Harry Leeming was in good shape! He was young, he exercised daily, had climbed mountains, and even cycled across continents. An engineer in the electric car field, he was making a difference as well. Then, in September 2020, Harry came down with COVID-19. No big deal,...
A message I had never seen before had popped up on my Oura ring app. Both my heart rate and temperature were elevated and it suggested that I go to “rest mode”. Doing so would have the Oura drop my “activity goal” for the day and just have me...
Dr. Eleanor Stein MD came down with ME/CFS/FM and multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) in 1989. She’s been exclusively working with patients in Calgary, Canada with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Environmental...
Last March, I trudged out to the van to install a solar panel. I’d been fighting a cold but this was something thing I dearly wanted to get done. In general, I felt a little activity had been helpful with colds. This time, it was different. The work took longer...
It’s Black Friday – the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. Health Rising usually does a tongue-in-cheek Black Friday blog to remind readers that HR gets a percentage of every Amazon.com purchase made through HR’s Amazon search box (see...
Karmin returns with a second in a series of blogs on using heart rate variability (HRV) testing to manage and improve one’s health. She shows how home-based HRV testing can provide better information on how to pace oneself cognitively than heart rate testing,...
