Gym or Raking Leaves?

How important is rigorous gym exercise versus ordinary work day exercise/tasks? New research at Oregon State University suggests the health benefits of small amounts of activity — even as small as one- and two-minute increments that add up to 30 minutes per day — can be just as beneficial as longer periods of physical exercise achieved by a trip to the gym. The nationally representative study of …

Canada’s Flaherty reveals skin disease, explains bloating

Canada's Finance Minister Flaherty speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in OttawaOTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty revealed on Thursday he is suffering from a serious skin disease and is taking steroids that make him appear bloated and red-faced, but that the problem is not preventing him from doing his job. Flaherty's health has been a source of speculation in Ottawa for months because of his changed appearance. The minister, 63, has had the rare condition, called bullous pemphigoid, for nearly a year, his office said in a statement. …

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