Confronting pain, strain, crud and bugs. Naturally.
My freshman daughter is in the thick of the battle in the pre-architecture program at college. Throughout the fall and winter, she’s been working like a dog to create design projects for her portfolio that will get her accepted into the program for her sophomore year. That means many week nights at the design center [...]
I live just a few miles from Van Meter, Iowa. That’s the birthplace and boyhood home (and museum site) of one of the greatest baseball players in history, fireballing pitcher Bob Feller, The Heater from Van Meter, who died at age 92 Wednesday night. Joe DiMaggio called his curve ball “not human.” Ted Williams, the [...]
Well, it had to happen sometime. One day last week it was 54 degrees here and life was beautiful. Then overnight, it dropped to 4 degrees with a nice blizzard thrown in. A few hours north, the MetroDome roof caved in. Winter is now officially a long-term, uninvited guest. When the cold weather sets in, [...]
Don’t forget that acronym: EDC. It stands for “endocrine disrupting compound.” A new University of Michigan study suggests that exposure to an EDC substance called triclosan, found in antibacterial soaps and other products like diaper bags and toothpaste, may be linked to higher instances of allergies among young people age 18 and under. The endocrine [...]
Just when you thought you’d heard everything about avoiding germs and staying healthy during the holidays, along comes an update from CBS Sunday Morning. I should have posted this last week when it ran, but now is better than never. The hand washing part reminds me of one of my good high school friends. He’s [...]
The New York Times this week ran an op-ed piece by Jennifer Ackerman, a science writer and author who has written an entire book about colds. Called “Achoo! The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold” the book takes an in-depth look at what the cold really is, and why it’s so dang hard to conquer [...]
The Huffington Post is one of my favorite news portals, simply because it offers so much in one place. From time to time I check in with its health section to see what’s being written. I like it because the story headlines have a little attitude and the pictures kind of pull you in. Beyond [...]
I’ve written at length in this blog about the basic model of immune balance. This is the ability…or inability… of the body to control immune response so that certain immune cells attack when needed while other immune cells help stave off immune aggression and not compound a condition by overreacting. Once in a while, it’s [...]
The Old Spice guy in a towel is my favorite TV ad and the fav of about 50 million others, too. Smelling like a man (and turning tickets into diamonds) is now top of mind for many U.S. males…and females. A little info digging on my part came up with some interesting theories–even a little [...]
Newsweek and other media are writing about about gut bacteria (which I’ve blogged about here several times) and how the distribution and composition of specific bacteria in our digestive system may play a significant role in weight gain and obesity. The news is a result of a couple of studies independently published in recent issues [...]
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