Muscle and Skeletal Health

Women's Last Period Ever Can Be Predicted, Thanks To UCLA Research

From the department of TMI comes news that UCLA researchers had figured out how to predict with a year or so when a woman's last period of all time will be. Because LA Weekly is your source for stuff you don't really want to know about. Turns out that academics at the Westwood school have figured ... More >>

Cialis Boner Pills Might Help With ... Muscular Dystrophy?

It's always wonderful when you find out that a previously devious drug has benevolent uses. Like marijuana. Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have come up with a doozy involving a miraculous flip-side for some boner pills. Really:

Moderate Boozing May Prevent Bone Loss in Women

Drinking one or two alcoholic drinks daily may curb bone loss in women, according to a new study. The effect is so marked that taking just a two-week break from booze hastened bone decline, WebMD reports. Researchers at the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University stu ... More >>

Jerry Lewis no Longer Welcome at Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (Really)

Jerry Lewis as 'The Nutty Professor.'​They were known as "Jerrry's kids," those young victims of muscular dystrophy. They're somebody else's kids now. It appears that Lewis has been kicked out his his own telethon, the annual end-of-summer snooze-fest that happens the Sunday before Labor Day ... More >>

Gout Levels Continue to Rise

Tate GalleryA 1772 portrait of author and gout sufferer Samuel Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds.​Once known as the disease of kings (as well as 18th century essayists and 21st century food writers), the prevalence of gout has risen steadily in the past two decades, according to a study published ... More >>

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