No ED meds before anesthesia
We have a new, firm warning from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists to the millions of guys taking erectile dysfunction drugs who are heading into surgery: When combined with anesthesia, medications such as Viagra (sildenafil), Levitra (vardenafil) and Cialis (tadalafil) can cause a dangerously severe drop...
Drinking (coffee) to your health
According to the Oxford Dictionary blog, three unusual words for a cup of coffee are: "skilly," nautical slang for a too-weak brew; "sergeant-major," military slang for coffee with milk and sugar; and "coffee Biggin," a cup brewed in a filtered drip pot first invented by George Biggin...
Flax flack: what's that all about?
One of impressionist painter Jean Renoir's favorite techniques was to dilute oil paint with linseed oil and turpentine so that it ran down the canvas. He called it "juice." Well, these days linseed - what we call flaxseed - is having a Renaissance moment as a food and oil that leads to better health.
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