A few snippets from this week's health news :
- If Friends Drink and Drive, So May You
People whose friends are OK with drinking and driving are much more likely to drink and drive themselves, too, a U.S. study confirms.
- Dr John Berardi's Precision Nutrition forums now open to everyone
Be sure to check out the exercise videos.
- Dirt exposure 'boosts happiness'
Exposure to dirt may be a way to lift mood as well as boost the immune system, UK scientists say.
- Groundbreaking Canadian Asthma Study
A new report published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows that patients treated with bronchial thermoplasty, the first non-drug treatment for asthma, demonstrated an overall improvement in asthma control.
- Snoring Can Be as Harmful to a Child's IQ as Lead Poisoning
University of Virginia researchers have been studying sleep disturbances in children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids for the past seven years. They discovered that youngsters who snore nightly scored significantly lower on vocabulary tests than those who snore less often.