Politically correct VD…

February 14, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 4 Comments

Valentine’s Day? That’s what everyone says it is.

Except, in my tradition, this was a day celebrated by others. Given the official name for the day as “Saint Valentine’s Day”, it should surprise no one that it was not part of my routine. A child going to yeshiva (a Jewish [very] religious school) is not to be considering any day involving saints as pertaining to them. (That’s true, regardless of Hallmark’s yeoman efforts to make us all forget that first word of the celebration.)

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A Five-Bagger!

February 10, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 3 Comments

Boy, tonight will be totally cool.

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Business Management

Bachelors of ….

February 9, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

The education system in the US has not been keeping up. To some degree, it’s why Kmart and Target feel they can demand college degrees to staff their stores. Of course, it may also be related to the fact that many college grads can’t get the jobs they expected- so they are applying to Kmart and Target.

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Brain, Medicine

Diet For Life

February 8, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 4 Comments

What do we do when we just can’t lose weight?

No, don’t tell me we’re not trying hard enough. Some folks have fallen into the black hole of (no) weight loss- metabolic syndrome. I know that sounds like gobbledygook- and to some degree it is. Because it is not an illness per se, but a combination of risk factors that mean the subject is not losing weight, can succumb to heart disease, and/or diabetes.

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Just Because

Otherism

February 7, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

Too many folks think fake news is a new phenomenon. It is not. The concept of fake news is almost always involved with the cancer of “otherism”. Otherism is a means whereby folks (and governments) blame the ills of society on someone else.

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Microrobots to the rescue?

February 6, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 4 Comments

Acid reflux. Sounds terrible, right? Where does this acid come from? Our stomachs, of course. The acid level in our stomach is critical to breaking down those foods we ingest, so that enzymes can get the nutrients from our food. And, if we ingest a pathogen or two, then the acid milieu makes toast of them. Of course, that same acid means that many of the pills we take to feel better or repair our physiological problems get destroyed, too.

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Who’d a Thunk It?

February 3, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

When I travel, I routinely keep to my own time zone. Unless my trip is going to extend beyond 4 days. (Yes, that one time I went to Taiwan for a day- it was a little disconcerting to be off by 12 hours…) It’s the way I avoid having any jet lag problems. It helps that I also am more than able to sleep on planes, and don’t need a whole bunch of sleep, to boot.

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Brain, Medicine

Enhanced Performance?

February 2, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

Last blog, we discussed the use of muscle activation to improve athletic performance. OK. We discussed that this is probably a myth, since there is no data demonstrating that it does improve athletic performance.

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A (non)shocking experience

February 1, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 9 Comments

Years ago, I had some traumatic accidents. Ones I was very lucky to survive. But, while I survived the experience, there were days when I could barely move. My back hurt so much; more than a few times my children had to call the paramedics to get me transported to the hospital. (I was stuck on the floor, unable to get up.)

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