For more information about this week’s Human Performance Minute, check out the links listed below. Be sure to check out future weekly Huffines Institute Human Performance Minute broadcasts at TexAgs SportsRadio (The Zone 1150 AM) every Wednesday morning at 10:45am. If you missed it you can listen to it here!

We're thrilled to have Dr. Amanda Boyce from the National Institutes of Health join us on the Podcast today! Amanda brings a wealth of experience in scientific review, and discusses the specifics behind how our tax dollars get spent on research in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the nation's medical research agency -whose goal is "making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. A really informative talk!

Most believe that sport, particularly organized sport, is a generally good and positive activity that leads to positive outcomes - but why? How can we maximize the positive outcomes that sport has with the greatest regularity? Join us with Dr. Marlene Dixon, as we take on these questions and more in this week's podcast

Today is the seventh video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Mindy Millard-Stafford, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.  Dr. Millard-Stafford's talk is called "(When) Will Women Outperform Men In Sport: Socio-biological Perspectives" and discusses the debate on whether or not women will overcome physiological barriers to performance

Today is the sixth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Mr. Kevin Spencer, Internationally acclaimed Illusionist and Researcher.  Mr. Spencer's talk is called "Powerful Medicine: Simply Magic!" and is a great talk about new approaches to physical rehabilitation using simple tools that seem to be magic

Today is the fourth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion. Up today in our series is Dr. Anthony Hackney, Professor at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in Exercise & Sport Science and the Department of Nutrition. Dr. Hackney's talk is called "Exercise: Too Much of a Good Thing?" and is an examination of how excessive exercise affects the reproduction systems of humans.

Today is the fourth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. P. Darrell Neufer, Professor and Director of the East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute at East Carolina University.  Dr. Neufer's talk is called "Electricity - The Elemental Principle of Life (Was Dr. Frankenstein Right?)" and is an examination of whether the body's own electrical currents should be considered the determining factor in metabolic issues ...

Today is the third video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Janice Thompson, Professor and Director of Research and Deputy Head of School in Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK.  Dr. Thompson's talk is called "Obesity Wars: Exercise vs. Diet" and covers the current controversies and understandings in the war on obesity.

Today is the second video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Mr. Reggie Brown, former linebacker at Texas A&M and for the Detroit Lions. Mr. Brown's talk is called "The Day My Earth Stood Still: From Injury to the Rest of My Life" and covers what happens when a life-threatening injury happens on the field - from the player's perspective!

Today is the first video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Larry Kenney, the Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance at Penn State University. Dr. Kenney's talk is called "Climate Change, Aging, and Human Health" and covers the physiological issues we will all face with the onset of Climate Change.  LISTEN or WATCH NOW!