It’s hard to offer a precise definition of awe, so let’s call it the thrill we feel when we realize that we are in the presence of some stunningly magnificent place or being or happening. It’s less hard to list the health benefits that we derive from the experience. In […]
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Can Exercise Enhance Vaccines?
Ok, the study is small, with just 70 people (and 80 mice), but the findings are promising: 90 minutes of exercise immediately after a vaccination for Covid or the flu can give people a small boost in antibody levels several weeks after vaccination. The New York Times reports on the […]
Simple Way to Relieve Swimmers’ Allergies
For years, SportsGeezer has heard complaints from distance swimmers who suffer from allergies after long swims in fresh water lakes. Now, from Zara Patel, a rhinologist at Stanford Health Care, comes a quick, easy and inexpensive way to rid your nose of allergens, possibly including the water-borne allergens that drive […]
A Quick Note About Alcohol and Sleep
One more thing that isn’t great about an evening drink or two: it can really mess up your sleep. The New York Times Ask Well column concedes that glass of wine or two may help us get to sleep, but warns that post-drink sleep is generally less salutary than no-drink […]
Why the Coronavirus Likes Obese People
It’s been known since the arrival of Covid-19 that the virus is particularly hard on people who are overweight. Now, thanks to research at Stanford Medical Center and elsewhere, we know why: the virus has the ability to infect fat cells, as well as immune cells within the fat. The […]
Exercise Formula for Longer Life
Gretchen Reynolds, much esteemed health and fitness writer for the New York Times, has an answer for anyone wondering how much daily exercise they need for a longer life. Reynolds reports on two new studies, one published this month in JAMA Network Open, and another published in August in Mayo […]
The Four Stages of Your Metabolism
Timing, we learn again, is everything. A new study, using data from more than 6,400 subjects who ranged in age from 8 days to 95 years, suggests that much of what we knew about the natural changes of our metabolism is wrong. Then what’s right? The New York Times reports […]
Exercise Improves Immunity Provided by Vaccines
SportsGeezer readers will probably not be surprised to learn that exercise, in general, boosts our response to vaccinations. Still, they may be interested in a New York Times report on two recent studies that suggest that intense training amplifies our vaccine response. In one study, conducted in Germany, researchers compared […]
Don’t Let the Pandemic Keep You Down
Get up, get out, and start moving, or incur an increased or ill health or early death. So say health experts writing in a special issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, which describes the World Health Organization’s new guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior. The Washington Post reports on the advice, which […]
Post Covid Exercise
Let’s say you’ve had Covid, and let’s say you feel pretty good, or at least good enough start exercising. Three words of advice: Don’t push it. Writing in the New York Times, Dr. Jordan Metzl, a sports medicine specialist at New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery, reports seeing several patients […]