Year: 2012
USARAF sponsored MEDRETE set for Benin
Walter Murrell, an exercise planning specialist with USARAF said the Benin MEDERETE will bring together a team of military and civilian medical professionals featuring humanitarian outreach. “MEDRETE 13-1 will be conducted by a small combined team of …
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White House denounces Boehner "Plan B" as "exercise in futility"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House spokesman Jay Carney denounced a Republican "Plan B" aimed at avoiding the looming "fiscal cliff" on Thursday, calling it a "multi-day exercise in futility." At his daily news briefing, Carney said there remains "even …
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Exercise for Busy People: Wish list from a fitness enthusiast
Here goes another letter to you with the list of things I want this year. Yes, I still want obesity numbers to decrease next year, and I still want more people to accept exercise as a daily activity rather than an occasional, time-permitting task …
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Exercise Program Helps Pediatric Cancer Survivors Regain Physical Strength, Balance, Encourages Weight Loss
There are many health effects that a patient may need to overcome after winning a battle against cancer. Cancer treatments can affect the patient's balance, agility, coordination, prompt weight gain and other physical ailments. At Nationwide Children's Hospital, beating cancer doesn't mark the end of a child's treatment regimen. A new exercise program at the hospital helps pediatric cancer …
Exercise experts tackle obesity by catering to kids
“We want kids to grow up to make exercise a part of their routine,” said Leyna Dahlinghaus, assistant general manager at Boston Sports Clubs who manages kids fitness programs for ages 1 to 13. “It's our mission.” So the club is offering hip exercising …
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Exercise caution when using space heaters
Friday is the official start of winter, and fire officials have a warning for Georgia households. So far this year, there have been 341 fires in the state due to home heating and they don't want that number to increase. The bodies of two women living …
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71-Year-Old With Cerebral Palsy Reaches Exercise Milestone
71-year-old Mary Nay was born with cerebral palsy. Wednesday was her birthday, and she wanted to celebrate by marking a personal milestone. "I walked two and a half miles today: 30 laps around the track," said Nay. She says at one time she never …
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For obese, are vibrations as good as exercise?
… rescued immune cell populations damaged by obesity while helping to restore the skeletal system. (Credit: iStockphoto). STONY BROOK (US) — Low-intensity vibrations may be as beneficial as exercise for people who are obese, new research suggests.
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AP IMPACT: Steroids loom in major-college football
WASHINGTON (AP) — With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more in a single year, sometimes — without drawing much attention from their schools or the NCAA in a sport that earns tens of billions of dollars for teams.
Alternative Medicine and Cancer | Whole Health Chicago
Right up front, let me say if alternative medicine therapies could cure cancer they wouldn't be alternative. Conspiracy theory alert: there is no plot on the.
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Licensing Alternative Medicine Practitioners in Arkansas | Skeptoid
A recent bill filed in the Arkansas Legislature, House Bill 1011, could allow her to practice the alternative medicine she's educated in and worked hard for.
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