Welcome to the Running newsletter! Every Saturday morning, we email runners with news, advice and some motivation to help you get up and running. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. On Tuesday, I ran my first race since a stress fracture had sidelined me from running for 84 days. I’ve been running… Read More »
THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 — All it takes is two hours of training to save a life after a severe head injury, researchers say. A new study reports that training first responders in emergency treatment guidelines for severe head injuries does improve chances of survival. The guidelines for pre-hospital care of traumatic brain injury (TBI)… Read More »
Welcome to the Running newsletter! Every Saturday morning, we email runners with news, advice and some motivation to help you get up and running. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. As regular readers of this newsletter may know, I’ve been recovering from a stress fracture this winter. Fingers crossed I’ll be cleared… Read More »
Athletes who have torn an anterior cruciate knee ligament often rely on elaborate batteries of physical tests to tell them if and when they are ready to return to competitive sports. But a new review of studies of athletes and A.C.L. injuries raises serious concerns about the reliability of these return-to-play tests. The review finds… Read More »
At the peak of her dependency, Simonette Nikole was taking a potent cocktail of 20 prescription painkillers every four hours. The Melbourne woman felt constantly ill as a result. Her hair began to fall out, the strength of the opioid medications severely damaged her digestive tract and she could barely function. But every single one… Read More »
I had a friend’s phone numbers memorized, as well as all my credit card numbers and driver’s license number. I could watch a movie once and recite all the one-liners on-demand. I could read an entire book in a day, or over the weekend (depending on how long it was). I could multi-task like a… Read More »