Is your body getting all the oxidants you need? Yes, you read that right... this is a bit of advice I bet you haven’t heard before: Our bodies actually require oxidants... and more and more evidence is piling up that overenthusiastic consumption of antioxidant supplements has serious consequences.

Oxidants & Health

Stop assuming that you know what someone else is thinking. Whatever
you think another person is thinking, you are wrong. Assuming and acting on
what you think another person is thinking leads to misunderstandings and
upset. If we remember and accept that we’re all different and that we each
see the world in our own way, relationships improve and we are happier.

This century’s version of "real men don’t eat quiche" might turn out to be "real men don’t eat sugar"... based on a recent study in which testosterone levels were found to plunge after men consumed sugar.

Lawrence J. Epstein, MD
Harvard Medical School

If a busy schedule prevents you from getting the full seven-and-a-half to eight hours of sleep per night that the vast majority of adults require, it’s no wonder that you often feel drowsy during the day.

But what if you spend plenty of time in bed yet still never feel fully rested? Something in your sleep environment may be keeping you up or creating disturbances that, even without waking you fully, interfere with the normal progression of sleep stages that you need to feel truly rested.

Barbara Phillips, --- MD University of Kentucky

I snore -- not all night or even every night, but pretty often. My snoring puzzles me because I’m not overweight, I sleep well and I don’t have allergies. So why do I snore? And what can I do to stop -- if not for my sake, for my husband’s?

Sleep specialist Barbara Phillips, MD, a University of Kentucky pulmonologist and director of the Sleep Center and Sleep Fellowship at Samaritan and University of Kentucky hospitals, explained that there are many causes of snoring beyond allergies and excess body weight...

Some Suggestion That May Help.

(HealthDay News) -- Vitamin B12 helps maintain healthy blood and aids in making important proteins. People who don't get enough can have memory problems or confusion, and are at greater risk of developing anemia, Children's Hospital Boston says.

The hospital mentions these dietary sources of vitamin B12:

• Poultry.
• Seafood and fish.
• Meat.
• Eggs.
• Cheese, yogurt and milk.
• Foods that are fortified with vitamin B12, such as certain breakfast cereals.

When arteries become blocked, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery often is the treatment of choice. Since its introduction in the 1950s, the number of patients undergoing the procedure has grown, and today it is one of the most common surgical procedures in the US, with about a half million procedures performed yearly.