Seniors benefit from ‘exergames’
Thinking of purchasing the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Kinect or PlayStation Move for your kids this holiday season? Better pick one up for Grandma too.
Year: 2011
Prescribed Burn and Incident Command System (ICS) Exercise Scheduled for Dec. 21
North Port Fire Rescue, in cooperation with the Florida Forest Service, will be conducting a full scale prescribed burn and Incident Command System (ICS) exercise in preparation for the upcoming wildfire season. This event will take place on Wednesday, …
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10 Chino Hills Weight Loss & Nutrition Tips For 2012
| January is a great month to start trying to lose weight and it's often the busiest for Chino Hills weight loss clinics. Dr. Sam Bakhtiar is a local nutrition expert and fitness boot camp trainer. He would like to offer the following 10 diet tips for … See all stories on this topic » |
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5 Ways To Lose Weight Quickly
Caution: for healthy people only. Those with health issues, please consult your physician. Eat a low GI diet A low GI meal takes longer to digest and releases sugar into the bloodstream more slowly than a high GI meal. High GI foods include white bread …
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Exercise pioneer Bonnie Prudden dies at 97
Medical marijuana center gets Oregon City business license, then decides not …
The center would assist patients in obtaining pot and testing plants to detect pesticides or chemicals and would provide information on nutrition and alternative medicine. There is one other marijuana club in Clackamas County. Here's the short version …
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New Year's Resolutions for People With Arthritis
Try alternative medicine. With so many side effects from long-term medications, many people look to alternative therapies for arthritis pain. That's not a bad idea, says Zashin. Alternative therapies are worth a try — if they work, that's great, …
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Alternatives to Medical Testing on Chimpanzees
| As Wired wrote in a September article, "cognitive studies and natural observations established beyond doubt that chimpanzees are, as befits the closest living relative of humans, deeply intelligent and emotional creatures for whom captive medical … See all stories on this topic » |
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The Healing Round Table
| If you're a patient who has incorporated complementary and alternative medicine into your health care regimen, you may have bumped up against some resistance on both sides of the healing fence. Your doctor may think your homeopath is a total quack … See all stories on this topic » |
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Blood Pressure Control in Middle Age Can Lower Lifetime Heart Risk (HealthDay)
FDA panel backs Alexza drug with limits (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. drug advisers recommended approving an experimental treatment from Alexza Pharmaceuticals for calming down patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, but placed restrictions on how the drug should be used.
Headaches May Plague Many With HIV/AIDS (HealthDay)
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) —
Headache affects 50 percent of HIV/AIDS patients in the United States, and
many of those headaches are severe, a new study says.