Confronting pain, strain, crud and bugs. Naturally.
I can’t imagine running a marathon. Twenty six miles of hell. The farthest I’ve ever tried running at one time was a 5K run in downtown Des Moines 25 years ago. I darn near died. When I was in college, a psychology professor would assign a class project to all of his students: at the [...]
My seasonal college football fanaticism is under way. And one of the first news makers of the young season this past week was the University of Wisconsin football team having to cope with 40 players being hit with H1N1. Wow. They barely got by Fresno State. I’m sure we will hear something wacky pretty soon [...]
Last week was spring break, so I stuck around home and took advantage of some gorgeous early spring weather. I’m no spring chicken, I’m certainly not a paragon of elite physical conditioning, but I cast fear to the wind and took on some physical activities throughout the week that put my joints and muscles to [...]
Wanna experience one of the most beneficial half hours of your life? Listen to Embria Health Science’s Stuart Reeves as he is interviewed about immune balance on a Latrobe, PA radio station. Stuart hits the big points on immune health and quality of life, from colds and flu to stress and travel to extreme exercise [...]
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Remember that “word.” Or to make it easier, just call it MRSA. I pointed out to a commenter on this blog a few days ago that MRSA looks like pretty scary stuff. It’s a strain of staff bacteria resistant to many antibiotics. Surgical draining and IVs are needed to get it under control. It [...]
“The immune system in sport: getting the balance right” is the title of a recent publication by Richard O’Kennedy in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. In this paper, he points out that “It is becoming increasingly evident that it is highly integrated with our neurological and endocrine systems, and research now seeks to understand [...]
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