Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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If you’re suffering stomach and esophageal ache from enjoying Buffalo wings or accidentally swallowing that red pepper hidden in your Szechuan chicken , the food scientists at Penn State have some first aid for you.  It turns out that the best liquid for neutralizing pepper burn is good old milk.

The study looked at 72 subjects each using 7 different liquids as rescues after drinking a hot Bloody Mary mix containing Scoville-rich red peppers.  Milk, regular and skim, followed by Kool Aid were best at relieving the pepper pain.  Carbonated beverages such as cola, seltzer, and beer helped the least.  Plain old water was in-between.

So if you find yourself the victim of some hot sauce at a barbecue or elsewhere, quickly swig some milk.  In the pinch, I’ll bet that ice cream would also do the trick.

Penn State. "Milk: Best drink to reduce burn from chili peppers." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 June 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190625133526.htm.

#Hotsauce #pepper #milk

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If you’re suffering stomach and esophageal ache from enjoying Buffalo wings or accidentally swallowing that red pepper hidden in your Szechuan chicken , the food scientists at Penn State have some first aid for you.  It turns out that the best liquid for neutralizing pepper burn is good old milk.

The study looked at 72 subjects each using 7 different liquids as rescues after drinking a hot Bloody Mary mix containing Scoville-rich red peppers.  Milk, regular and skim, followed by Kool Aid were best at relieving the pepper pain.  Carbonated beverages such as cola, seltzer, and beer helped the least.  Plain old water was in-between.

So if you find yourself the victim of some hot sauce at a barbecue or elsewhere, quickly swig some milk.  In the pinch, I’ll bet that ice cream would also do the trick.

Penn State. "Milk: Best drink to reduce burn from chili peppers." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 June 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190625133526.htm.

#Hotsauce #pepper #milk

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This is Health News You Should Use, the latest medical discoveries and commonsense advice that you can use in a practical way to keep yourself and your family healthy.  

Here are this weeks stories :

Medical Reversals Make Some Therapy Obsolete

Visiting Mother Nature Is Healthy

White Coat Hypertension Is Dangerous

Eat Lots Of Red Meat And Die Earlier

Exercise Effects Differ Day Versus Night

Move Away From That Pregnant Woman

Overweight Kids Develop High Blood Pressure

American Baby-making Peaks In Summer

Are Your Social Media Accounts Better Than Fitbit For Predicting Health?

Cool It As You Exercise

Video Games Lead To Obesity But Not For Whom You Think

Teens Lured To Tanning Salons And Later Cancer

Your Facebook Posts Leave Clues To Disease

Fear Of Trying Foods Bad For Your Nutrition

Yogurt Prevents Bowel Polyps And Cancer

For show notes and references to for the stories, check out my website at:https://www.drhowardsmith.com/june-2019-3rd-week-health-news

#Medicalreversals #guidelines #RCT #randomizedtrials #Outdoors #health #exercise  #Hypertension #whitecoathypertension #bloodpressure #Redmeat #death #bacon #hotdogs #Exercise #circadianrhythm #Pregnancy #personalspace #Obesity #overweight #hypertension #Coolingvest #overheating #athletics #Conception #delivery #summer #spring #Friends #Foodphobia #diabetes #obesity #neophobia #socialnetwork #fitbit #wearables #exercise #wellness #Gingivitis #dentaldisease #livercancer #Tanning #adolescents #melanoma #Facebook #diagnosis #lifestyle #Yogurt #polyps #cancer 

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Yi3WTYMJtcw

This is Health News You Should Use, the latest medical discoveries and commonsense advice that you can use in a practical way to keep yourself and your family healthy.  

Here are this weeks stories :

Medical Reversals Make Some Therapy Obsolete

Visiting Mother Nature Is Healthy

White Coat Hypertension Is Dangerous

Eat Lots Of Red Meat And Die Earlier

Exercise Effects Differ Day Versus Night

Move Away From That Pregnant Woman

Overweight Kids Develop High Blood Pressure

American Baby-making Peaks In Summer

Are Your Social Media Accounts Better Than Fitbit For Predicting Health?

Cool It As You Exercise

Video Games Lead To Obesity But Not For Whom You Think

Teens Lured To Tanning Salons And Later Cancer

Your Facebook Posts Leave Clues To Disease

Fear Of Trying Foods Bad For Your Nutrition

Yogurt Prevents Bowel Polyps And Cancer

For show notes and references to for the stories, check out my website at:https://www.drhowardsmith.com/june-2019-3rd-week-health-news

#Medicalreversals #guidelines #RCT #randomizedtrials #Outdoors #health #exercise  #Hypertension #whitecoathypertension #bloodpressure #Redmeat #death #bacon #hotdogs #Exercise #circadianrhythm #Pregnancy #personalspace #Obesity #overweight #hypertension #Coolingvest #overheating #athletics #Conception #delivery #summer #spring #Friends #Foodphobia #diabetes #obesity #neophobia #socialnetwork #fitbit #wearables #exercise #wellness #Gingivitis #dentaldisease #livercancer #Tanning #adolescents #melanoma #Facebook #diagnosis #lifestyle #Yogurt #polyps #cancer 

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Eating yogurt twice a week lowers a man’s risk of developing adenomatous, cancer-producing polyps by 26%.   Researchers studied colonoscopy data from over 88,000 participants in the continuing Health Professionals and Nurses Health Studies.  Sadly, the data did not show any beneficial association between yogurt consumption and polyps in women.

The investigators feel that the live culture bacteria found in yogurt likely feed on the carcinogenic substances found in the gastrointestinal tract.  They also point to yogurt’s known anti-inflammatory properties as helpful in reducing colon adenoma formation.

So guys—try to enjoy several cups of yogurt a week especially if you have a personal or family history of bowel polyps or bowel cancer.

BMJ. "Yogurt may help to lower pre-cancerous bowel growth risk in men: Observed association strongest for growths highly likely to become cancerous." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 18 June 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190618192027.htm.

#Yogurt #polyps #cancer 

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Dw1wOG3lpec

Eating yogurt twice a week lowers a man’s risk of developing adenomatous, cancer-producing polyps by 26%.   Researchers studied colonoscopy data from over 88,000 participants in the continuing Health Professionals and Nurses Health Studies.  Sadly, the data did not show any beneficial association between yogurt consumption and polyps in women.

The investigators feel that the live culture bacteria found in yogurt likely feed on the carcinogenic substances found in the gastrointestinal tract.  They also point to yogurt’s known anti-inflammatory properties as helpful in reducing colon adenoma formation.

So guys—try to enjoy several cups of yogurt a week especially if you have a personal or family history of bowel polyps or bowel cancer.

BMJ. "Yogurt may help to lower pre-cancerous bowel growth risk in men: Observed association strongest for growths highly likely to become cancerous." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 18 June 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190618192027.htm.

#Yogurt #polyps #cancer 

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If you avoid trying new foods, so called food neophobia, you might just be starving your body of proper nutrients leading to obesity and declining health.  Population data on some 4000 subjects was tabulated by two Finnish universities and just published in The American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition.

Food fear was associated with a reduced dietary quality with less fiber, protein, and monounsaturated fats, increased fasting insulin, a greater risk of type 2 diabetes, unwanted weight gain, and more cardiovascular disease.  Food neophobia, common in kids and senior citizens, seems to be hereditary in up to 78% of cases.

The news you should use here is that a varied diet is a healthy diet.  Trying new things is also as good for your psyche as it turns out to be for your body.

Heikki V Sarin, Nele Taba, Krista Fischer, Tonu Esko, Noora Kanerva, Leena Moilanen, Juha Saltevo, Anni Joensuu, Katja Borodulin, Satu Männistö, Kati Kristiansson, Markus Perola. Food neophobia associates with poorer dietary quality, metabolic risk factors, and increased disease outcome risk in population-based cohorts in a metabolomics study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2019; DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz100

#Foodphobia #diabetes #obesity #neophobia

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/k8fA_BxQ9d4

If you avoid trying new foods, so called food neophobia, you might just be starving your body of proper nutrients leading to obesity and declining health.  Population data on some 4000 subjects was tabulated by two Finnish universities and just published in The American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition.

Food fear was associated with a reduced dietary quality with less fiber, protein, and monounsaturated fats, increased fasting insulin, a greater risk of type 2 diabetes, unwanted weight gain, and more cardiovascular disease.  Food neophobia, common in kids and senior citizens, seems to be hereditary in up to 78% of cases.

The news you should use here is that a varied diet is a healthy diet.  Trying new things is also as good for your psyche as it turns out to be for your body.

Heikki V Sarin, Nele Taba, Krista Fischer, Tonu Esko, Noora Kanerva, Leena Moilanen, Juha Saltevo, Anni Joensuu, Katja Borodulin, Satu Männistö, Kati Kristiansson, Markus Perola. Food neophobia associates with poorer dietary quality, metabolic risk factors, and increased disease outcome risk in population-based cohorts in a metabolomics study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2019; DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz100

#Foodphobia #diabetes #obesity #neophobia

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The pattern of the words you use on social media generally and on Facebook specifically can help your doctors and you identify your unique set of medical problems including diabetes and a bevy of psychological issues including anxiety, depression, and frank psychosis.  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania processed the language in nearly 1 million Facebook status updates from about 1000 participants, and they cross-referenced their words with healthcare data from their electronic medical records.

They focused on 21 separate conditions, and Facebook data accurately predicted each of them.  In about half of the conditions, Facebook did a better job of prediction than a patient’s raw profile data.  The posts most often predicted diabetes, pregnancy, and mental health issues.

The words ‘bottle’ and ‘drinking’ were associated with alcohol abuse.  Hostile words and stories most often occurred in the posts of drug abusers and those with psychiatric issues.  In fact, the posts predicted depression 3 months earlier than clinical data alone.

Social media posts have for years been used in a negative way by employers and colleges to screen out applicants.  This same information can be used in a positive way to give doctors a unique glimpse into the lives of their patients that may provide better ways to keep them healthy.

Raina M. Merchant, David A. Asch, Patrick Crutchley, Lyle H. Ungar, Sharath C. Guntuku, Johannes C. Eichstaedt, Shawndra Hill, Kevin Padrez, Robert J. Smith, H. Andrew Schwartz. Evaluating the predictability of medical conditions from social media posts. PLOS ONE, 2019; 14 (6): e0215476 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215476

#Facebook #diagnosis #lifestyle

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/TzbK0xNiGhM

The pattern of the words you use on social media generally and on Facebook specifically can help your doctors and you identify your unique set of medical problems including diabetes and a bevy of psychological issues including anxiety, depression, and frank psychosis.  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania processed the language in nearly 1 million Facebook status updates from about 1000 participants, and they cross-referenced their words with healthcare data from their electronic medical records.

They focused on 21 separate conditions, and Facebook data accurately predicted each of them.  In about half of the conditions, Facebook did a better job of prediction than a patient’s raw profile data.  The posts most often predicted diabetes, pregnancy, and mental health issues.

The words ‘bottle’ and ‘drinking’ were associated with alcohol abuse.  Hostile words and stories most often occurred in the posts of drug abusers and those with psychiatric issues.  In fact, the posts predicted depression 3 months earlier than clinical data alone.

Social media posts have for years been used in a negative way by employers and colleges to screen out applicants.  This same information can be used in a positive way to give doctors a unique glimpse into the lives of their patients that may provide better ways to keep them healthy.

Raina M. Merchant, David A. Asch, Patrick Crutchley, Lyle H. Ungar, Sharath C. Guntuku, Johannes C. Eichstaedt, Shawndra Hill, Kevin Padrez, Robert J. Smith, H. Andrew Schwartz. Evaluating the predictability of medical conditions from social media posts. PLOS ONE, 2019; 14 (6): e0215476 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215476

#Facebook #diagnosis #lifestyle