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At least once daily Sofrito, a sauce consisting of garlic and onions, reduces the risk of developing breast cancer by 50% or more.  Researchers at the Universities of Buffalo and Puerto Rico studied more than 300 breast cancer survivors and an equal number of healthy controls.

Those women consuming the most Sofrito showed the greatest benefit. The effect was dose-dependent, and those eating less had only a 40% cancer reduction.

Sofrito is a popular part of Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian cuisines.  This study confirms earlier ones that identified anti-cancer properties in so-called allium vegetables that include garlic and onions.  Ironically, their magic appears to be contained in the sulfur compounds that make them so smelly.

Gauri Desai, Michelle Schelske-Santos, Cruz M. Nazario, Rosa V. Rosario-Rosado, Imar Mansilla-Rivera, Farah Ramírez-Marrero, Jing Nie, Ajay A. Myneni, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Jo L. Freudenheim, Lina Mu. Onion and Garlic Intake and Breast Cancer, a Case-Control Study in Puerto Rico. Nutrition and Cancer, 2019; 1 DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2019.1651349

#Onions #garlic Sofrito #breastcancer

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At least once daily Sofrito, a sauce consisting of garlic and onions, reduces the risk of developing breast cancer by 50% or more.  Researchers at the Universities of Buffalo and Puerto Rico studied more than 300 breast cancer survivors and an equal number of healthy controls.

Those women consuming the most Sofrito showed the greatest benefit. The effect was dose-dependent, and those eating less had only a 40% cancer reduction.

Sofrito is a popular part of Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian cuisines.  This study confirms earlier ones that identified anti-cancer properties in so-called allium vegetables that include garlic and onions.  Ironically, their magic appears to be contained in the sulfur compounds that make them so smelly.

Gauri Desai, Michelle Schelske-Santos, Cruz M. Nazario, Rosa V. Rosario-Rosado, Imar Mansilla-Rivera, Farah Ramírez-Marrero, Jing Nie, Ajay A. Myneni, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Jo L. Freudenheim, Lina Mu. Onion and Garlic Intake and Breast Cancer, a Case-Control Study in Puerto Rico. Nutrition and Cancer, 2019; 1 DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2019.1651349

#Onions #garlic Sofrito #breastcancer

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Kids and teens who specialize in a single sport sustain more stress fractures, tendinitis, ligament tears, and musculoskeletal overuse damage.  Brown University epidemiologists and Boston Children Hospital orthopedists analyzed data from more than 10,000 youths over the past 22 years.

More serious injuries occur in those who exclusively play one sport, practice and play intensively, and in girls than in boys.  Girls bumped their injury risk by 30%.   For boys injury risk and severity rose when they played baseball or participated in gymnastics or cheerleading.

The investigators suggest that young athletes principally playing a single sport add a second one recreationally to spread physical stress over around their bodies.  They also recommend variations in practice workout exercises to achieve moderation in physical exertion.

Alison E. Field, Frances A. Tepolt, Daniel S. Yang, Mininder S. Kocher. Injury Risk Associated With Sports Specialization and Activity Volume in Youth. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019; 7 (9): 232596711987012 DOI: 10.1177/2325967119870124

#Sports #overuseinjury

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Kids and teens who specialize in a single sport sustain more stress fractures, tendinitis, ligament tears, and musculoskeletal overuse damage.  Brown University epidemiologists and Boston Children Hospital orthopedists analyzed data from more than 10,000 youths over the past 22 years.

More serious injuries occur in those who exclusively play one sport, practice and play intensively, and in girls than in boys.  Girls bumped their injury risk by 30%.   For boys injury risk and severity rose when they played baseball or participated in gymnastics or cheerleading.

The investigators suggest that young athletes principally playing a single sport add a second one recreationally to spread physical stress over around their bodies.  They also recommend variations in practice workout exercises to achieve moderation in physical exertion.

Alison E. Field, Frances A. Tepolt, Daniel S. Yang, Mininder S. Kocher. Injury Risk Associated With Sports Specialization and Activity Volume in Youth. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019; 7 (9): 232596711987012 DOI: 10.1177/2325967119870124

#Sports #overuseinjury

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The pathologic love of yourself decreases almost 80% in most persons as they pass from their teen years into midlife.  Psychologists from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign report this finding after studying some 237 participants over a 23 year period surveying them at 18 and 41 years of age.

Three key aspects of narcissism, vanity, entitlement, and leadership tendencies changed differently over time.   Vanity decreased the least and its persistence was associated with unsatisfactory relationships and broken marriages.  Entitlement decreased the most, and its demise was associated with greater life satisfaction. Leadership skills unexpectantly also decreased by 22%.

The decline of narcissism is a sign of overall psychologic maturity.  Those who gaze beyond themselves are happier and more beloved.

Eunike Wetzel Emily Grijalva Richard Robins Brent Roberts. You’re Still so Vain; Changes in Narcissism from Young Adulthood to Middle Age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (accepted), 2019 [link]

#Narcissism #vanity #entitlement #sociopath

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The pathologic love of yourself decreases almost 80% in most persons as they pass from their teen years into midlife.  Psychologists from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign report this finding after studying some 237 participants over a 23 year period surveying them at 18 and 41 years of age.

Three key aspects of narcissism, vanity, entitlement, and leadership tendencies changed differently over time.   Vanity decreased the least and its persistence was associated with unsatisfactory relationships and broken marriages.  Entitlement decreased the most, and its demise was associated with greater life satisfaction. Leadership skills unexpectantly also decreased by 22%.

The decline of narcissism is a sign of overall psychologic maturity.  Those who gaze beyond themselves are happier and more beloved.

Eunike Wetzel Emily Grijalva Richard Robins Brent Roberts. You’re Still so Vain; Changes in Narcissism from Young Adulthood to Middle Age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (accepted), 2019 [link]

#Narcissism #vanity #entitlement #sociopath

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Regularly consuming green, oolong, or black tea at least 4 times weekly will improve your brain’s regional synchrony and your thinking skills.  A collaborative study recently published in the journal Aging looked at MRI brain imaging and neuropsychological test results as a function of tea drinking.

The imaging studies showed that regular tea drinkers had more efficient connections between various regions of their brains.  This speeds transfer of information and triggers enhanced performance on cognitive tests.

If you want to stay on the top of your intellectual game, tea makes an excellent beverage.  Previous studies have also shown that it improves your mood, reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease, and reduces your risk of age-related cognitive deterioration by some 50%.

Junhua Li, Rafael Romero-Garcia, John Suckling, Lei Feng. Habitual tea drinking modulates brain efficiency: evidence from brain connectivity evaluation. Aging, 2019; 11 (11): 3876 DOI: 10.18632/aging.102023

#Tea #brain #thinking #dementia

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Regularly consuming green, oolong, or black tea at least 4 times weekly will improve your brain’s regional synchrony and your thinking skills.  A collaborative study recently published in the journal Aging looked at MRI brain imaging and neuropsychological test results as a function of tea drinking.

The imaging studies showed that regular tea drinkers had more efficient connections between various regions of their brains.  This speeds transfer of information and triggers enhanced performance on cognitive tests.

If you want to stay on the top of your intellectual game, tea makes an excellent beverage.  Previous studies have also shown that it improves your mood, reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease, and reduces your risk of age-related cognitive deterioration by some 50%.

Junhua Li, Rafael Romero-Garcia, John Suckling, Lei Feng. Habitual tea drinking modulates brain efficiency: evidence from brain connectivity evaluation. Aging, 2019; 11 (11): 3876 DOI: 10.18632/aging.102023

#Tea #brain #thinking #dementia

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Sixty percent of adolescents ride with teen drivers who are distracted.  University of Michigan researchers report this information from their study of 877 surveyed families.

The most common distractions in the vehicle include deafeningly loud music in 46% of cases, cell phone use in 42%, and raucous teens in the back seat 39% of the time.  Even more concerning were data showing that the impaired teen driver was speeding in 45% of instances, sleepy 14% of the time, or intoxicated in 5% of cases.

Motor vehicle accidents kill more teens than any other cause.  Strongly encourage your kids to ride with peers who drive defensively and never allow them to drive with a teen who has had a license for less than 6 months.

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan. "3 in 5 parents say their teen has been in a car with a distracted teen driver: Teens driving with teens: More than half of parents in a new national poll believe their teen has been in an unsafe situation riding with a teen driver." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 September 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190916081449.htm.

#Teendriving #distracteddriving #parenting

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Sixty percent of adolescents ride with teen drivers who are distracted.  University of Michigan researchers report this information from their study of 877 surveyed families.

The most common distractions in the vehicle include deafeningly loud music in 46% of cases, cell phone use in 42%, and raucous teens in the back seat 39% of the time.  Even more concerning were data showing that the impaired teen driver was speeding in 45% of instances, sleepy 14% of the time, or intoxicated in 5% of cases.

Motor vehicle accidents kill more teens than any other cause.  Strongly encourage your kids to ride with peers who drive defensively and never allow them to drive with a teen who has had a license for less than 6 months.

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan. "3 in 5 parents say their teen has been in a car with a distracted teen driver: Teens driving with teens: More than half of parents in a new national poll believe their teen has been in an unsafe situation riding with a teen driver." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 September 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190916081449.htm.

#Teendriving #distracteddriving #parenting