Why humans were never meant to eat grains?
If you eat a diet that features popular foods like bread, pasta and rice, the chances are you eat a variety of grains every single day. And you’re not alone. These foods are the most widely eaten in the world because they grow easily in many climates. But while many people rely on grains to […]
Sudden heart attacks: Should the aging fitness buff be concerned?
Thinking about trying Ironman this year? Maybe a half-marathon to start? Or perhaps you’re just going to join a gym for the first time in a while. Whether you turned twenty-one last week or you’re starting to think about retirement, us doctors simply love to prescribe fitness. Along with quitting smoking, sleeping more, and eating […]
Why is my memory getting worse?
Are you always forgetting where you put your keys and purse? And do you rush to put appointments in your diary before you forget all about them? If so, you’re not alone. A 2014 study of 18,500 people aged 18 to 99, conducted by Gallup and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), found that […]
Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the Coronavirus
Source (CNN) Children younger than 5 have between 10 and 100 times more genetic material from the novel coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and to adults, according to a small study published Thursday July 30th, in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. While the study didn’t measure transmissibility, it raises questions — just as […]
Can you keep the cellulite away?
Orange peel syndrome, cottage cheese skin, hail damage… None of the terms commonly used to describe cellulite could be deemed flattering. And the medical names – adiposis oedematosa, dermopanniculosis deformans, status protrusus cutis and gynoid lipodystrophy – don’t make it sound much better either. But why is cellulite such a dirty word? Well, apart from […]
What’s killing my libido?
Have you noticed that your sex drive has been flagging recently? If so, you’re not alone. Low libido or lack of interest in sex is surprisingly common, though perhaps more so among women. In a 1999 study Sexual Dysfunction in the United States – Prevalence and Predictors, 22% of women across the age spectrum reported […]
Does sugar lead to heart disease?
As a general rule, if something is bad for our health, we are told about it. In 1964, for example, the American Surgeon General published a report confirming the link between smoking and lung cancer – since then the tobacco industry itself has been obliged to warn customers of the harmful effects of its products. […]
Post-COVID Syndrome Plagues Patients
By Jamie Dettmer British doctor Jake Suett had only been treating severely sick coronavirus patients for a week in a hospital in the eastern English county of Norfolk before he, too, fell ill. That was back in March 2020, just as the pandemic started to unfold in Britain. Now, several months later, he hasn’t been […]
South Africa Hits 500,000 Confirmed COVID Cases, Still Not at Peak
By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG – South Africa on Saturday surpassed 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing more than 50% of all reported coronavirus infections in Africa’s 54 countries. Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases Saturday night (August 01, 2020), bringing the country’s cumulative total to 503,290, including 8,153 deaths. South Africa, with a population […]
Ten myths about the COVID vaccines
By Dr Mazen Sawaf (Dr Max) Myth #1. COVID vaccines are not safe since they were developed under time pressure. Most current vaccines were developed fifty years ago when we had slow computers and small budgets. Today, vaccines are developed much faster because they benefit from fast supercomputers, pooled research and zoom meetings with experts […]