The Ill Effects of Sitting

To all my faithful blog readers, I apologize for my long absence.  I had a rather crazy summer, but am back to my diligent blogging! Thanks to Jim P. for sending me this very fascinating article from the New York Times.  “The Men Who Stare at Screens”...

Massage Therapy & Functional Dysphonia

There was an extremely fascinating piece on the “Morning Edition” of NPR today.  The item was about Julie Treible, a woman who contracted a common cold and then lost her ability to speak for an entire six weeks.  Every time she tried to speak, she would get dizzy. ...

Warm Weather Safety

When the body is no longer able to cool itself through sweating, heat stress or heat exhaustion can occur and, in more extreme instances, heat stroke.  Some factors contributing to heat exhaustion are direct exposure to sun, limited air movement, physical exertion...