Despite a recent report that a daily workout improves the productivity of workers, it’s just not possible for everyone to get out of the office, even for a quick 45-minute session. Fortunately, fitness guru Marina has found a way for us to slip a workout right into the office, although […]

Because it’s probably much too late to conceal any bias toward a particular course of prophylactic healthcare, Geezer is pleased to report yet another (and another, and another) health benefit of wine. Science News tells us that resveratrol–one of several antioxidants found in wine–helped human cells break down a harmful […]

There are now at least two available books titled "A Healthier You," and both of them have the goods to deliver exactly what they promise.  "A Healthier You" number one is a holistic exploration of medical issues written quite recently by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, a specialist in integrative medicine, and […]

Decades of careful observation have persuaded Geezer that smoking pot does not make you smarter, as was suggested by a recent medical study involving mouse brains. But now comes areport of other apparent benefits of a pot-related therapy, and this one does not contradict any of Geezer’s personal findings. A […]

Is there any quality-of-life enhancing substance that does not influence blood pressure? Salt, the American answer to virtually all herbs and spices, jacks it up. Wine, that delightful unveiler of beauty in sadly ordinary members of the opposite sex, can push it even higher. And in recent days, a spate […]

What if employees took an hour off every day to work out? How much would that cost employers? Not a cent.  In fact, according to a British study conducted at the University of Bristol, employers would benefit from productivity gains in the general vicinity of 15 percent. Here we will […]

Because it’s a safe bet that Tom Stienstra knows more about the wilds of California than any other outdoors writer,  when Stienstra tells us that the best mountain biking in that relatively capacious state can be found at the Wilder Ranch State Park, just north of Santa Cruz on Highway […]

Along with breast cancer, gastric cancer, Alzheimer’s, and heart attack, we can now add one more thing to the list of dreadful conditions that aspirin may save us from: skin cancer. ABC News reports on a study conducted by Australia’s Queensland Institute of Medical Research that found that people took […]

Geezer is a big enough person to publish a list of 50 great health and fitness websites, even though that list fails to mention SportsGeezer. That’s because Geezer understands that everyone, even editors at glossy magazines like Men’s Journal, occasionally makes mistakes. Here you have a great list of  50 […]

There is, actually, a third therapy for those whose hip to waist ratios fail to meet the standards set in the item below, and may therefor portend some unfortunate coronary event. It’s a therapy known in medical circles as "red wine," and it’s proven to lower artery-threatening LDL cholesterol. For […]