Running: A FEVER

RAF238: Rumors of Vaccine Side Effects

I guess I have a musical mind, I always get music in my head when something comes up in conversation or otherwise. I was thinking of a couple famous 80’s songs, but did you know there are over 1000 songs with the title “Rumors”? Seems like a popular topic, and almost always very problematic. It…

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RAF229: Frontotemporal Dementia

Welcome to the 6th in our 17-part series on dementia. About 50 million people suffer from dementia worldwide. It is a debilitating disease, but it may be preventable. So I’ve set out to learn as much as I can and bring you along with me. In part 3 I went through the many types of…

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RAF228: Vascular Dementia

Welcome to the 5th in our 17-part series on dementia. About 50 million people suffer from dementia worldwide. It is a debilitating disease, but it may be preventable. So I’ve set out to learn as much as I can and bring you along with me. In part 3 I went through the many types of…

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RAF227: Alzheimer’s Disease

I’m doing a whole series on dementia, and this is part 4. In part 3 I went through the many types of dementia, and we’re going to have separate episodes on the most common of these. This is the first of that series-within-a-series. Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/227   Check out this episode!

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RAF226: Types of Dementia

Welcome to the 3rd in our 17-part series on dementia. About 50 million people suffer from dementia worldwide. It is a debilitating disease, but it may be preventable. So I’ve set out to learn as much as I can and bring you along with me. Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/226 Check out this episode!

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RAF225: What is Dementia?

There is a group of brain disorders in which the patient experiences a loss of cognitive function. The name used for this group is “Dementia”. So it’s not one particular ailment. But a group of them that have certain things in common. The cause of these disorders is thought to be the deterioration of brain…

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RAF245: COVID-19 May Reduce I.Q.

I’m sorry to interrupt our fascinating study of dementia, but this new article about COVID-19 is somewhat related and very timely, so I thought I should bring it to your attention. Last week a report was released of a study conducted by Dr. Adam Hampshire of Imperial College London. This has been widely reported, I…

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RAF224: Introduction to Dementia

This episode is the beginning of a major series. I have planned 17 episodes in the series, so this will take us a few weeks into 2021. The subject is dementia. I think it’s important. It affects 50 million people worldwide. But this wouldn’t necessarily convince me to spend so much time on this disease….

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RAF243: Annual Physical 2020

An annual physical is essential to optimal health management. If you are fortunate enough to not have any medical problems throughout the year, or any chronic disorders that need to be managed, it at least gives you one meeting with your doctor, in which you can ask any of those nagging questions you have. He…

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RAF242: COVID and the Family Doctor

Believe it or not, I like going in to see my doctor. For someone who cares enough about health to do a podcast episode every week on it, it’s a chance to get some professional insight and real-life point of view on medicine. Plus he’s just a nice guy. I’ll have a separate episode on…

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