by Dr. Brad Shapero | Apr 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Overweight middle-aged adults tend to score more poorly on tests of memory, attention and learning ability than their thinner peers do, researchers reported Monday. The findings, they say, suggest that a heavier weight in middle...
by Dr. Brad Shapero | Apr 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ear problems can be excruciatingly painful, especially in children. With 10 million new cases every year, ear infections (otitis media) are the most common illness affecting babies and young children and the number one reason for visits to the pediatrician—accounting...
by Dr. Brad Shapero | Apr 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
January 22, 2004, New York Post Last February, Morgan Spurlock decided to become a gastronomical guinea pig. His mission: To eat three meals a day for 30 days at McDonald’s and document the impact on his health. The formerly strapping 6-foot-2 New Yorker, who...
by Dr. Brad Shapero | Apr 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who are glued to the boob-tube are also likely to watch their waistlines expand, Harvard researchers reported Tuesday. What’s more, some of these women may go on to develop type 2 diabetes, according to their report,...
by Dr. Brad Shapero | Apr 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
The average employee misses several days of work each year because of the common cold; two or three more for personal or family emergencies; and a few extra “just because.” With the exception of those seven or eight days, plus scheduled vacation time and...
by Dr. Brad Shapero | Apr 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
NEW YORK, Mar 29 (Reuters Health) – The antioxidant vitamins C and E might help slow artery disease in patients who have recently had a heart transplant, results of a small study suggest. Coronary arteriosclerosis, the hardening and narrowing of heart arteries,...
