID-19 has been linked to a significantly increased risk for new-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a new study suggests. The study of more than 6 million people aged 65 years or older found a 50%-80% risk for AD in the year after COVID-19; the risk was especially high for women older… Read more »

Roizon Medical Roundup (9-18-2022)

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ Roizon Medical Roundup (9-18-2022) 1. Parents now know that they should not live near fracking sites (and fracking sites should be made safer) because children ages 2 to 7 who live in those areas are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia. Living near freeways is also risky for kids… Read more »

Loneliness Longitudinally Predicts the Symptom Cluster of Pain, Fatigue, and Depression in Older Adults

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ Loneliness Longitudinally Predicts the Symptom Cluster of Pain, Fatigue, and Depression in Older Adults Abstract Background: Pain, fatigue, and depression frequently co-occur as a symptom cluster. While commonly occurring in those with cancer and autoimmune disease, the cluster is also found in the absence of systemic illness or inflammation. Loneliness is a common psychosocial stressor… Read more »

Listen up! Get a reasonably priced hearing aid (Roizon article)

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ Listen up! Get a reasonably priced hearing aid By Michael Roizen, M.D. on Sep 15, 2022 Stephen Colbert has been deaf in his right ear since childhood; Whoopie Goldberg says years of listening to loud music damaged her hearing in both ears. They’re just two of the millions of Americans with disabling hearing loss-from about 2%… Read more »

On balance, let’s go for longevity (Roizon article)

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ On balance, let’s go for longevity By Michael Roizen, M.D. on Sep 16, 2022 For many people, just getting through a 10-second, one-leg balance test can be a major challenge. That’s the conclusion of a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The researchers found that 20% of the 1,700 older adults they tested… Read more »

Your Posture Can Determine How Your Body Absorbs Drugs

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ Your Posture Can Determine How Your Body Absorbs Drugs Your posture can significantly affect the way your body absorbs medication, with bad posture delaying effects of a drug by as much as an hour, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. What to know: How a swallowed drug is… Read more »

Sweeteners May be Linked to Heart Disease

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comwww.cbd-laneNEWARKhttp://www.healthy-lane.com/ Sweeteners May be Linked to Heart Disease Millions of people consume artificial sweeteners in diet soda and other products every day, hoping to save calories from sugar. But the safety of the sweeteners has long been debated. And now a large, new study in France suggests a higher risk of heart disease is connected… Read more »