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Cognitive decline with aging is an increasingly important research topic. This week Science Magazine has produced a special issue on the brain and a summary article and one main articles discusses the impact on a specific neurodegenerative disease (spinocerebellar ataxia type 1) in mice.
A “mild” exercise regimen helped the mice live significantly longer. The [...]
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Miniaturization of technology continues to bring new innovations in science and technology. The very latest innovation which you probably have not seen yet is a miniature NMR. On a larger scale this is the old familiar MRI machine. The micro-NMR is coupled to a Smart Phone and used to analyze cell surface proteins. A study [...]
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“The Case Against Lance Armstrong” is the title of an article in the January 24, 2011 issue of Sports Illustrated. The case that is made within this article is based on in large part on what a few people with gripes against Lance have said. The other “hard” evidence is based on several tests detailing [...]
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Podiatry Management (October, 2010) has just published an article I’ve written titled Overuse Injuries: All The Small Things . You are just another click away from the PDF version. This is a challenging article. It introduces mechanotransduction, a theory of cellular and tissue function, which is little known in the sports medicine community. The article [...]
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Red hot chili peppers just might be good for you. An article in the current issue of “Science Signaling” (Aug 10, 2010. Vol 3, Issue 134, p ec241) summarizes two articles and gives the details.
Capsaicin, in chili peppers, is what makes them taste hot. For several years it has been used in topical creams that [...]
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Ambling Along With 4.5 Million Year Old Flat Feet
A hominid species predating Lucy, (Australopithecus africanus) has been more fully described. Journalists have had first crack at the issue of Science in which the updated description of the species, Ardipithecus ramidus (from 4.5 million years ago), appears. The rest of us could only see this issue [...]
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Stimulating Brain Development: Evolution Of The Brain Spurred By Movement (a speculative hypothesis)
We previously mentioned the early hominid development of upright, obligatory, habitual bipedal posture mentioning the richer protein and calorie dense food which may have enabled better brain development. We’ll expand on that a bit with a “big think” and take it down a [...]
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Many people have played the facebook game “What’s Your Real Age”. My guess that those who played it wanted to feel they were younger than their biological age. Telomere length seems to be the real way to determine actual “biological age”. These are the real “biological clocks”. Telomeres are repetitive sequences at the ends of [...]
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The Bare Outline of Bipedal Beginnings
Humans are the only primate habitual, obligate, bipedal on the planet. And not only can we walk, but we can launch ourselves completely off the ground and run. It is important to note that running is a one legged exercise. Only one limb is in contact with the ground at [...]
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Science magazine has just published an article on the oldest footprints found which correspond to modern day human biomechanical function. These footprints are about 1.5 Million years old and appear to belong to homo erectus, a species which predated homo sapiens.
The great toe was in similar alignment to modern day humans. An arch was present. [...]
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July 4th Weekend Books:
His Excellency: George Washington - by Joseph Ellis
A fine introduction to the life of George...
What's next after the penguin?: There is much variety among the blogs at Runner's World. But not long ago the Penguin flew off and w...
