Researchers published a study in the July 5, 2017 issue in Emergency Medicine Journal found that long distance runners doubled their risk of acute kidney/renal injury or renal problems. This was troubling as studies have shown that nearly 75 percent of ultramarathoners use ibuprofen while running to relieve pain. The study examined the… Read More
Sex may make you smarter and improve your memory. Several peer reviewed articles have shown improvements in cognitive function and decreases in stress. An article in the April 2013 issue of Hippocampus written by Glasper ER1, Gould E from the University of Maryland, found that having sex could actually cause new neuron production and improve hippocampal… Read More
This November 16, 2016 This November 25, 2016 newspaper article written by Bill Hanna in the Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram talks about the problems with rural hospitals closing in Texas. Excerpts In some areas of West Texas and the Texas Panhandle, the nearest hospital can be as far as an hour away. Since 2013,… Read More
This 2017 Business insider brief looks at how much you have to earn to rent a two-bedroom house. With the minimum wage sitting at $10.00/ hour, you have to make nearly twice that and more than three times that in some states to pay rent for a modest house. This brief article comments… Read More
“Impact of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado on Adolescent Emergency Visits” was an abstracted presented Monday, May 8,2017 at American Academy of Pediatrics meeting in San Francisco. The study looked at the number of emergency department visits before after marijuana legalization. The results are fairly disturbing as the number of visits has dramatically increased. With marijuana… Read More
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