A new look at the habits and health prospects of some of the planet’s most glamorous medicos: “Cardiovascular Risk Profile and Lifestyle Habits in a Cohort of Italian Cardiologists (from the SOCRATES Survey),” Pier Luigi Temporelli, Giovanni Zito, Pompilio Faggiano, and the SOCRATES Investigators, American Journal of Cardiology, epub April 12, 2013. The authors, at […]
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Dr. Skeptic’s 1-2-3…to-100% factoids about medicine
The Dr. Skeptic blog lists 100 factoids about medicine, each drawn from medical reports — one factoid for each percentage in the range 1% to 100%, with a link to the source of that factoid. Here, below, are some items plucked from the entire list: 1% of population account for 1/5 of healthcare spending. 2% prevalence of […]
Coffee Goodness/Badness Question Re-Settled Again
The question “Is coffee good or bad for your health” just got settled once and for all again, with a new answer that contradicts many previous studies, again. A new study presents a conclusion that answers everything, or nothing, or both: “Association of Coffee Drinking with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality,” Neal D. Freedman, Ph.D. [pictured […]
Professorial arm wrestling in Zurich
If, at the age of 54, you can still arm-wrestle (and win) against a 23 year old ‘superb athlete with impressive strength and stamina’, you’re doing pretty well. And Professor Didier Sornette Professor on [sic] the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks, Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, can perform just such a […]