Will Weightlifting Make You Smarter?

A complete weight training workout can be performed with a pair of adjustable dumbbells and a set of weight disks (plates). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A group that performed a previous study showing that strength and weight training could postpone the onset of dementia in elderly women has done a follow up study that shows […]

Whooping Cough In The News Again

Bordetella pertussis on Charcoal Agar – detail (Photo credit: Nathan Reading)

I’ve written about whooping cough (pertussis) before. One time recently was when it was announced that it was being recommended that adults over the age of 65 also get pertussis vaccinations. Another was about a study that hinted that the current pertussis vaccine […]