Diabetes Finds It’s Cup of Tea or Wine
Larrian on April 3rd, 2008 | Filed under Heart, Nutrition, Women's Health
Leave it to a Scotsman to find that black tea contains elements that can suppress the rise of glucose in your bloodstream after a meal. Working at the chilly University of Dundee, Dr. Graham Rena and his team were investigating compounds to replace insulin in diabetics when they discovered that black tea contains
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Magic Mushrooms See the Light
Larrian on April 2nd, 2008 | Filed under Nutrition
We’ve come a long way since the magic mushrooms of the 60’s, but researchers may have shone a light on how to make mushrooms a superfood source of Vitamin D. Just 5 minutes of UV light can turn 5 teeny tiny button mushrooms into a warehouse of Vitamin D, providing over 869% of our daily needs. Wow…I’d better show that box molding in my fridge some new respect..or at least put it outside!
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Vaginal Appendectomy: The New Frontier?
Larrian on April 1st, 2008 | Filed under Crunchy Bytes, Women's Health
Docs were all smiles at UCSD in California after completing the first laparoscopic appendectomy through the vagina. I know…it takes so little to make some people happy! Is this really news? Well…yes and no. The team claims to have done the FIRST vaginal appendectomy, but I guess they weren’t at UCLA when we did one way back when I was in training in the 70’s, and even then it wasn’t “new”. What is new is the instrumentation and the reported minimal amount of post-operative pain by the patient - a post-graduate chemistry student.
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