Better Brain Function Associated With Moderate Wine Drinking

A recent study out of Norway has reported that moderate wine consumption is associated with better brain function.  Over 5000 men and women were followed for 7 years and were tested with a range of cognitive function tests.    These tests revealed that those who drank wine at least 4 or more times over a […]

Too Much Sitting Increases Death Rate Even if You Exercise

A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology contradicts the theory that all you have to do is exercise an hour a day to live a long happy life. The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention II study between 1992 and 2006 looked at 53,440 men and 69,776 women who had NO history of heart […]

Heads up Ladies…Looks like New Math Needed for Exercise Heart Rate

New study may have come up with a more accurate estimate for healthy women to predict peak exercise heart rate. Ladies, we may have been making things harder on ourselves for a lot of years. A new study out of my home town (Chicago) may have come up with a more accurate estimate for healthy women […]