Category: My lymphoma and related medical stuff

From the NY Times, last Sunday. the moral, for fitness keep it simple, and I agree. That's simple – not the same as easy! It's about 18 paragraphs long. So when I found myself 40, fat and weak, I paid special attention to exercise science articles, in the hopes of getting strong. I found stories…

USA is still the heaviest country. Of the top ten, the only country on the African continent is Egypt. The audio improves as the two minute video runs.  

Had my semi-annual visit to Sloan and meeting with the lymphoma guru, Dr. Zelenetz. Everything was fine, including the CAT scan. So, after eight years (last chemo was the "high dose" stuff in January, 2006 – hard to believe it's that long ago) I'm now going from semi-annual visits and an annual CAT scan, to…

I've posted a few times about interval training (just type 'interval training" in the search box above), which holds that if done at high intensity levels, the results – especially relating to cardio – are as good or better than longer moderate exercise, but take much less time. Here's more research on the subject, from…

A good article from the NY Times – being physically active during adulthood is particularly important. In one large-scale study published last fall that looked at more than 12,000 Australian men aged between 65 and 83, those who engaged in about 30 minutes of exercise five or so times per week were much healthier and…

From the NY Times health section – If a woman is physically active during pregnancy, she may boost the development of her unborn child’s brain, according to a heart-tugging new study of expectant mothers and their newborns. The findings bolster a growing scientific consensus that the benefits of exercise can begin to accumulate even before…

I posted about this a few days ago – NYT health update – short people get less cancer -YAY! and now here's more about why short people live longer. HOWEVER – they also say tall people are smarter – duh. The research is clear: Being tall is hazardous to your health. Setting aside simple mortality,…

Yay! But how come I got lymphoma? Here's the article from today's NY Times health seciton ,which is filled with good articles. "Cancer Risk Increases with Height" An analysis of 20,928 postmenopausal women showed that the taller a woman is, the greater her risk for a number of cancers, including breast, colon and skin cancer,…

An op ed this morning in the NY Times. Well worth reading in it's entirety.  My Medical Choice MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never…

Too quote this NY Times fitness article: "The science suggests that, over all, distance running and racing are extremely unlikely to kill you — except when, in rare instances, they do." It's a pretty good short piece.