Conclusion
This study suggests that the consumption of green tea ≥2 times/d is associated with a reduced risk of COPD in Korean populations.
Drink more green tea.
Especially if you’re an older Korean.
ConclusionCashew nut supplementation in Asian Indians with T2DM reduced systolic blood pressure and increased HDL cholesterol concentrations with no deleterious effects on body weight, glycemia, or other lipid variables. This study was registered at the clinical trial registry of India as CTRI/2017/07/009022.
This explains why cashews are my favorite nut.
I’m the guy who picks out all of the cashews in a bowl of mixed nuts.
And keep your hands where I can see them.
Use of computer games was found to be negatively related to all personality and mental health variables: self-esteem, extraversion, narcissism, life satisfaction, social support and resilience.
The use of platforms that focus more on written interaction (Twitter, Tumblr) was linked to depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms.
In contrast, Instagram use, which focuses more on photo-sharing, was linked to positive mental health variables.
Go here for a link to the actual German study.
Read about Teenage Suicides here.
Seriously, put the damn phone down.
The percentage of women who filled a prescription for an ADHD medication rose from 0.9% in 2003 to 4.0% in 2015 ― an increase of 344%, the researchers report.
ADHD prescriptions increased for all subgroups of female patients aged 15 years to 44 years (analyzed in 5-year increments), and in all geographic regions of the country. The largest increase in ADHD prescriptions occurred among women aged 25 to 29 years (700% increase), followed by women aged 30 to 34 (560% increase).
WHY??? Read the Medscape article (and comments) here and the MMWR report at this link.
A majority of patients in the ablation group, about 63%, were in sinus rhythm at the 60-month follow-up, compared with only 22% (P<0.001) in the group with medically managed AF, “which suggests that maintenance of sinus rhythm is beneficial when achieved without the use of antiarrhythmic drugs,” write the authors, led by Dr Nassir F Marrouche (University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City).
Read the source article here.
Compared with pregnant women who didn’t restrict their carbohydrate intake, those on a diet that reduced or eliminated carbs were 30 percent more likely to have babies with neural tube defects. Those include spina bifida (spine and spinal cord malformations) and anencephaly (missing parts of the brain and skull).
Oops. Read the source article here.
FlexJobs just did a state-by-state analysis of telecommuting based on Census data and found that Colorado, Vermont, and Oregon continue to top the list, as they have for the past five years.
Graphic courtesy of flexjobs.
In May 2018 I will have worked from home for 12 years.
The laundry is always caught up, someone is home for the service calls, and dinner is on the table at a reasonably normal hour.
Don’t get too excited because we’re talking about only six highly paid staffers.
Click bait works. Read the source article here.
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Check out the renderings and read the article here.
Estimated cost will be $15,000 for the opportunity to buy and live in a 100 sf cement tube.
According to the United Nations, insects are part of the traditional diet of 2 billion people around the world, with 1,900 species considered both edible and a highly nutritious food source with healthy fats, protein, fiber, vitamins and essential minerals.
“It’s interesting that many people who like shrimp and lobster think insects are yucky,” she said. “But shellfish are kind of like underwater insects.”
I copied the title so don’t blame me for the bad grammar. Read the source article if you don’t believe me.
Still yucky if you ask me.
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