New love can leave you feeling like you’re on top of the world. For the most part, the physical effects of a relationship are good. The neurophysiological benefits can include lowered blood pressure, decreased stress, pain relief and even improved cardiovascular health. But being “lovesick” can also bring with it some negative effects on the … Continue reading The Negative Effects of New Love
If you’re looking for a free, fast way to measure your risk of cardiovascular risk, just do some pushups. A new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that physically active men who can do at least 40 pushups may have a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases compared to physically … Continue reading Assess Cardiovascular Risk With Pushups
You know your body better than anyone and have probably already determine one or more foods to skip before sex. A huge bowl of chili, for example, may cause your stomach to bloat or Thanksgiving turkey may leave you too sleepy to stay awake past the kids’ bedtime. But experts know that certain other foods … Continue reading Foods to Avoid Before Sex
The safety of e-cigarettes has been a topic of debate over the past few years. If you’ve had trouble getting a definitive answer, a new summary of evidence may finally offer some insight. A new review from a team at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary found both good news and bad news. The good news People … Continue reading The Debate Over the Safety of Vaping
Sure, you probably know that ultraprocessed foods aren’t good for you. But new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine lays out just how bad they are. Here’s a hint: consuming these items carries with it a much greater risk of death. A formula for the correlation Using data from 44,551 people in the French NutriNet-Sante … Continue reading Greater Death Risk With Uber-processed Foods
Secure Medical has been my home for the better part of three years now. As a former Marine, I served aboard our nations naval vessels next to many men and women I consider my own family to this day. At Secure Medical, we are dedicated to providing an excellent service to those men and women … Continue reading HealthyMale: Military Managed and Operated
If you’re curious about the effects that smoking pot could have on your sperm quality or count, some new research could provide answers. Surprising results A team of researchers at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health looked at the link between smoking pot and male fertility. The scientists recruited 662 male volunteers … Continue reading How Smoking Pot Affects Your Sperm
About 1 in 11 Americans get kidney stones, which can be incredibly painful for some people. Worse still, they can reoccur. Obviously, any tool to help predict the likelihood of another painful bout would be helpful, especially if it helps encourage those at high risk to do more to prevent them. Crunching the kidney stone … Continue reading Updated Tool to Predict More Kidney Stones
High blood pressure, often referred to as “hypertension,” affects approximately 75 million adults in the United States. It increases the risk of other serious health conditions, such as stroke, heart attack, kidney disease and chronic heart failure. Despite the fact that more than hundreds of thousands of people die each year from problems caused by … Continue reading New Approach to Managing High Blood Pressure
There’s new evidence that adults who experience the flu or flu-like symptoms may have a greater risk of stroke. The new study supports earlier research that found similar results in adults and also in children. While those previous studies were smaller, the new research from a team at New York’s Columbia University is the largest … Continue reading Stroke Risk Increases After Flu-like Symptoms
