On the 5th of January 2012 my father, Frank Sheehan, passed-away. Just as Michael Clarke was declaring at a monumental unbeaten 329 to make cricket history, Frank declared at an equally amazing 94. “My father was a man of few words. So I will keep this very, very short. My fondest memory of Frank was [...]
Can Intense Exercise Damage Your Heart?
New research suggests that intense exercise can damage your heart, at least for some people. The researchers showed that overexertion in marathons and triathlons can cause damage to the right ventricle of the heart. The research was published in the European Heart Journal [2] and their press release also featured on BBC Health News. For [...]
5 Enduring Old Wives Tales That Affect Personal Habits
We all like to think that we’re perfectly in control of our own lives and that myths and old wives’ tales can’t fool us. Sometimes, though, we all fall prey to common misconceptions. This article takes a look at five enduring old wives’ tales that affect our personal habits – any of them sound familiar? [...]
Tips On How To Get More REM Sleep
REM Sleep is vital to your health. We look at how you can get more. There has been a great deal of research into sleep recently that has highlighted the importance of sleep and particularly a stage of sleep called the REM state. Unfortunately researchers have found that around 55% of the population sleep for [...]
Mini-Retirement Change Of Focus
I am finding that writing every day at ExcitedByLife is taking up too much of my time at the expense of some other goals and projects I had also planned on achieving during my mini-retirement. So, starting from today I will be exiting from the blogging challenges I am currently participating in. Please don’t get [...]
The Evolution Of Humans
Svante Pääbo with a reconstructed Neandertal skull. (Copyright: Frank Vinken) The history of human evolution is a fascinating study. Of particular interest is the migration of early humans out of Africa and how the different races evolved and differentiated. With the advent of gnome sequencing, the evidence is irrefutable – our European and Asian ancestors [...]
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