Well, if you must insist…
While I’m not suggesting we all go out and get smashing drunk until we’re too old to care, there are more benefits!
Rheumatoid arthritis patients who drink alcohol tend to have less severe symptoms than those who don’t, a new study finds. Earlier research has shown that compared to teetotalers, alcohol drinkers are less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis, a progressive and often disabling inflammatory disease that attacks the joints.
But the study is the first to suggest drinking alcohol can lessen the severity of symptoms in people who already have the disease. Patients in the study who drank at least 10 alcoholic beverages a month had 20% to 30% less pain and inflammation than patients who didn’t drink alcohol, rheumatologist and study co-author James Maxwell of England’s University of Sheffield tells WebMD.
While he acknowledges more study is needed to confirm the association, Maxwell says the evidence is mounting that moderate alcohol consumption reduces both the risk and severity of rheumatoid arthritis. “Generally speaking, it appears that drinking alcohol in moderation may benefit patients with rheumatoid arthritis.”
Is swimming the best form of workout?
One more reason why I love SWIMMING! It’s the only sport where you need to regulate breathing, and it exercises nearly every muscle in your body, simultaneously. Here’s another tip: a 2008 study finds a lower death rate among swimmers than walkers or runners.
You can swim with just your arms if you have a bum knee, or with just your legs if you have sore arms. You can swim with arthritis. Or a recently replaced hip.
Should the Birth-Control Pill be sold without a prescription?
in Health, Politics
as birth control, Food & Drug Administration
An over-the-counter version has long been called for, but it could soon be available if a group of practitioners and advocates have their way. When Kelly Blanchard advocated to make oral contraceptives over the counter in a New York Times op-ed two weeks ago, she represented a decades-long movement among clinicians, researchers, and women’s-health advocates to remove [...]
Do pets eat better than people?
A visit to a local supply store for pets has convinced some that many people’s pets eat better than their two-legged companions, or their companion’s children. Whatever you think your pet needs (dog or cat, that is, we are not getting into nutrition for birds, rabbits, turtles and the many exotic animals people keep as pets), [...]
McDonald’s Shrek glasses being recalled
Yet more recalls of consumer products to be posted. McDonald’s in the U.S. is recalling 12 million “Shrek”-themed drinking glasses because of cadmium in the painted design. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned consumers early Friday to immediately stop using the glasses. It was not yet clear if the recall extended to McDonald’s in Canada. The [...]
