The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stepped up its efforts to get parents to have their children vaccinated by posting a mini-documentary on YouTube.com the popular video library that features anyone’s videos. Thousands of children are hospitalized and die…

Before I bore you with my marathon training recap, I’d like to shout out to some friends.

First, my good buddy Dr. Ed Wolfgram will be competing in the Hawaiian Ironman this coming weekend. He’s 75 and had major open heart surgery less…

For the 19th Annual National Infertility Awareness Week, The National Infertility Association, will host two Take Charge! Web chats.
– 8 p.m Oct. 21, Lindsay Nohr Beck, of Fertile Hope, will discuss cancer and infertility, including options for people who face…

One more thing to consider when deciding who you’ll vote for: Presidential candidate John McCain had rather extensive surgery on his face and neck in 2000 to remove melanoma skin cancer. According to the American Melanoma Foundation, one American dies…

• Here’s one I’ve never heard before. Prevention recommends hopping in a pool, taking a cold shower, or soaking your T-shirt in ice water before exercising. Studies show it might help you go faster.
• They also offer tips from Indiana University researcher…

Monday: 6.6 miles
Tuesday: 4.5-mile fun run with Dr. Ed Wolfgram
Thursday: 4.5-mile fast run
Saturday: 18-mile slow run in 2 hours 53 minutes
Total: 33.5 miles

Saturday’s 18-mile run was really hard. I think I may have gone out too quickly on the first 10 miles, because…

Exercise is good — there’s no question about that.

But earlier this summer researchers at  University of Michigan found that  it doesn’t suppress appetite in obese women like it does in lean women. Apparently obesity interferes with a hormone called leptin that …

This is one of those bunch o’ bits I talked about several weeks ago and then never did. In the meantime, editors here told us to write headlines that concisely tell the reader exactly what the blog posting is about.…

Last week was a good week. On Monday, I ran 10 miles to sort of make up for not doing the 16-mile run that I was supposed to do 2 days earlier. Tuesday, I ran 4.5-miles with Dr. Ed Wolfgram.…

More than half — 51 percent – of Missouri residents say they struggle to exercise, much behind the national average of 93 percent, says the Amway Global Wellness Index.

The Index is from a national survey of more than 15,000 Americans regarding…