Editor’s Selections: sexy seniors, sinus swings, appetizing exercise, and small pox
March 23rd, 2011 Editor's Selections 11 Comments
Each week, Dr. Peter Janiszewski selects several notable posts from Health and Medical Research. He blogs at Obesity Panacea and Science of Blogging.
Here are this week’s most interesting discussions of peer-reviewed research in health and medicine:
- Ever wondered how often your grandparents are having sex? No? Well, some researchers did. Dr. Skeptic of Skepticemia discusses the findings of a recent study on sex among seniors.
- If you are like me and suffer from allergies, you may or may not be aware that your symptoms have a diurnal pattern. Morning is always the absolute worst for me. Scicurious digs through the literature to unravel the daily symptom swings of your sinuses.
- Although the finding is a tad counter-intuitive, a recent study suggests that while exercise reduces appetite it may also increase caloric consumption. William Yates of Brian Posts has the full coverage.
- And finally, Connor Bamford of Rule of 6ix provides a fascinating and thorough background on the small pox virus.
Come back next week for more riveting discussions of health and medicine
Peter
