Main photo courtesy curearthritis.org A Guide to Avoiding Knee Replacement By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH Last year there were 600,000 total knee replacement surgeries in the United States. Insurers spend five billion dollars on knee procedures per year. It is a...
Modifying the Rink Works; Masks on the Players Does Not The governors of Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, and other states have closed indoor ice rinks due to because they are COVID infection sites. Community skating rinks are designed to keep a slab of ice...
The mosquitoes that carry EEE can bite any time day or night, the highest frequency is the early evening. Schools in high-risk areas have canceled nighttime athletic contests. There is insecticide spraying in hish risk towns, but this disease very high case-fatality...
The Relationship between Alzheimer’s, Dementia and the Aging Brain New research reveals the best way to survive from 75 to 90 years old: eat, drink, be merry, and exercise. Those who made it to 75, benefited from Consuming wine rather than abstinence Consuming coffee...
Predictions for this weekend are for windchills of -20 degrees in cities, -30 degrees in the suburbs. You have a significant risk of rapid hypothermic injury. Hypothermia is a nasty, subtle, and potentially fatal condition. The sequence of hypothermia is: You can get...
LONDON (AP) — Here’s a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning the public that sitting for prolonged periods of time, even if you also exercise on a regular basis, could be bad for your health. It also...
Between diving for basketballs, rock climbing, and riding dirtbikes, I have had some hard landings, but none recently until last June. I was riding my bicycle, when a woman, with her infant in a papoose, decided to stop directly in front of me in a crowded crosswalk...
Have you noticed “toning shoes” such as Shape Ups, MBT’s, and Easy Tones? They are easily recognized because the sole is extra thick, rounded, and the heel is missing. This forces the wearer to adopt a rolling motion when walking. This would, in theory, also force...
