Oh, there are a few jokes in their usual spot (page 13), but not the wall-to-wall jocularity of the April 1 issue. In fact, story #1 addresses the tragic and growing problem of pain pill addiction. And urologist Darren Mack pulls back the curtain on Ten Things to Know About Testicular Cancer. Yeah, it’s a 180 all right. But we’re …
The growth is growing
This is interesting, and not really in a good way. Although the latest figures shown here (2011) are down from their peak about ten years earlier, they still show an increase in the average American’s diet of more than 750 calories every single day compared with the base number (1961). Comparing the 1961 average to the 2011 average represents almost …
The All-New Feb. 5 Issue!
Yes, it’s right here in all its salubrious splendor, every page brimming with words and letters arranged into healthful sentences. Fun Fact: reading the Examiner regularly is one of the best things you can do to keep healthful habits in your life. So start reading already!
Issue #1! 2016 is official now!
The New Year wasn’t really the New Year until today. What’s different about today? The online edition of the Medical Examiner has arrived, chock full o’ salubrious reading, including the debut of our newest feature, The Advice Doctor. Check it out (all 16 glorious pages).
Just trying to be helpful
Right at the peak of Eating Season we’re not trying to be party poopers. Not at all. We’re simply offering the antidote to these selected food items. So please, eat whatever you wish, then consult this handy chart for the corresponding type and amount of exercise needed to undo the damage. Enjoy!
Today’s PSA
FOOD FIGHT: I saw this video yesterday, then woke up today to news of a shooting near the Kroc Center. As this amazing video would put it, burgers are killin’ more brothers than bullets. But bullets get the headlines. This is such a significant issue, illuminated by this video very creatively. It just gets better and better as it rolls …
Food for thought, right here
If this was presented by the Council for Peanut Butter & Jelly Research, it might be written off as mere propaganda. Instead it’s one of the few times you’ll see cow farts under serious scientific and environmental discussion.
What works for you in getting exercise and/or losing weight?
We threw that question out to dozens of people in a Man on the Tweet Poll (without using Twitter), and here are some of the results we received. “Weight watchers worked for me. I like it because it’s easy. You can eat whatever you want. It teaches you to eat healthy. I like that the people who instruct the meeting …