Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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A British meta-analysis of 21 studies and 4.4 million persons warns that adults who had been born prematurely are less likely than their full term peers to form romantic relationships, enjoy sex, or pursue parenthood.  These results were just published online in the journal JAMA Network Open.

Those born at 37 weeks or earlier or with low birth weights were 28% less likely to have experienced a true love partnership, 57% less likely to have had sexual intercourse, and 22% less likely to have become a parent.  Those born even earlier at 32 weeks or less were that much less likely to form relationships and 3 times less likely to have sex and become parents.

If you are a parents of  preterm baby who will likely become a somewhat shy child and adolescent, be sure to encourage the child to foster close relationships as they mature.  This will oppose these reported tendencies so that your chil can have a fulfilling love life and, in time, a family.

Marina Mendonça, Ayten Bilgin, Dieter Wolke. Association of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight With Romantic Partnership, Sexual Intercourse, and Parenthood in Adulthood. JAMA Network Open, 2019; 2 (7): e196961 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6961

#Preterm #lowbirthweight # love #sex #parenthood

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A British meta-analysis of 21 studies and 4.4 million persons warns that adults who had been born prematurely are less likely than their full term peers to form romantic relationships, enjoy sex, or pursue parenthood.  These results were just published online in the journal JAMA Network Open.

Those born at 37 weeks or earlier or with low birth weights were 28% less likely to have experienced a true love partnership, 57% less likely to have had sexual intercourse, and 22% less likely to have become a parent.  Those born even earlier at 32 weeks or less were that much less likely to form relationships and 3 times less likely to have sex and become parents.

If you are a parents of  preterm baby who will likely become a somewhat shy child and adolescent, be sure to encourage the child to foster close relationships as they mature.  This will oppose these reported tendencies so that your chil can have a fulfilling love life and, in time, a family.

Marina Mendonça, Ayten Bilgin, Dieter Wolke. Association of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight With Romantic Partnership, Sexual Intercourse, and Parenthood in Adulthood. JAMA Network Open, 2019; 2 (7): e196961 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6961

#Preterm #lowbirthweight # love #sex #parenthood

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To kill your craving for booze, butts, and beer, convene with Mother Nature in the open green space of a park on a regular basis.  This is the bottom line from British study just published in the journal Health & Place.

The investigators surveyed nearly 150 subjects to determine their exposure to green spaces either in and around their residence or during visits to parks.  The data demonstrated that passion for unhealthy food, drink, or drugs diminished as green space exposure time increased.

So we now have one more reason to hit the great outdoors on a regular basis.  If you combine such regular visits with exercise, all the better.

Leanne Martin, Sabine Pahl, Mathew P. White, Jon May. Natural environments and craving: The mediating role of negative affect. Health & Place, 2019; 58: 102160 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102160

#Outdoors #greenspace #overeating #drugs #alcohol

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To kill your craving for booze, butts, and beer, convene with Mother Nature in the open green space of a park on a regular basis.  This is the bottom line from British study just published in the journal Health & Place.

The investigators surveyed nearly 150 subjects to determine their exposure to green spaces either in and around their residence or during visits to parks.  The data demonstrated that passion for unhealthy food, drink, or drugs diminished as green space exposure time increased.

So we now have one more reason to hit the great outdoors on a regular basis.  If you combine such regular visits with exercise, all the better.

Leanne Martin, Sabine Pahl, Mathew P. White, Jon May. Natural environments and craving: The mediating role of negative affect. Health & Place, 2019; 58: 102160 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102160

#Outdoors #greenspace #overeating #drugs #alcohol

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Exposure to the dirty air that accompanies excessive automobile traffic leads to blockage of the coronary arteries escalating the risk of heart attack and sudden death.  University of Buffalo environmental health specialists studied nearly 8900 Chinese adults of all ages.

Because of China’s problematic air contamination, subjects were exposed to significant quantities of nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, and ozone.Those who lived closer to roadways had more advanced arterial calcium deposits and blockage leading to coronary artery disease.  

This study is a wake-up call for the science-deniers running our government and corporations to adhere to the strictest of automobile emission standards.  It is also a “heads up” reminding you to spend as much time as possible away from traffic and in those fresh air green spaces.

Meng Wang, Zhi-Hui Hou, Hao Xu, Yang Liu, Matthew J. Budoff, Adam A. Szpiro, Joel D. Kaufman, Sverre Vedal, Bin Lu. Association of Estimated Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution and Traffic Proximity With a Marker for Coronary Atherosclerosis in a Nationwide Study in China. JAMA Network Open, 2019; 2 (6): e196553 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6553

#Airpollution #coronaryarterydamage #calcification #heartattack

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Exposure to the dirty air that accompanies excessive automobile traffic leads to blockage of the coronary arteries escalating the risk of heart attack and sudden death.  University of Buffalo environmental health specialists studied nearly 8900 Chinese adults of all ages.

Because of China’s problematic air contamination, subjects were exposed to significant quantities of nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, and ozone.Those who lived closer to roadways had more advanced arterial calcium deposits and blockage leading to coronary artery disease.  

This study is a wake-up call for the science-deniers running our government and corporations to adhere to the strictest of automobile emission standards.  It is also a “heads up” reminding you to spend as much time as possible away from traffic and in those fresh air green spaces.

Meng Wang, Zhi-Hui Hou, Hao Xu, Yang Liu, Matthew J. Budoff, Adam A. Szpiro, Joel D. Kaufman, Sverre Vedal, Bin Lu. Association of Estimated Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution and Traffic Proximity With a Marker for Coronary Atherosclerosis in a Nationwide Study in China. JAMA Network Open, 2019; 2 (6): e196553 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6553

#Airpollution #coronaryarterydamage #calcification #heartattack

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Before you can come to someone’s rescue in a true altruistic spirit, you must first imagine your plan of attack.  Psychologists at Boston College employed MRI scanning to study the brain activity of 18 young, healthy adults before and while they remembered and imagined helping others in distress.

Those participants whose scans indicate more powerful imaginative thinking indicated a greater willingness to help others.  That help could come with direct physical assistance or with monetary support.  In order to help, you must first imagine how you might safely and effectively pull off the rescue.

This is yet another aspect of life that benefits from a ready imagination.  To exercise and spark yours, you can daydream, doodle, read fiction, exercise, and take calculated risks.

Brendan Gaesser, Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen, Emily A Wasserman, Mary Horn, Liane Young. A role for the medial temporal lobe subsystem in guiding prosociality: the effect of episodic processes on willingness to help others. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2019; DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsz014

http://mentalfloss.com/article/517663/4-proven-ways-stimulate-your-imagination-throughout-your-day

https://m.wikihow.com/Stimulate-Imagination

#Altruism #imagination #rescue

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/aSqAIaL7lFo

Before you can come to someone’s rescue in a true altruistic spirit, you must first imagine your plan of attack.  Psychologists at Boston College employed MRI scanning to study the brain activity of 18 young, healthy adults before and while they remembered and imagined helping others in distress.

Those participants whose scans indicate more powerful imaginative thinking indicated a greater willingness to help others.  That help could come with direct physical assistance or with monetary support.  In order to help, you must first imagine how you might safely and effectively pull off the rescue.

This is yet another aspect of life that benefits from a ready imagination.  To exercise and spark yours, you can daydream, doodle, read fiction, exercise, and take calculated risks.

Brendan Gaesser, Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen, Emily A Wasserman, Mary Horn, Liane Young. A role for the medial temporal lobe subsystem in guiding prosociality: the effect of episodic processes on willingness to help others. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2019; DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsz014

http://mentalfloss.com/article/517663/4-proven-ways-stimulate-your-imagination-throughout-your-day

https://m.wikihow.com/Stimulate-Imagination

#Altruism #imagination #rescue

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Even if you’re at a normal weight or maybe a few pounds over, cutting an extra 300 calories out of your daily tally has significant health benefits.  A Duke University study of 218 young and middle aged healthy and non-obese subjects now shows that reducing your calorie intake by about 12% over a 2 year period will significantly improve your cardiovascular, metabolic, and general health.

Those participants who trimmed the calories had a significant reduction in those inflammatory factors that drive heart disease, cancer and mental decline.  As a bonus, they realized a 10% weight loss nearly ¾ of which was from fat.

I’ll bet you can consume 300 fewer calories a day without even missing them.  Forgo that candy bar, bypass the bagel, skip the second slice of pepperoni pizza, or avoid that large cup of Coke,   Then again, you can also burn 300 extra calories with longer or more intense exercise.  It’s your choice.

William E Kraus, Manjushri Bhapkar, Kim M Huffman, Carl F Pieper, Sai Krupa Das, Leanne M Redman, Dennis T Villareal, James Rochon, Susan B Roberts, Eric Ravussin, John O Holloszy, Luigi Fontana. 2 years of calorie restriction and cardiometabolic risk (CALERIE): exploratory outcomes of a multicentre, phase 2, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2019; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(19)30151-2

https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/45-common-foods-and-the-number-of-calories-they-contain.htm

#Caloriereduction #exercise #inflammation #heart

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/oD9WB_S7kZc

Even if you’re at a normal weight or maybe a few pounds over, cutting an extra 300 calories out of your daily tally has significant health benefits.  A Duke University study of 218 young and middle aged healthy and non-obese subjects now shows that reducing your calorie intake by about 12% over a 2 year period will significantly improve your cardiovascular, metabolic, and general health.

Those participants who trimmed the calories had a significant reduction in those inflammatory factors that drive heart disease, cancer and mental decline.  As a bonus, they realized a 10% weight loss nearly ¾ of which was from fat.

I’ll bet you can consume 300 fewer calories a day without even missing them.  Forgo that candy bar, bypass the bagel, skip the second slice of pepperoni pizza, or avoid that large cup of Coke,   Then again, you can also burn 300 extra calories with longer or more intense exercise.  It’s your choice.

William E Kraus, Manjushri Bhapkar, Kim M Huffman, Carl F Pieper, Sai Krupa Das, Leanne M Redman, Dennis T Villareal, James Rochon, Susan B Roberts, Eric Ravussin, John O Holloszy, Luigi Fontana. 2 years of calorie restriction and cardiometabolic risk (CALERIE): exploratory outcomes of a multicentre, phase 2, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2019; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(19)30151-2

https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/45-common-foods-and-the-number-of-calories-they-contain.htm

#Caloriereduction #exercise #inflammation #heart