I've been off the mats, away from martial arts, for a month, due to what we're pretty sure is a pinched nerve in my arm. It's not doing great things for my sanity to be away from aikido in particular, but at least the weather has been good enough for me to spend some time outdoors ( Read more... )

Thursday, my ankle was sore; yesterday, I was having real trouble walking, so I made an appointment with my doctor. He diagnosed it as tendinitis and prescribed an anti-inflammatory for 1 to 2 weeks, which is working very well; I expect I'll be back at aikido on Monday, although I'll try not to be too hard on it. This is much better than I ( Read more... )

Communication with "vegetative" patients through fMRI demonstrated.

Ganked from theweaselking.

Yeah, I know, it's not the first time the claim has been made, but still, wouldn't it be nice if...

Ganked from theweaselking; original content coming soon to this journal, I hope!