Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers have exercised their team option on guard Kyrie Irving, the NBA's reigning rookie of the year. As expected, the team also exercised its third-year option on second-year forward Tristan Thompson, who was taken with the No.
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BANGKOK — Myanmar's military, long criticized for human rights abuses, may be invited as an observer at annual U.S-Thai joint military exercise next year, officials in Washington and Bangkok said Friday. The potential invitation to the Cobra Gold …
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For the study, the investigators used a mathematical computer model of human metabolism to create simulations of the diet and exercise that led to the participants' weight loss. The computer program calculated that diet alone was responsible for more …
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According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), almost two thirds of adults 50 and older use some form of CAM (complementary and alternative medicine).
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Many producers have turned to letting cattle graze corn fodder as a cost-effective feedstuff amid record-setting drought. But a Purdue Extension animal scientist says there are certain precautions to take to keep animals healthy. When hungry cattle are …
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FRIDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) — Regular exercise may slow the premature aging of the cardiovascular system that occurs in people with type 2 diabetes, according to new research. A healthy adult loses about 10 percent of fitness with each decade of …
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| China held naval exercises in the East China Sea today in a robust show of military force intended to warn regional rivals against escalating territorial disputes. China regularly holds maritime drills in the fall, but "sources close to the military … See all stories on this topic » |
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(Reuters) – The number of U.S. deaths from fungal meningitis linked to potentially contaminated steroid injections has risen to 21 with a fifth death reported in Michigan, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. States reported 14 new cases of fungal meningitis, raising the total to 268 as the outbreak showed no signs of abating, the CDC said. There are also three peripheral infections in the outbreak caused by injections into joints, such as a knee, hip or shoulder. The outbreak stems from medications shipped by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. …
The country’s largest organic peanut processing plant is scrubbing its facilities top to bottom and hopes to get back in production soon after a massive recall of scores of products linked to a salmonella outbreak.
BOSTON (Reuters) – Patients exposed to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are suing to freeze the personal assets of executives at the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy whose injectable steroids have been linked to 20 deaths and over 250 cases of infection. Peter McGrath, a former federal prosecutor, said he was spear heading a civil case that alleges Massachusetts-based NECC and company officers Barry and Lisa Cadden and Greg Conigliaro are responsible for the tainted drugs. …
BOSTON (Reuters) – Ameridose LLC, sister company to the New England Compounding Center at the heart of the U.S. meningitis outbreak, said on Friday it has agreed to extend a temporary shutdown while state and federal regulators continue an investigation into the company. Ameridose, based in Westborough, Massachusetts, shares some common ownership with NECC, which is why investigators began an inspection of the company on October 10. …