October 4, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
October 4, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
Tags: ABC. Dr. Richard Besser, American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, anorexia nervosa, Big Ben, Bob Nellis, Brian Kilen, bulimia nervosa, CGI, CGI Commitment to Action, Clinton Global Initiative, concussions, Dallas Morning News
April 5, 2013
Walking and Running May Offer Similar Heath Benefits
Walkers who feel as though they are way down on the exercise chain can now hold their heads a little higher…”This is a valuable study that was done on a large number of people,” said Dr. Gerald Fletcher, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and a spokesperson for the American Heart Association […]
Tags: AHA, american heart association, Dr. Gerald Fletcher, health benefits, quantity of exercise, running, walking, Yahoo! News Canada
June 18, 2012
For runners, which is bigger speed bump: Age or mileage?
If only runners could take a peek at a personal lifetime odometer. They might discover a good indicator of how long they can continue to log personal bests. Doug Alred, the Gate River Run’s race director for 30 years, believes that distance runners are a lot like automobiles, and it’s mileage rather than model year […]
Tags: Daniel Montero, Doug Alred, Gate River Run, running
January 15, 2010
Mike Sheehy goes from San Diego to P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon – on foot
Forrest Gump crossed the country side on his Nikes simply because he felt like runnin’. By Sunday, Mike Sheehy will have run past 44 cities in 17 days mostly because he had purpose. About 32,000 runners are coming in planes, trains and automobiles for this weekend’s seventh annual P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona […]