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How tapering maximizes your potential on marathon day https://health1forum.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/how-tapering-maximizes-your-potential-on-marathon-day/ The taper is an essential aspect of training that many new runners need to remember to incorporate into their training program. Tapering means reducing your training load before a competition to optimize performance on race day. It’s the rest period before race day to reduce the effects of muscle fatigue brought on by months of rigorous training. During marathon training, muscle power diminishes, stores of glycogen (a form of glucose) deplete and overall muscle fatigue accumulates. The tapering period minimizes the adverse effects of a long-distance training schedule, so your muscles will be fresh and fatigue-free on race day, significantly Read More July 17, 2024 at 01:58PM

Heat may have contributed to four human cases of bird flu in Colorado https://health1forum.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/heat-may-have-contributed-to-four-human-cases-of-bird-flu-in-colorado/ Credit: Alexas Fotos from Pexels Heat probably played a role in at least four cases of bird flu in poultry workers confirmed by U.S. health officials Sunday—the first cases in poultry workers in two years. Sweltering temperatures in Colorado rose to at least 104 degrees, which is suspected to have contributed to the human cases, according to Dr. Nirav Shah, principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The barns where poultry workers were culling chickens were “no doubt even hotter,” Shah said during a press conference on the most recent outbreak of bird flu in humans. Read More July 17, 2024 at 01:43PM

How out-of-pocket TMJ costs drive patients into debt https://health1forum.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/how-out-of-pocket-tmj-costs-drive-patients-into-debt/ Over three decades of relentless pain, Jonna Tallant has tried about every TMJ treatment: mouthguards, six sets of braces, dental crowns and appliances, drugs, physical therapy, Botox, massage, acupuncture, chiropractic care, and surgery. Nothing has helped. Tallant, 51, of Knoxville, Tennessee, said she lives in agony and cannot eat any food that must be chewed. Despite spending a small fortune on treatment, she can barely open her mouth enough to squeeze in a toothbrush. Tallant estimates she has paid at least $200,000 for TMJ care. She provided medical records showing more than $60,000 in out-of-pocket spending in just the past Read More July 17, 2024 at 01:37PM