An April 13, 2016 issue of New England Journal of Medicine concluded that an increased BMI(Body Mass Index) in late adolescence was strongly associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in young adulthood or midlife. From the Article Overweight and obesity in adolescents have increased substantially in recent decades and affect a third of the adolescent… Read More
I just got back from watching my son compete at the WIRA (Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association) rowing championships and every team there was drinking chocolate milk after their races. Many of the athletes were convinced that chocolate milk was the miracle recovery drink. So I decided to look it up and determine what the data… Read More
An article and accompanying editorial in the June 16, 2015 issue of JAMA looks at the issue and the practical implications of antibiotics versus surgery for acute appendicitis. For years we have treated diverticulitis nonsurgically with few complications. This study was undertaken in Finland but also studies in the US at UCLA are also underway. The… Read More
