Month: November 2012
Brookline Joining Simulated 24-Hour Public Safety Exercise Saturday
Do not be alarmed on Saturday if you hear gunfire from the Cleveland Circle cinema site–or around the Greater Boston area–it will be due to Urban Shield, a 24-hour training exercise for area public safety organizations. Actually, you can be thankful …
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Joint exercise practices for potential conflict with North Korea
| U.S. Soldiers confer in November 2011 in one of the operations centers utilized during Warpath III – an exercise during which about 1,000 American and South Korean soldiers practiced how they would respond to a chemical or biological attack by North … See all stories on this topic » |
 Stars and Stripes |
Weight can melt off when eating low-calorie frozen meals, fruits and …
I often recommend to my patients looking to lose weight that they fulfill at least one of the three basic meals with a frozen entrée as a proven dieting strategy," said Bartfield, who specializes in nutrition and weight management at Loyola University …
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Weight loss diet tips
They couldn't be more wrong. Dr. Eileen Canday – Chief Dietician at Breach Candy Hospital, helps you by providing some healthy weight loss diet tips. Have a look and you'll realise that healthy weight loss is more about balancing foods, than avoiding them.
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Phils exercise Ruiz's option, cut ties with Polanco
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have spent the week starting to put their 2013 plans into place. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. and the Phillies exercised the $5 million option on All-Star catcher Carlos Ruiz's contract and declined …
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Exercise Maple Resolve Prepares Troops For Operations
Exercise Maple Resolve provided soldiers the opportunity to practice conventional war-fighting skills, preparing them for a wide range of operations. As one of the largest training events in the history of Canadian Manoeuvre Training Center, the …
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Exercising Alone Is Not Enough if You Sit For Long Hours Every Day
| Now a new research has revealed that even women who make sure that they get ample physical activity or exercise regularly cannot avoid consequences of long hours of sitting. This study calls for public health recommendations to encourage Americans to … See all stories on this topic » |
 Counsel & Heal |
With Diabetes, Boosting Exercise Should Be Done Safely
According to the American Council on Exercise, although exercise helps people with diabetes control their blood sugar levels, it can sometimes cause these levels to drop dangerously low. In extreme cases this condition, known as hypoglycemia, can …
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Exercise and coffee may ward off dementia, studies say
Getting regular exercise and drinking coffee have both been shown to reduce the risk of dementia in seniors, and two recent studies released Thursday help show why. Seniors who exercised regularly reduced their risk of vascular-related dementia by 40 …
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Exercise Prevents Dementia in Some Seniors
| Previous analyses have identified associations between physical activity and lower risks of cognitive decline and progression to dementia, with possible explanations including mental and social stimulation from exercise, improved cerebral blood flow, … See all stories on this topic » |
 MedPage Today |
Floods render NYC hospitals powerless
There are few places in the U.S. where hospitals have put as much thought and money into disaster planning as New York. And yet two of the city's busiest, most important medical centers failed a fundamental test of readiness during Superstorm Sandy this week: They lost power.