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Cycling Wed Exercise Healthy Living

Exercise and the heart — keep it simple

Exercise is a white-hot topic. We must talk more. This comment on my Facebook page only strengthened my resolve to clarify things. Not to be flip, snarky (or for that matter even just plain dense) but part of me is asking what’s the point of this? It brings up far more questions than it answers. […]

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Healthy Living inflammation Nutrition

In the Prime post up over at the Courier-Journal –Nighttime eating and biology.

An admission: In the evening, I like to snack. Perhaps you do too? It’s a common problem. A weakness even. Or is it? I used to think it didn’t matter what time one eats. It’s simple arithmetic: eat fewer calories than you burn off and all would be well. But maybe I was wrong. (Shhh). […]

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Athletic heart Cycling Wed Healthy Living

Cycling Wed: Athletes with large atria and the effect of exercise on BP

Hi all, I know; it’s Thursday morning and this is supposed to be Cycling Wednesday. My excuse is a good one. I bought an Iphone 5 yesterday and then became hypnotized by the inanimate object. Time flies with a new Apple product. Bedtime came and I said, “Crap…it’s Wednesday!.” Anyways, I was scanning the recent […]

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Healthy Living Nutrition

In the Prime post is up over at the Courier-Journal — Fish oil supplements

What do I think of the recent data on dietary fish oil supplements? Two hints: Think “free lunch.” And this: “What your grandmother knew to be true is still true…” I hope you head over to In the Prime/Voices and take a look at my take of the recent news concerning yet another cracked pillar […]

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Cycling Wed Healthy Living Nutrition

Lifestyle changes, cycling and normal…

Tonight, let’s talk a little about ‘normal.’ Nearly every weekend in the fall, during cyclocross season, I line up with a cadre of other men who look as though they desperately need to “eat a sandwich.” You look around for calm and all you see are ribs and hip bones poking through spandex. Seriously, these […]

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Doctoring Healthy Living inflammation

In the Prime Post up: The dangers of pain medicines — Part 1

I’m tiptoeing out on a limb. In my state of Kentucky, few potatoes are hotter. I started this In the Prime post fully intending to discuss the under-appreciated dangers of NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal-Anti-Inflammatory Drugs), like ibuprofen, naprosyn, and celecoxib (Celebrex). Three things got me thinking about the thorny issue of treating pain. First: More than one […]

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Cycling Stuff Doctoring Health Care Reform Healthy Living

CW: How valuable are regular medical check-ups?

Millions of Americans believe in the practice. Government reformers believe in it. Doctors too. Heck, even I, an accused therapeutic nihilist, tracked down a poor soul who agreed to be my primary care doctor. Call it old-fashioned, but I wanted my own doc, and I wanted yearly “checkups.” No procedure—not even AF ablation–is as good […]

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Cyclocross Exercise Health Care Reform Healthy Living

In the Prime posts for this week — Health Insurance and Obesity

Hi all, I wrote two posts this week for the Courier-Journal’s online health portal, In the Prime. The first was titled, Can an insurance company improve our health? In this post I use the tragic story of a patient who stopped taking an important medicine because of a high copay. Two recent medical studies have […]

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Healthy Living

In the Prime post up: Sugary Drinks — A health debacle that begs for action

Here’s a question: In the next decade, which single health problem most threatens our populace? Ask a doctor this question and you will hear only one response… …Head over to In the Prime Voices to read (Part 1) of my take. A hint:  JMM  

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Cycling Wed Healthy Living

Cycling Wed: Good choices plus good choices equals…

I say it over and over again. I urge, cajole and yes, sometimes even plead. It’s the small choices that add up… …to good outcomes. Outcomes? That’s the thing. It could be good health measures like lower blood pressure or boastful cholesterol levels, or it could be successful cycling results. Small choices. Little things. Not […]

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Healthy Living

In the Prime post up–Does work stress increase the risk of heart disease?

On the matter of how (or if) work stress relates to heart disease, there was a very large and well-publicized study released last week in the Lancet. Its results speak to the obvious, which of course draws me in. It got me thinking about what I see every day in the office. I posted some […]