by JerraldHayes | Jun 14, 2017 | Fitness, Health, Medicine, Pseudoscience
How the back pain industry is taking patients for an unhealthy ride For the majority of us, it’s not a question of whether we’ll someday experience back pain; it’s a question of when. ‘Study after study after study has shown that long-term...
by JerraldHayes | Mar 11, 2017 | Food Science, Medicine, Pseudoscience
If you like the floor turmeric imparts on the food you cook use. If your reasoning is its supposed health benefits your thinking is in error. Forget what you’ve heard: Turmeric seems to have zero medicinal properties Turmeric has done the full circle: from...
by JerraldHayes | Jan 31, 2017 | Injury, Medicine, Science
Is Electro Muscle Stimulation (EMS) real or just more woo and really no better than a placebo? I collecting articles on the topic (and on TENS for pain too) I think its just a neat way to get a massage and certainly claims like it accelerating healing because is...
by JerraldHayes | Sep 12, 2016 | Injury, Medicine, Science
Why Most People Are Wrong About Injuries and Pain – SimpliFaster Although we grow up believing that injuries and pain are closely linked, this is not always the case. Various studies between tissue damage and pain show that we can have one without the other....
by JerraldHayes | Aug 27, 2016 | Health, Medicine, Science
Should you take Tylenol, Advil, or aspirin for pain? Here’s what the evidence says. Welcome to Dear Julia , a weekly column where readers can submit everyday health questions on anything from the science of hangovers to the mysteries of back pain. Julia Belluz...
by JerraldHayes | Nov 5, 2015 | Health, Medicine
Swallow This: Stomach Balloon Helps People Lose Pounds