Month: February 2013
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The Bottom Line on Diet Soda
| A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, however, found that whether study participants drank water or diet soda, weight– loss results were similar. Diet soda isn't the worst thing you could ever drink… – Like it or not, we live in … See all stories on this topic » |
 Shape Magazine (blog) |
Watch: Face Transplant Given to Lye Attack Victim
Amgen loses as top U.S. court backs class actions
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Wednesday for shareholders to bring class-action lawsuits, breaking a recent line of decisions that had made it harder to sue corporate defendants collectively and perhaps obtain greater recoveries. By a 6-3 vote, the court allowed shareholders of Amgen Inc to sue the biotechnology company as a group without first having to show that misinformation had materially and fraudulently inflated its stock price. …
American classical pianist Van Cliburn dies at age 78
(Reuters) – American pianist Van Cliburn, who awed Russian audiences with his exquisite Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos and won fame and fortune back home, died on Wednesday at the age of 78. Cliburn passed away at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, after suffering from advanced bone cancer, his publicist Mary Lou Falcone told Reuters. Cliburn announced in August 2012 that he had been diagnosed with the disease. …
Vermont Woman Receives Face Transplant
Biden says Chicago vote a sign that voters want action on guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A gun control supporter's victory in a Chicago Democratic congressional primary election is a sign that voters want tougher gun laws and are turning against the powerful gun lobby, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday. Robin Kelly, a former Illinois state representative, won the election Tuesday to run for the U.S. House seat of former Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. It was the first U.S. electoral test since gun control rose to the top of the political agenda after a gunman killed 26 people at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in December. …
Want to Keep Your Kids Fit and Healthy? Just Look at the Clock
Every parent of a school-age kid knows them all too well: the hours between the end of the school day and kids’ bedtime, when parents have to shuttle children to and from activities and sports, put dinner on the table (or otherwise feed kids), ensure homework is done, prepare for the next day, and get everyone to bed at a decent hour. Then get up and do it all again the next day.
Manhunt under way for gunman who killed South Carolina college student
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – A statewide manhunt was under way on Wednesday for a gunman who fatally shot a South Carolina university student outside a dormitory and then fled the campus in a car, police said. No motive has been revealed for the attack, which occurred Tuesday night at an apartment-style residence that houses almost 2,000 students about 2 miles from the main campus of Coastal Carolina University, near Myrtle Beach. …
6 Eastern Cures for Western Workout Problems
| Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used for thousands of years to treat pretty much any ailment—and some of the remedies may help boost your fitness, TCM experts say. Here's the scoop on six treatments for active women. RELATED: Wanna change an … See all stories on this topic » |
 Shape Magazine |
The Checkup: People Who Exercise Sleep Better, Poll Finds (No Duh)
| The National Sleep Foundation has confirmed what we already know: that exercise makes for a better night's sleep. NSF came to this conclusion by way of its latest Sleep in America Poll, which surveyed a thousand adults between the ages of 23 and 60. See all stories on this topic » |
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