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Why bike when you can trikke?
Source: Trikke Tampa Click photo for larger view. The trikke (pronounced “trike”) is essentially a scooter with two wheels at the rear instead of one. You don’t push your feet against the ground to go...
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How much exercise do we really need?
Source: The Daily Galaxy The US government, through the Centers for Disease Control, has an official opinion on how much exercise we need. Adults should get 30 minutes a day, five days of week, of...
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Rosen Method Movement teachers
Rosen Method Movement: Gentle, yet powerful movement and dance designed to lubricate all the joints in the body. Classes help you stay active and healthy, improve balance and coordination, and cope...
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Rosen Method Movement Music
Source: Smarthistory A Rosen Method Movement class takes students through a sequence of movements. The sequence prepares the body to move with ease across the dance floor. All movements are done to...
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Is football the moral equivalent of dogfighting?
Source: Collegiate Sports Medicine Malcom Gladwell (of Outliers, Blink, and The Tipping Point fame) has an article in the New Yorker called “Offensive Play.” The subtitle is “How different are...
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Dementia, denial, and high school football
Source: NFL Football 360 The National Football League (NFL) commissioned a survey on the incidence of dementia and other memory-related diseases among its retired players. The results that came back...
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Health Culture Daily Dose #18
Source: Wunderground When did we start calling the whole day before Christmas “Christmas Eve?” I thought Christmas Eve was the evening before Christmas. But no. Senators voted on health care reform at...
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Too much sitting? Try the adjustable-height desk
SOURCE: GeekDesk Sitting at a desk all day is hard on the body, especially the back. What the body needs is variety and the ability to move. One solution is an adjustable-height desk – one that allows...
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Updates: Commercialization of infidelity, medical rivalry, conservatives on...
Some interesting things I found today that relate to previous posts. Emphasis in quotations has been added by me. Re: Are married people happier? Are parents? An amusing discussion by Will Davies on...
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Why women should not ride bicycles: The medical opinion in 1896
In the 1890s, bicycles became safer and more comfortable to ride (detailed in this Wikipedia entry on the history of the bicycle). This may have something to do with the increased number of women who...
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RN #3: Health news: Exercise and depression. Aspirin for primary prevention....
Reading Notes #3: Some articles of interest I’ve come across while reading NEJM and JAMA. These items all fall into the category of health news. Bulleted titles in the following list link to the...
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