Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
You already know that exercise will help improve your fitness level, can reduce your risk for chronic disease, and can help slim your waistline. But did you also know that getting the recommended amount of daily physical activity may also make you …
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| They may look misguided in retrospect for installing the Detroit Tigers as favorites in the World Series against the San Francisco Giants — who have won the first two games by a combined score of 10-3 — but spare a thought for bettors and oddsmakers: … See all stories on this topic » |
 Wall Street Journal (blog) |
Time is key for weight loss. By UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM … “Our new animal model will be useful in pinpointing the reasons why most adults find it exceedingly difficult to maintain meaningful weight loss from dieting and exercise alone …
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Bobcats exercise options on Walker, Biyombo. No Author Published: October 26, 2012 Associated Press Comment on this article Leave a comment. email. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bobcats president of basketball operations Rod Higgins announced the …
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The Army has started incorporating cyber operations into exercises meant to prepare its heavy forces to fight major wars again after more than a decade of counterinsurgency, a three-star general revealed this week. Until recently, "we had not thought …
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| GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Aliya Armstrong looked in the mirror and said to herself “I am fat.” The 36-year-old thought back to college when she was healthy and athletic, a lifestyle that changed when she obtained a full-time job and became a mother. And … See all stories on this topic » |
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More than 3,500 military personnel from the United States have joined about 1,000 Israeli troops in an exercise dubbed "Austere Challenge 2012" to test missile defense systems. The forces are simulating short- and long-range missile attacks that Israel …
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| Remaining physically active as you age, a new study shows, may help protect parts of your brain from shrinking, a process that has been linked to declines in thinking and memory skills. Physical exercise not only protected against such age-related … See all stories on this topic » |
 New York Times (blog) |
Staffers at a pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak documented dozens of cases of mold and bacteria growing in rooms that were supposed to be sterile, according to federal health inspectors.
(Reuters) – Sambazon, a California-based maker of fruit juices and protein drinks, said it contests a report in the December issue of Consumer Reports magazine stating that Sambazon’s energy drink had more caffeine than printed on its label. The study, released on Thursday, said Sambazon Organic Amazon Energy drink had 81 milligrams of caffeine per serving. The privately-held company said the findings were wrong, adding that its drink actually contains 53 milligrams of caffeine per eight-ounce serving. Consumer Reports said it stands by its findings. …
Federal health inspectors say staffers at a pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak over the past year documented dozens of cases of mold and bacteria growing in rooms that were supposed to be sterile.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It is impossible to watch a Major League Baseball (MLB) game nowadays – such as those in the World Series now underway – without hearing about how many pitches a player has thrown. But a new study suggests that when it comes to preventing injuries, the obsession of many teams with those kinds of numbers may be misplaced. “I don’t necessarily think that pitch counts or innings pitched are the best way to measure the demands of pitching,” Thomas Karakolis, the lead author on the study, told Reuters Health. …