This week marked my third root canal this year. Ouch! 2009 also included a dental implant and subsequent crown. Who pays for this professional service? See figure 1… 950 dollars is indeed the going rate. Notice the guarantor is yours truly, not Anthem, Humana, GE, General Motors, UPS or anyone else. A regular Discover card […]
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The first weekend after the fall cyclocross campaign is upon this cycling family. Some random Sunday evening reflections… A perusal of the usual health news sites result in boredom. The only mildly interesting story, but not yet ready for this newbie blogger, detailed Pfizer’s quest for a new drugs addressing the latest scourge that is […]
High intensity exercise was in the news today. Let’s do science: Don’t worry, I will make it easy. Background: It is known that exercise is good for the heart, even after stents or bypass. Historically, high intensity exercise was too scary to recommend for heart patients. Recently though, reports have suggested that high intensity exercise […]
This very important study on the importance of fitness in early adulthood almost passed me by. That is, until this sign at Walden caught my eye… Here is a study linking cardiovascular fitness in early adulthood with increased intelligence, better performance on cognitive tests and higher achievement later in life. In other words, being fit […]
Only one more weekend of cyclocross remains. Sundays have been so good. Community, participation, challenge, support and togetherness all are appropriate words. There are few sports where the whole family participates. Sunday cross begins in the AM and races go all day. Women, junior’s, 3 categories of men and then even the pro’s each get […]
My grandfather had many grin-inducing phrases; one of the more commonly heard was, “nice guys finish last.” Maybe in a cross race, but not so much with heart disease. More interesting news from November’s AHA meeting. Here, a study showing that patients who exhibit positive attitudes in the face of stress are much less likely […]
November marks the annual American Heart Association (AHA) meeting. This is one of the few major heart meetings each year. AHA focuses on the newest technologies for the treatment of ongoing cardiac disease. Termed, “secondary prevention,” this year there were studies on implantable devices for heart failure, new blood thinners to assist in the squishing […]
I have yet to figure out the theme for the blog. Is it exercise? Or healthy living? Or medical? Cycling? What exactly? So far, in reflecting on the posts, the only consistent theme I can figure is the “master of the obvious” thread. In the electrophysiology (EP) lab, you have to locate where an arrhythmia […]
Some say unsolicited advice is self serving. Of course it is, but, here in lies the beauty of a blog. Although our fall campaign of cross racing brings mostly joy, yesterday, Staci and I was troubled by our observations of the junior race. The race director, Kyle Wingler was nice enough to ask me how […]
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I started my day today reading the front page of CJ. The medical breakthroughs article caught my eye. http://www.courier-journal.com/section/News01&template=project&theme=research Why does reading about cardiac stem cell transplant make me remember this photo. I took it for a lecture on “Heart Disease Prevention.” The stem cell thing is fascinating. The research is compelling and the scientists […]