Because the NFl Pro Bowl is just beginning and playing in the background, let me start with injuries. Sports Injuries Three things lead to...
A Video Treat for the Winter Storm
It appears that my friends in NC are snowed in and according to the Governor, in a state of emergency. My NC friend Lee Ann sent me a recipe...
Weight Loss
Earlier this evening, someone said something in a conversation that reminded me of a research study I had read earlier in the week and about...
One Point to Ponder
If Lance Armstrong did NOT use any performance enhancing drugs, why is he in so many print and web advertisements encouraging US to use perf...
EVERYTHING in Moderation - really? EVERYTHING?
And you know where I am going with tonight's post. It is a funny thing, this mantra of many. Everything in moderation. Where did that c...
Weight Loss and Goal Setting
A few things have come together in my mind that lead to this particular post. Earlier this week I shared a USA Today article on my Facebook...
Silly Kids, that Wii is for Grandma
It should not surprise you to hear that the best way to keep the mind sharp as we grow older is to USE IT. It has been ten or more years si...
Odds and Ends
Odds and Ends is pretty cool, and I think that I should keep doing it. I am also thinking that it is supposed to be easy and I keep making ...
Profiting from Cancer
We are going to stay with pharmaceuticals because an article I read on the Motley Fool website really highlights the issue that I regret alw...
Why Wait - Isn't this another Vioxx?
Okay, before I get to the point of tonight's post, I have a story that regular readers of the blog might appreciate. I was at the gym do...
Disappointed
I am naive to think that a magazine would turn down advertiser dollars out of principal. Still, I wish that Runner's World Magazine wou...
Diabetes and Smoking
Today I read an article that was part of a continuing education program. In other words, I read the article and then took a little test to ...
Odds and Ends
well okay. This is not one of the odds and ends, but I just gotta say that I am reading this article about tobacco and heart disease which ...
SES matters too
(no I didn't misspell sex!) With regard to chronic and terminal disease, health experts are consistent and quick to say that lifestyle i...
Let the Head Scratching Cease
This is not another attempt on my part to leave you guessing - nor is it a blog about preventing or treating head lice. Nope. My goal for ...
You Can Choose NEITHER
Obesity had another day in the news. First a Heartwire release about a study that will be published in the American Journal of Preventative...
Motivation and Perseverance
(I am stunned to find that this day didn't have any more hours in it than yesterday!) Exercise is such an important part of disease prev...
ABA - Soda Strategy
Very busy day today - no time to study or track things down, but alas, a little news story from this morning gives me points to pontificate...
Odds and Ends
A few days ago it occured to me that I did not do O&E last Sunday! I believe the travel glitch thwarted me there, but this has been a mo...
The Home Front
I had set aside an article regarding fighting childhood obesity on the front lines, meaning the home. It was an okay story, but it didn'...
Quitting Tobacco and Weight Gain
If the fear of gaining weight is keeping you from quitting, here is what you need to know: -There may be a slight change in your metabolism ...
A Scandal and A Scam
I want this press release to be wrong - maybe it isn't a press release, but a story. Yes, this story from the NY Times - I want it to ...