Baseball season is almost here!  We've got a great podcast today with MLB's Washington Nationals Asst. GM Bryan Minniti about professional baseball, injuries, and rehab in a large organization with multi-million dollar athletes.  Join us for Mr. Minniti's behind-the-scenes insights about professional baseball.

Don't miss out on a great weekly article. Learn "What to do with a football lineman, when he stops being a football lineman?," by Jonathan Oliver. Due to their intense training and physical abilities, athletes are assumed by many people to be healthy individuals. However, this may not always be the case. Studies have recently shown that football athletes, particularly linemen, are...

Its that time!!! Check out this weeks article, Its a real treat!  "How does ‘chunking’ help expand your memory? Verifying that consolidation resulting in offline learning influences motor chunks," by Sanjeev R. Bhatia. Human memory and the ability to recall vast amounts of trivia and unrelated information have intrigued scientists and researchers for quite some time. However, sometimes memory is inconsistent in its retrievability....

Check out the great article, "Homocysteine, a Quiet Killer!" by Majid Koozehchian. Homocysteine (Hcy) is a non-proteinogenic amino acid (i.e., an amino acid not used in proteins) normally present in the blood. Hcy is a by-product of normal diet but high levels in the blood can endanger cardiovascular health...

IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball joins us in the podcast to talk about the special sports medicine needs of an IndyCar driver as well as his special physiological needs.  Charlie is the first elite racing driver to race with Type 1 Diabetes and it is incredibly interesting to hear how his team (and IndyCar) handles his condition.

Like many fields, Sports Medicine / Exercise Science continues to grow and change.  Dr. Ed Howley, Professor Emeritus at The University of Tennessee is in the podcast today to talk about how Sports Medicine and Exercise Science has grown, matured, and changed over the past 40+ years.  Dr. Howley is long-time recognized scholar in our field and we are pleased to have him join us today.

Dr. Jay Williams from Virginia Tech joins us in the podcast today to talk about using social media to translate sports medicine to the public, especially in the area of soccer.  Jay actually works in the area of molecular biology and sports and in the last few years has really been working to make Sports Science understandable to the public.  So join us for this fun conversation!

We're into the second month of 2012 and many people are rethinking their New Year's resolution to lose weight.  Our podcast today is a delightfully frank conversation with Ms. Faith A. Lightfoot, President of Lighten The Load and an expert on weight loss and healthy living in women and children.  This is a hard-hitting conversation that highlights the difficulties of maintaining healthy weight in our modern society.

We are pleased to formally announce the speaker line-up for the 2012 Huffines Discussion (March 23, 2012).  Check out our special video podcast as we announce and welcome our 2012 Huffines Discussion Speaker Scholars.  There are more details on the website and you'll be hearing more in the next two months.  Considering how well the 2011 Discussion went, you will want to be at the second iteration.  And if you are a student - know that we'll be giving away a $500. text...

In the past few months, there have been several football players that have collapsed and died away from the field.  So how much risk do these athletes have for sudden death?  Dr. Stephen Crouse, an expert in athletic medical screen joins us in the podcast today to talk about what we know about athletic sudden death and the real risk to athletes.  This is a great podcast, especially if you are an athlete or have a child participating in sports.