Advantages of Controlling Blood Glucose Your decision to manage your blood glucose could be one of the most important you’ll ever make for your future health and well-being. Some benefits include: Having more energy Feeling and looking better Sleeping better Decreasing stress Lowering risk for hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) Lessening your risk for...
October 11 People are generally continuing on with their lives here – the bombings are mentioned in passing, and a few opinions are offered, but on the whole everyone seems more concerned about terrorist retaliation. I, for one, am grateful to read that we are at least dropping food supplies for the Afghani people,...
October 2-3 Tuesday and Wednesday we climbed at the Motherlode again – I am drawn to return to this phenomenal formation, despite the fact that I’m not very good at the steep, continuous climbing there. The weather has warmed up to near-perfect fall conditions, and I’m excited by the prospect of traveling for five...
How can parents safeguard their kids from severe depression? Find resources for helping kids develop positive mental health! A teenaged boy recently told me, “Thoughts about suicide are never far away from people my age. They see it as a solution.” I was startled. We look at young people with age and health on...
September 15 Climbing in the cave at Sinks Canyon today, another climber, Dan, suddenly exclaimed, “Look – an airplane!” We all stopped and watched the jet soar above us, its sound ripping through the quiet canyon after it was already out of sight. Brilliant sunlight kept us climbing until dark, when we headed back...
Rock climbers call it “living the dream” – giving up normal life to live on the road and rock climb at places all around the country (or the world). Earlier this year I decided that now is the time for me to live the dream, and on August 31 I took the plunge, hitching...
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is a contagious, sometimes fatal respiratory infection. Yearly in the United States an estimated 90,000 infants are admitted to the hospital with the virus and of those hospitalized 4,500 die. According to a recent study conducted by PreemieCare many parents of premature infants are unaware of RSV and the seriousness...
Some of the good things prednisone does Prednisone is a funny drug. It is a cortico-type steroid that does so much, both good and bad. It is prescribed for many things. The list could go on almost endlessly. Some of the good news with prednisone is that you can take a few non-narcotic pills...
The best way to lower your high blood pressure is to cut your calories and exercise. A new study shows doing both has a better effect than either alone. Researchers from Osaka University Medical School in Japan studied 60 overweight men with high blood pressure. The first group consumed a low-calorie diet for 24...
February is Heart Month. Learn what you can do to protect your heart from a known villain. Heart Disease and Inflammation – Is There a Connection? Tip of the Week: Because inflammation has been linked to a number of chronic diseases (including allergies, arthritis, heart disease, and cancer– to name a few) include foods...