The Times of London gives us some very enlightening, yet pedestrian, thoughts from Bruce Millar, who, at the the age of 40-something, decided to learn how to walk –perfectly.  Why bother? Because, as Millar tellls us, if an active person takes between 8,000 and 10,000 paces a day and walks 83,000 […]

How much coffee is too much coffee?More than two cups. That, at least, is the conclusion of a study conducted at Penn State University, in which 45 young men were given either 200 mg of caffeine (equivalent to one to two cups of coffee) or 400 mg of caffeine (three […]

Once upon a time, long before there was a U in the EU, Guinness advertised its ambrosial beverage with the slogan "Guinness is good for you." Now, decades after that claim was deemed illegal, researchers have found that it is true. The BBC reports that researchers at the University of […]

Outside magazine reports on a Princeton psychology professor who may have demonstrated that running with friends is more beneficial than running alone. Or not. The researcher, Elizabeth Gould, looked at subjects who ran alone and at those who ran in groups, and measured the rates of brain cell growth among […]

Over the last five years, the New York Times reports, the use of sleep medications has increased by 60 percent. What could that mean? Well, it could mean that the number of Americans who have trouble getting a full night’s sleep has increased 60 percent. Or it could mean that […]

An exercise kinesiology professor at Indiana University in Bloomington has some research results that the makers of Gatorade and other sports drinks are finding hard to swallow: chocolate milk helps  athletes to maintain peak performance as well or better than some of most loudly touted sports drinks. The L.A. Times […]

A reader of Outside magazine asks a question that has puzzled Geezer since he bought his first three-speed bike, back when there were such things as three speed bikes: Is it better to pedal fast or pedal slowly? The answer, sadly, is another question: better for what? Outside’s fitness answer […]

SportsGeezer readers are ever mindful of evidence that red wine might slow Alzheimer’s, spare us from cataracts, and cut the risk of some cancers. Now a Canadian study suggests that it might also stave off periodontitis, an unpleasant gum disease that afflicts about 65 percent of people over the age […]

The message is clear: lighten up and live longer. The L.A. Times reports that a three-year study of older married couples has found a link between the quality of relationships and atherosclerosis. The research, conducted at the University of Utah, studied 150 couples, who were asked to talk about a […]

Faithful readers of SportsGeezer will recall the excellent reporting in Part One of Science News’ two-part series, Buff and Brainy, which described the benefits of exercise to the brain. Now Part Two of the same series is upon us, and its reporting on how different foods influence brain function is […]