December 30, 2014

Are those daytime talk shows hosted by doctors more entertainment than good information? A study found that nearly half of the health advice given on “Doctor Oz” and “The Doctors” couldn’t be supported by scientific evidence. The worst advice usually involved dietary and nutritional claims. Source Link

Creative and puzzling were popular themes in top apps of 2014 for the iPhone and iPad. Apple’s favorite apps of the year were “Elevate: Brain Training” on iPhone and powerful image editor Pixelmator on iPad. The most downloaded apps in the iTunes store were Minecraft and the party game “Heads Up.” Source Link

That beer belly could literally be the death of you. A long-term study found that people with a big belly were more than twice as likely to die of sudden cardiac death, when the heart begins to beat erratically and shuts down blood flow to the brain. Sudden cardiac death is the cause of about half of all heart-related deaths. Source Link