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It might sound like an odd question: of course orgasm is sexual, you say. But it may not be as clear cut as you think. An interesting study I spotted in a special issue of the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy showed that women could have orgasms, just from exercising. Not very sexy but sounds like good fun! This type of orgasm I’m talking about is sometimes referred to as a “coregasm” because of its association with exercises that involve core abdominal muscles. According to study author Debby Herbenick, co-director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University’s School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, the most common activity associated with exercise-induced orgasm were abdominal exercises, climbing poles or ropes, biking/spinning and weight lifting. The findings are based on the results of online surveys completed by 124 women between the ages of 18 and 63, who reported experiencing exercise-induced orgasms and 246 women who experienced exercise-induced sexual pleasure. Most of the women were married or in a relationship and about 69 percent were heterosexual. The excitement was not just a one-off either; about 40 percent of the women who had experienced exercise-induced orgasms and exercise-induced sexual pleasure had done so on more than 10 occasions. Most of the women were not fantasizing. So what works? I knew you’d be asking that!

I Told Em! Long-term subscribers will know I have an occasional jokey column called “I Told ‘Em!” It means I was saying it decades before others were “discovering” it. Back in the 1980s (and before) it was clear to a few pioneers like me that what we called “chemical allergy” (a bad term) was capable of sensitizing individuals to other allergens. I noticed it especially with foods; a person who worked in a strongly polluted environment would start to react badly to foods. It was scoffed at. I was called a fraud on TV (I got my own back mind you). It was called “non-scientific”. But doesn’t all science begin with interesting observations? Somebody sees something that needs explaining and it starts an investigation to see what lies behind the observation. The truth is that chemicals do sensitize people, exactly as I said over 30 years ago. Now scientists have figured it out! Exposure to a class of chemicals known as chlorophenols appears to be associated with an increased rate of allergic sensitization to food and aeroallergens, according to 2 studies presented here at the AAAI (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology) 2012 Annual Meeting. Some chlorophenols are used as pesticides and others are used in antiseptics. It’s an irony: the biggest critics of my medical paradigm was the AAAI! In the first of these studies, urinary levels of dichlorophenols were measured, and allergies to 11 environmental aeroallergens and 4 foods (peanut, egg, milk, and shrimp) were assessed with serum IgE levels in 2211 subjects 6 to 18 years of age. Allergy was defined as a serum IgE level of 0.3 kU/L or greater. Food allergy was identified in 411 subjects and environmental allergy in 1016 subjects, according to Natalia Vernon, MD, from Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, who presented the data. It is possible that chlorophenols alter the gut flora, changing tolerance and allergic sensitization, said Dr. Vernon. Alternatively, the chemicals might directly affect the immune system. The analysis also showed that vitamin D levels modified this association, with low levels being associated with higher rates of allergy, but she explained that her group has not yet worked out the odds ratios for this association. Well, there are millions of us now trying to tell these idiots that vitamin D helps modulate the immune system and reduced allergic reactions!

I Told Em! Long-term subscribers will know I have an occasional jokey column called “I Told ‘Em!” It means I was saying it decades before others were “discovering” it. Back in the 1980s (and before) it was clear to a few pioneers like me that what we called “chemical allergy” (a bad term) was capable of sensitizing individuals to other allergens. I noticed it especially with foods; a person who worked in a strongly polluted environment would start to react badly to foods. It was scoffed at. I was called a fraud on TV (I got my own back mind you). It was called “non-scientific”. But doesn’t all science begin with interesting observations? Somebody sees something that needs explaining and it starts an investigation to see what lies behind the observation. The truth is that chemicals do sensitize people, exactly as I said over 30 years ago. Now scientists have figured it out! Exposure to a class of chemicals known as chlorophenols appears to be associated with an increased rate of allergic sensitization to food and aeroallergens, according to 2 studies presented here at the AAAI (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology) 2012 Annual Meeting. Some chlorophenols are used as pesticides and others are used in antiseptics. It’s an irony: the biggest critics of my medical paradigm was the AAAI! In the first of these studies, urinary levels of dichlorophenols were measured, and allergies to 11 environmental aeroallergens and 4 foods (peanut, egg, milk, and shrimp) were assessed with serum IgE levels in 2211 subjects 6 to 18 years of age. Allergy was defined as a serum IgE level of 0.3 kU/L or greater. Food allergy was identified in 411 subjects and environmental allergy in 1016 subjects, according to Natalia Vernon, MD, from Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, who presented the data. It is possible that chlorophenols alter the gut flora, changing tolerance and allergic sensitization, said Dr. Vernon. Alternatively, the chemicals might directly affect the immune system. The analysis also showed that vitamin D levels modified this association, with low levels being associated with higher rates of allergy, but she explained that her group has not yet worked out the odds ratios for this association. Well, there are millions of us now trying to tell these idiots that vitamin D helps modulate the immune system and reduced allergic reactions!

Death may be inevitable, but a new report shows the risk of death isn’t what it used to be. In fact researchers found the risk of dying in the USA has dropped by 60% over the last 75 years. Similar figures exist for the rest of the developed world. The risk of death has decreased for all age groups, but the biggest improvement has been among young people. The death rate among children aged 1-4 declined 94% from 1935 to 2010, compared with a 38% decline among adults aged 85 or more. That’s done a great deal to raise the average life expectancy, which childhood deaths drag down. In 1935, the top five causes of death were heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney disease, and flu/pneumonia. By 2010, the pattern was slightly different. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke were among the top five causes of death every year between 1935 and 2010. By 2010, chronic respiratory diseases and accidents replaced kidney disease and flu/pneumonia in the top five.

Death may be inevitable, but a new report shows the risk of death isn’t what it used to be. In fact researchers found the risk of dying in the USA has dropped by 60% over the last 75 years. Similar figures exist for the rest of the developed world. The risk of death has decreased for all age groups, but the biggest improvement has been among young people. The death rate among children aged 1-4 declined 94% from 1935 to 2010, compared with a 38% decline among adults aged 85 or more. That’s done a great deal to raise the average life expectancy, which childhood deaths drag down. In 1935, the top five causes of death were heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney disease, and flu/pneumonia. By 2010, the pattern was slightly different. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke were among the top five causes of death every year between 1935 and 2010. By 2010, chronic respiratory diseases and accidents replaced kidney disease and flu/pneumonia in the top five.

That idiot Timothy Leary, with his outrageous pronouncements and behavior in the 1960s, got LSD banned from research. I’ve never taken street drugs, ever. But if I did, I would be tempted to try this one. It’s not addictive and, if you read the works of Stanislav Grof, has been responsible for some awesome insights […]

That idiot Timothy Leary, with his outrageous pronouncements and behavior in the 1960s, got LSD banned from research. I’ve never taken street drugs, ever. But if I did, I would be tempted to try this one. It’s not addictive and, if you read the works of Stanislav Grof, has been responsible for some awesome insights […] The post That Idiot Timothy Leary appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Making berries a part of your daily diet may help keep your brain in good working order, a new review shows. Researchers reviewed recent studies on the effects of berries on brain signaling or internal communication and behavior; how they block the damaging effects of free radicals; and how berries, rich in antioxidants, help to […]

Making berries a part of your daily diet may help keep your brain in good working order, a new review shows. Researchers reviewed recent studies on the effects of berries on brain signaling or internal communication and behavior; how they block the damaging effects of free radicals; and how berries, rich in antioxidants, help to […] The post Berries Boost The Brain appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Remarkable as it may seem, humble aspirin has a strong effect against cancer cells. This is in part due to the fact that cancer is part of the picture caused by our “inflammatory fire”; partly because it has a specific cytotoxic effect—see below. A study just last year (2011) showed taking aspirin (salicylic acid) significantly reduced the risk of colorectal cancer. 434 subjects taking just a placebo had an incidence of 30 cancers; 427 subjects taking aspirin daily for at least 2 years had an incidence of only 18 cancers. That’s a remarkable 40% reduction. No fancy expensive drugs can do that, or even come close!

Remarkable as it may seem, humble aspirin has a strong effect against cancer cells. This is in part due to the fact that cancer is part of the picture caused by our “inflammatory fire”; partly because it has a specific cytotoxic effect—see below. A study just last year (2011) showed taking aspirin (salicylic acid) significantly reduced the risk of colorectal cancer. 434 subjects taking just a placebo had an incidence of 30 cancers; 427 subjects taking aspirin daily for at least 2 years had an incidence of only 18 cancers. That’s a remarkable 40% reduction. No fancy expensive drugs can do that, or even come close!

The current medical thinking is that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a deficit in neurotransmitter function; specifically acetylcholine. Doctors have become obsessed with the characteristic amyloid plaques which are found in Alzheimer’s brains. But there is no evidence whatever that these plaques are the cause of Alzheimer’s. In fact scientific studies say the opposite. Drugs designed to reduce the presence of plaques have no significant effect on the progression of AD. Moreover drugs designed to rectify the acetylcholine deficiency also fail miserably, even though they are pushed with phoney science and TV advertizing hype (Aricept etc. are worthless). All this is despite the fact that there is a better model for AD. It’s better because rectifying it results in dramatic improvement. Alzheimer’s patients suffer from a metabolic disruption that inhibits the brain’s ability to use glucose to power neurons.