Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
If talking about our plans to get fit were an athletic activity, we would all be in great shape. But when it comes to actually making our fitness goals a reality, lots of little things — bad weather here, a work trip there — can cause our commitment …
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It's no stretch to say that '50 Shades Of Grey' has permeated all parts of pop culture, but now a fitness expert is muscling in with a workout based on the book's steamy sex scenes. Kristen James, a New York-based exercise guru, calls her randy workout …
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Expert says: You can get the same investment from this size roller as you can with the traditional size, which is usually about 3 feet long. "Foam rollers can be used to minimize joint stress when performing some exercises," said Dr. Levi Harrison, an …
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When he ended his life last year by shooting himself in the chest, Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease often linked with repeated blows to the head.
NEW YORK (AP) — From the Rocky Mountains to New England, hospitals are swamped with people with flu symptoms. Some medical centers are turning away visitors or making them wear face masks, and one Pennsylvania hospital set up a tent outside its ER to deal with the feverish patients.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of Ambien and similar sleeping pills to lower the dosage of their drugs, based on studies suggesting patients face a higher risk of injury due to morning drowsiness.
(Reuters) – A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended the agency approve an experimental new treatment for diabetes developed by Johnson & Johnson, potentially making it the first drug of its type to be approved in the United States. …
After learning just yesterday about the poor health of Americans relative to other democratic wealthy nations around the world, it is heartening to learn that today the Commonwealth Fund Commission has reported on ways to improve both the quality and cost of health care. If both private and public insurers acted in tandem to put the suggested approaches to work now, spending in health care dollars would be slowed by a total of $2 trillion by 2023 .
(Reuters) – Junior Seau, the 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who killed himself last year, suffered from the same debilitating brain disease diagnosed in at least two other former NFL defensive players who also committed suicide, a study released on Thursday said. Seau, 43, died in May after shooting himself in the chest at his beachfront house in his hometown of Oceanside, California. He played mostly for the San Diego Chargers and two other teams in a 20-year career in the National Football League. …
(Adds statement from Seau family) Jan 10 (Reuters) – Junior Seau, the 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who killed himself last year, suffered from the same debilitating brain disease diagnosed in at least two other former NFL defensive players who also committed suicide, a study released on Thursday said. Seau, 43, died in May after shooting himself in the chest at his beachfront house in his hometown of Oceanside, California. He played mostly for the San Diego Chargers and two other teams in a 20-year career in the National Football League. …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced today that it is requiring manufacturers of Ambien, Ambien CR, Zolpimist, Edluar, and other sleeping medications that contain the active ingredient zolpidem, to lower currently recommended doses.