You might wonder why you see cherry juice at triathlons and other endurance sports. This small study in the June 2006 issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine looked at whether a tart cherry juice blend might help recovery from vigorous exercise. The study was funded by a product company but starts by reviewing… Read More
This July 1, 2016 JAMA study looked at the chief complaint of nontraumatic chest pain to see how commonly it was life threatening. The study used the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey database to assess the accuracy of diagnoses. The study determined that 5.5% of ER patients are diagnosed with 1 of 6 life… Read More
Russia probably isn’t the only country whose athletes have been caught using Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). Many of the athletes and their coaches have long been looking for and figuring out edges and secrets. Lance Armstrong was the most tested individual in the world and never tested positive. This article is a quick rudimentary list… Read More
This article in The August 8, 2016 issue of JAMA looks at the effects of the ACA and Medicaid expansion on several factors relating access of care and health improvement. Interestingly this article compares two different Medicaid expansion programs and a state where there were no expansions undertaken. Specifically, the study looked at Kentucky, Arkansas,… Read More
There have been tremendous advances in medicine. Over the past several decades positions and the health care system have done a tremendous job of decreasing deaths from heart disease and stroke. However our fight with cancer has not been as successful. Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in research and multiple public health measures including… Read More
Insufficient sleep is considered by the CDC to be a public health epidemic. Sleep disturbances have long been associated with all cause mortality and more recently with inflammation. A study in the July 2016 issue of Biological Psychiatry examined inflammatory markers and their relationship to sleep disturbance in sleep duration. Both inflammation and poor sleep… Read More
Physicians have long complained that electronic health record systems (EHR) are inefficient, unsafe, and dangerous. This article in Modern Health outlines a lawsuit against Cerner’s EHR and reviews lawsuits which involved faulty EHRs. This article predicts athat This may be the first in a wave of such cases. This case involves a three-hospital system called PinnacleHealth… Read More
Whether you are a competitive athlete or an exercise enthusiast, most people have experienced serious cramping at least once and many athletes and others experience severe cramping more often. It can be embarrassing as marathon world record holder runner Paula Radcliffe and Superstar Lebron James have both been disabled by cramps during major competitions. The traditional… Read More
This is another great post I found that reviews the issue of transitioning to midfoot strike. It emphasizes several points. The first again is that midfoot and forefoot runners generally run faster. The second which is just as important. If you are making the transition from a heal striker do it gradually. Those people that… Read More
