|
A physician in New Zealand wrote that he is preparing to swim Cook Strait, the body of water separating the north and south islands of New Zealand, next February. He asked for suggestions about acclimatizing to cold water swimming.
|
|
Unfortunately, given the speed with which influenza viruses mutate and the amount of time it takes to develop and produce effective vaccines against them, we are left with vaccinating the population with the viruses that are predicted by the...
|
|
The practice of irrigating the nose and sinuses with salt-water sprays is often prescribed for sinus congestion, and even for preventive "maintenance," but it removes important protective mucus layers and natural disease-fighting compounds, and...
|
|
"I feel as if my best chance to make it across Cook Strait is not going to involve miles and miles in the pool, but lots of time in the ocean, hence I'm trying to maximize that, trying to become more and more familiar with its changing moods.
|
|
I explain these myths and more about swimming and diving physiology, underwater and in heat and cold, in the book Diving Physiology in Plain English. I tell them that without understanding the reasons for how the body resulted in the situation in...
|
|
Studies first started to report the benefit of exercise to reduce incidence of colds when looking at recreational exercisers, who reported fewer colds once they began regular running. Later research on exercise, intensity, and the number of...
|
|
Causes or contributors seem to be things that increase cardiac preload and afterload, including immersion in water, cold water, heavy exercise, negative pressure breathing (like breathing with a snorkel, and swimming with the chest below the...
|
|
Absolutely marvelous piece as I sit with a yucky cold and try to shoulder through the workday with a deadline on a manual, two magazine stories, and a conference we're running next week. Over lunch, we were discussing ways to stay healthy at work.
|
|
As for all such situations, our hearts go out to the family and friends of the climber found and those still missing. One of the three climbers lost on Mt. Hood has been found, perished in a snow cave high on the mountain.
|
|
I have 3 kids, and pseudophedrine (Pediacare) has worked in my family for YEARS now. It's all over the news now.the manufacturers of infant formulations of cough. Note, this withdrawal was voluntary, it was not mandated by the FDA.
|
|
Recently, we had a woman diagnosed late in pregnancy with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, or obstetric cholestasis (OC) Despite reassuring fetal heart rate testing, the baby died. I just logged in and read about the "Inrahpatic Cholestasis...
|