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Judy ForemanMondays in Health/Science
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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 ...
Many people don’t get enough Vitamin D
Q. Does vitamin D prevent the swine (H1N1) and seasonal flu, or the common cold?
Migraines and breast cancer
Q. Is there a link between migraines and breast cancer? A. There seems to be, and the good news, such as it is, is that women who get migraines actually seem to be at lower than normal risk of breast cancer. Nobody can quite explain why.
Does it help to take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen for colds?
Q. Does it help to take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen for colds? A. Yes, they can reduce some cold symptoms. But don’t expect miracles. And do take these medications - dubbed NSAIDS - judiciously, because they carry significant side effects such as gastrointestinal bleeding.
Chinese herbal medicine seen as potential help for endometriosis sufferers
Q. Can Chinese herbal medicine combat endometriosis? A. It may, according to a new review published by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international nonprofit that analyzes health care information.
Study finds balance issues are widespread in older people
Q. Does keeping one’s balance get harder with age? A. It certainly does, according to a study from Johns Hopkins University, and the inner ear problems that trigger balance problems are far more widespread than doctors thought.