100-Year-Old Marathoner
Fauja Singh completes Toronto marathon. According to the Wall Street Journal, on 10/16/11 Fauja Singh completed the Toronto marathon, finishing the 26.2 mile race in over 8 hours. I hope that will...
View ArticleAsk the Doc: Statins and Exercise
On this site I’m unable to answer patient specific questions, but as time permits, may answer questions of a general interest. Question: Submitted on 2012/03/16 at 2:30 pm Let me know what you think of...
View ArticleCruise Health
As I wrote about last time, I attended the ACP Internal Medicine 2012 meeting in New Orleans. Afterwards my wife and I took a cruise on the Carnival Conquest ship that left from New Orleans and...
View ArticleAsk the Doc: Human Growth Hormone
On this site I’m unable to answer patient specific questions, but as time permits, may answer questions of a general interest. Question: I have been working out with a personal trainer with weight...
View ArticleI’m An Olympic Hopeful
Panathenaic amphora, ca. 530 b.c.; Archaic, Attributed to the Euphiletos PainterGreek, Attic, Terracotta – from the Metropolitan Museum. I’ve had some minor athletic successes in my life. I once ran a...
View ArticleChiropractic Care
I have a confession. Last year I went to a chiropractor for the first time. I had been having some neck and sacroiliac pain. I went to a massage therapist a few times. Although it felt good,...
View ArticleJanuary Resolutions
This is the time of year people make New Year’s resolutions. Many goals get made repeatedly each year because it’s hard to sustain changes in habits to make progress in things like losing weight....
View ArticleHealthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives
Dr. David Eisenberg with his son and daughter demonstrating healthy cooking. I recently attended the 11th Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives Conference put on by the Harvard School of Public Health and...
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