HEALTH SENSE

Judy Foreman

Mondays in Health/Science

Eyeing a method to predict the onset of schizophrenia

Q. Is there any way to predict the onset of schizophrenia? A. There may be a way of predicting which teenagers at high risk for full-blown schizophrenia will go on to develop the disease.

Does swearing relieve pain?

Q. Does swearing relieve pain? A. Holy @//!#!, does it ever! Or so concludes a British study published recently in the journal NeuroReport.

A link between heart disease and gum disease?

Q. Is there a link between heart disease and gum disease? A. There is growing evidence that there is, indeed, such a link, and if you have either condition, you should pay extra attention to treating the other as well. That’s the conclusion of a “consensus’’ statement written by leading gum disease specialists and cardiologists published online earlier this year ...