This and That

Things I collected while not blogging:


Patients with anorexia feel less bodily pleasure

Getting multiple tattoos can strengthen your immune system 
Yes, but the urge to get them is a sign your immune system is suppressed in the first place.

Link between gum disease and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's
Common denominators:  herpes, endotoxin and sugar....  in your mouth.

Fighting cavities could one day be as easy as taking a pill, research shows

Mother's smoking may increase her children's risk of lung disease as adults
Because smokers are self medicating their low level respiratory infections....  their entire families are infected too.


If you treat a parent's depression, will their child's asthma improve?
Only if you treat the infectious source of the depression...

Serotonin deficiency implicated in rheumatoid arthritis
Oh really.


Enzyme involved in glucose metabolism promotes wound healing, study finds

Brown fat keeps blood sugar in check


Majority of California adults have prediabetes or diabetes
India says number of obese teens nearly doubles in five years


Breast cancer has a higher incidence in obese women as fat facilitates cancer stem cell expansion

Diabetes treatment can reduce mammographic density The use of diabetes treatment, whether by diet or pills such as metformin, decreases mammographic density (MD), one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer, whereas taking insulin appears to increase it.

ADHD or just immature?
Ummm, neither?

Trouble sleeping? The size of your tongue and tonsils could be why
Ya think?   Try checking those adenoids too.

Beta-blockers could reduce the risk of COPD exacerbations
this one's for you, Owen.

CPAP may not improve glycemic control in people with diabetes 
Yes, well that's because it doesn't actually address the oropharyngeal infection.


Grid cells' role in human imagination revealed

Scientists find brain cells that know which end is up
That's pretty cool.

My Blue Heaven
I have always imagined a place like that.   I don't see any reason why everything can't be blue.