Daily Melatonin Improves Cardiac Function in the Elderly
Given the anti-inflammatory properties discussed here, and the low risk profile of melatonin, I recommend it to help you get your zzzzz’s! Curr Aging Sci. 2015 Nov 30 Daily Melatonin Administration Attenuates Age-Dependent Disturbances of Cardiovascular Rhythms. Gubin DG, Gubin GD, Gapon LI, Weinert D1. Abstract Increased blood pressure and reduced robustness of circadian rhythms…
Read MoreOptimal Jogging Amount: Less is More!
It turns out that just 5 to 6 miles per week gives health benefits. Good news for people like me whose feet can’t seem to take more than that!!
Read MoreFreakonomics: Starting a Healthcare Revolution
From Freakonomics radio. Podcast here. Transcript here. “Brenner: The major imperative for most organizations in health care is to get bigger and bigger and bigger. And money is like fertilizer. And the way you get bigger is getting more money, more market share, more customers. DUBNER: Brenner believes that the practice of medicine has been…
Read MoreBest Cardiologists Bad for Health
This study was published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) by looking at what how patient outcomes compare who are admitted to hospitals during the annual cardiology conferences. It is a way to get at data that otherwise would be hard to come by. “They noted that there was no difference in mortality…
Read MoreStress: 10 Negative Health Effects
Since stress reduction is one of my specialties, this link gives the basic negative health impacts on your life. “We don’t know why, exactly. Stress can directly increase heart rate and blood flow, and causes the release of cholesterol and triglycerides into the blood stream. It’s also possible that stress is related to other…
Read MoreTheranos: Not the Miracle Touted?
My gripe with this whole story was more about entrepreneurs needing to find some high minded motive instead of just admitting that they are out to make money. Hey! We live in America! Making money is the highest of holies so just get on with it and don’t try to tell us you’re saving the…
Read MorePlacebo Effect
Nice summary of what is currently the thinking on placebos. Author Ted Kaptchuk, one of the first westerners to explore acupuncture.
Read MoreMelatonin: Potent Anti-inflammatory Agent
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/8/16981 As followers of the blog know, I do not believe in popping pills for what ails you. However, I think that melatonin as a sleep aid meets the challenge of having a very low risk to benefit ratio. Sleep is so fundamental that a bit of melatonin now and then is “what the doctor…
Read MoreBaroque Music, HRV, and Oral Contraceptives
Quite a title to this post, I know! So what do all of those have to do with each other? I usually play Baroque music in my office because of reading I did years ago about “super learning” and that Baroque music tended to improve learning. It turns out that it improves HRV also. …
Read MoreHelp for Sleep from the NYT
This article is a few years old, but good reminders. I still think that 3 mg melatonin may be too much, but the author swears by it.
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