By Edward Fink, M.D. From the elite pro to the casual rider, falls or crashes sometimes occur in spite of our levels of skill and diligence. However, if you do fall and sustain an injury to the acromioclavicular (AC) joint, don’t despair. The overwhelming majority of riders recover fully without surgery and are back in…
Editor’s Note: A reader recently forwarded to me an alarming article from VeloNews about the seemingly increasing incidence of cardiac maladies (especially, atrial fibrillation) in masters endurance athletes who have pushed themselves hard for decades, in some cases, and continue to do so far past age 50. I asked Dr. Gabe Mirkin to address the…
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. You recover faster from intense exercise by eating immediately afterward, and a new study shows it doesn’t really matter what you eat. Fast foods such as French fries, hash browns and hamburgers helped athletes recover just as quickly from hard workouts as sports nutrition products such as Gatorade, Powerbars or Clif…
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. People who eat seven or more eggs per week have almost double the rate of arterial damage as those who eat one egg or less per week, according to a study in Atherosclerosis (June 3, 2015). The egg-eaters who were overweight or did not eat a lot of vegetables had the…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher I’m running today’s column as another “Summer reminder” of the particular issues that we face in these prime riding months. Last week I featured a primer on sunscreen. This week, bee (and similar) stings, and how to deal with them. This topic came to mind last week when I…
