Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
DEAR DOCTOR K: I know I should exercise regularly, but I just can't get motivated. Do you have any suggestions? DEAR READER: Practically everyone has heard that exercise is good for you. But not many people know just how good it is for you.
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Culinary training exercise heats up, opens to public next week. February 27, 2013. By Combined Arms Support Command Public Affairs. The U.S. Army Quartermaster School's Joint Culinary Center of Excellence will host the 38th annual Military …
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The research, to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, found that elementary and middle school students who don't get enough exercise are more likely to fail math and reading tests. Although the study didn't prove a cause-and …
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First lady Michelle Obama unveiled a new school exercise project Thursday, pledging more than $100 million in public and private money to help schools develop physical activity programs for their students. "With each passing year, schools feel like it …
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Palo Verde emergency exercise set for next week. The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix will participate in an emergency response exercise next week. The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix will participate in an …
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A police recruit wounded in a training exercise can respond through hand signals but remains hospitalized with an unclear path to recovery, said a Baltimore attorney representing the officer. State police identified the injured officer candidate on …
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Some schools are using both methods of instruction and Michelle Obama would like to see more of them use other creative ways to help students get the recommended hour of daily exercise. In Chicago on Thursday, the first lady was announcing a new …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – People in the area worst affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident two years ago have a higher risk of developing certain cancers, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. A magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, killed nearly 19,000 people and devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, triggering meltdowns, spewing radiation and forcing about 160,000 people to flee their homes. It was the worst nuclear accident since a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine in 1986. …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Profitability and sales are harder to come by in China as U.S. firms face increasing competition from domestic and foreign players, said a U.S. business group survey on Thursday. An annual survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai showed a majority of firms believed that competition had intensified, while the number who said they were profitable in 2012 dropped to 73 percent from 78 percent in 2011. …
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish authorities found signs of horse DNA in beef stored at three storage facilities after several countries pointed to Poland as one of the sources of tainted meat that has shaken up the European food industry. Officials in Ireland, Britain, Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic have reported that products such as burgers and lasagne contained horsemeat that originated from facilities in Poland. Poland's General Veterinary Inspectorate said in a statement late on Wednesday it found three tainted samples from 121 tested, with 80 more to be examined. …
