Adam Feinberg

News Flash: Heartening

How do you mend a broken heart? If you’re lovesick, time or distance might do the trick. If your heart is actually damaged, however, bioengineered protein scaffolds are a much better choice. Read more here! Published in Carnegie Mellon Today, April 2013

Heather Zidek

Candid Coach: Heather Zidek

Tumbles & Cheers’ Heather Zidek Reveals how her small gym has achieved big results.  Avon, Ohio’s Tumbles & Cheers is on a roll: after being named the USASAF’s “Best Small Gym in America,” in 2010, the gym recently moved to a brand-new 143,000 sq. ft. facility– replete with inground rod floor, tumble trak, trampoline and [...]

Green Bay Elite

Spotlight: Green Bay Elite

When people think of competitive cheerleading, Wisconsin usually isn’t the first place that comes to mind. Cherokee Greendeer was just 19 years old when she set out to start a cheer gym there in 1999, but she knew she was taking a risk. “I had to be direct; I had to sell the sport, to [...]

Meditation

Meditative State

Loneliness is more than feeling alone; it can prompt severe physical consequences, especially in the elderly. Feelings of disconnection can cause inflammation, which increases the risk of dementia, heart disease, stroke, and other diseases. A new study of seniors, published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity, found that the ancient practice of “mindfulness meditation” [...]