normalizing it all
From the category archives:
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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The Future: A Pill To Prevent Cognitive Decline?
Why not exercise?
For many years scientists believed that the adult human brain was not able to make new cross connections. Neurons were thought to stop functioning and die at a high rate as one aged. Altman, in 1964, hypothesized that vertebrates could create new neurons, but this did [...]
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Blisters are a common sports injury caused by a combination of friction and moisture. Blisters normally
cause pain that limits your activity and resolve and go away. You should take good care of blisters to avoid infection. Running in pain with an altered gait can cause you to injure another body part. A couple of days [...]
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PPE Coalition for Youth Sports and Safety
PPE Initiative Launch Event & Press Conference: May 13, 2010
Across the U.S. there is no formal standardization of the young athlete’s pre-participation medical evaluation (PPE or pre-participation evaluation). States have varying standards and requirements on what needs to be checked and who may perform the evaluation. These examinations are [...]
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Now that you’ve trained properly after having a medical exam and clearance to run, you are nearly ready for the big day. Prudence should keep you upright for the next 26.2 miles. Some have said “Start slow, and finish slower”. But that may not be your plan. Make sure you run within your means. Be [...]
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While you wouldn’t think so, Time Magazine and Rush Limbaugh are on the same reality denying page. Neither the magazine nor Rush are looking at the facts and being fair and balanced on the topic of exercise. Rush, not
that long ago, implied that exercise was not necessary, didn’t add to your health, and increased the [...]
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I had the opportunity to speak at the American Podiatric Medical Association’s Annual Scientific Seminar this weekend. The American College of Podiatric Sports Medicine also held it’s annual meeting here in Toronto. The meetings were excellent. And, as always, it gave me the opportunity to see many people who I cannot often visit with. Old [...]
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It just doesn’t add up when you mix and match numbers that aren’t meant to be simply added together. When you have numbers that represent things that can’t be merely added together and derive from different measuring systems, you can’t simply join them together. If you thoughtlessly and carelessly put the numbers together, you could [...]
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July 4th Weekend Books:
His Excellency: George Washington - by Joseph Ellis
A fine introduction to the life of George...
Running To Extremes: The most amazing and inspirational runner for me though is little known Suprabha Beckjord who has ga...
What’s My Age Again: The Telomere Tick Tock: Many people have played the facebook game “What’s Your Real Age”. My guess that those who played it ...
