Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
Nautilus Inc. said Monday it has released the Bowflex UpperCut, an exercise device aimed at enabling users to sculpt their upper bodies. The product allows users to "perform unique variations of presses, pikes, dives and fly exercises," the Vancouver …
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A senior exercise program called Sit and Box at Vintage Simi Hills has earned the Assisted Living Innovation in Quality Award from the California Assisted Living Association. "The selection committee found the program to be quite innovative and the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in long-delayed federal disaster aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, but not before Republicans flexed their budget-cutting muscle to strike some spending provisions. The aid package for the storm that ravaged New York and New Jersey coastlines now moves to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it is expected to win swift passage. The legislation had been tied up for weeks in the House amid congressional brawling over U.S. deficit reduction, spending and taxes in the New Year's new fiscal drama. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers are preparing to introduce legislation to direct the U.S. Treasury to make interest payments on U.S. bonds first and then prioritize other government outlays in case Congress does not raise the debt ceiling. Supporters of the idea see it as a politically palatable alternative to default, which could rattle markets as occurred in the summer of 2011. The likelihood of another market-unsettling event is challenging Republicans to find another idea as they use the debt ceiling as leverage to extract spending cuts from President Barack Obama. …
Dr. Richard Besser, ABC New’s chief health and medical correspondent, held a tweet chat on twitter, in part to dispel the four biggest myths and misgivings people have about getting the flu vaccine. Medical experts from Boston Children’s Hospital, The Mayo Clinic and the CDC also weighed in.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro gave a brief state of the nation address on Tuesday in place of his ailing boss, Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen in public since going to Cuba for cancer surgery more than a month ago. Maduro stood in for Chavez with a 10-minute speech to Congress in which he defended the president's decision to rule the OPEC nation from a hospital bed in Havana, despite opposition calls for him to step aside and name a temporary leader. …
(Reuters) – For children, time spent actually inactive – such as lying on the couch – appears to have less of an impact on how much body fat they have than a lack of exercise does, according to a U.S. study. Researchers, whose study appeared in the Journal of Pediatrics, found that the more minutes children spent exercising at the pace of a fast walk each day, the lower their percentage of body fat. But the time they spent lying around made no difference. …
(Reuters) – “E-visits” to the doctor? According to a U.S. study, they may be just as effective as in-person office visits for uncomplicated ailments such as sinus infections and urinary tract infections – and much cheaper. For e-visits, patients fill out online forms about their symptoms and a doctor or nurse gets back to them within a few hours with treatment advice. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will propose an assault weapons ban and better background checks for gun buyers on Wednesday as part of a package of proposals to curb gun violence one month after the Newtown school massacre. The proposals will include executive and legislative measures, with the latter sure to face an uphill battle in Congress, where appetite for renewing an assault weapons ban is low. …
Kumasi — THE KUMASI Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has declared its intention to revisit the decongestion exercise to facilitate the free flow of both Human and vehicular movement in the metropolis. The city authorities have, therefore, warned traders …
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This time of year, everyone wants a quick answer to the magic question “How can I lose weight and fast?” It remains simple: For long-term weight loss success, you have to burn more calories than you take in and eat balanced meals that you can continue …
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| I hate January. Not because it's cold and dreary (for that reason I only slightly loathe January) but because everyday I have to hear my husband complain about the “New Year's” people at his gym. The ones who take “his” parking spot, use “his” locker … See all stories on this topic » |
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