Purple Medical BlogMedical News and Information That You Can UseBlind Golfing:How Visually Impaired Play Golf and Have Fun- December 29, 2005 Blind Golfing:How Visually Impaired Play Golf and Have Fun Israeli Golfer Zohar Sharon Swings to Victory How Blind Golf is Played Zohar Sharon, an Israeli who suffered eye damage while in the Army took up golfing after losing his vision. Sharon is one of a number of visually impaired persons who have become avid golfers. See the video Blind Golfer Scores Hole in One and Grass Always Green Sharon Earns Title as well as Blind Golf Champion not Afraid of Challenge and Simon Cookson is...http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/blind-golfinghow-visually-impaired.html Study of Hangover Cures Says They Don't Work- December 23, 2005 How to Avoid a Hangover: Study of Hangover Cures Says They Don't Work Study of Hangover Cures Published in Medical Journal Says No Evidence Hangover Cures Work "Researchers in Europe wanted to know what if any studies had been done to measure the effectiveness of "hangover cures". They searched the medical literature to find studies that examined how well putative hangover cures work. They looked for "randomised controlled trials of any medical intervention for preventing or treating alcohol.".http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/study-of-hangover-cures-says-they-dont.html Real Life Jurassic Park: Extinct Species Could Once Again Walk The Earth- December 20, 2005 JURASSIC PARK REDUX:...Mammoth Might Walk the Earth as Scientists Think They Can Figure Out Gene Map of Wooly Mammoth May Decipher Complete Map of the Genes of a Mammoth..Might Be Able to Produce Live Mammoth Some Say "Mapping the DNA of a woolly mammoth means a Jurassic Park-like resurrection of an extinct species could theoretically happen, say a group of Canadian and American researchers." Using well-preserved remains of a mammoth jaw, and high powered gene sequencing technology they...http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/real-life-jurassic-park-extinct.html The CALERIE Study: Eat Less Live More- December 18, 2005 Can Eating Less Food and Consuming Fewer Calories Help People Live Longer.... The Calerie Study Seeks The Answer Should Ponce De Leon Just Have Gone on A Diet Key to Longevity: Not Fountain of Youth But Fork of Youth An expanding volume of scientific research seems to imply that eating fewer calories and eating less is associated with living longer. It has been reported for many years that chronic calorie restriction without nutritional defiencies increases the length of life.Three...http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/calerie-study-eat-less-live-more.html What Trans Fat Labels Mean:Read Them and Get Healthy- December 12, 2005 What Trans Fat Labels Mean: Read Them and Get Healthy New Law Putting Trans Fat Contents on Labels Goes Into Action: Even Vegetable Oil Can Raise Your Cholesterol As of January,2006 putting labels with trans fat content on food is not just a good idea, it's the law. That's good because trans fats in food lead to increased cholesterol in people. Kellogg (with undoubtedly many more to follow) has announced that they will use a modified soybean vegetable oil that has less trans fats.Kellogg..http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-trans-fat-labels-meanread-them.html |