Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
If burger-loving restaurant goers are told how much exercise it will take to burn off their quarter pounder, then they're more likely to skip a side portion of fries. Well, that's according to researchers from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth …
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| The dispensary is in the space formerly occupied by Delta 9 Alternative Medicine before the old crew split, leaving behind a sagging banner that stayed out front for months. The new owners have changed up as much as they can, but a few things remain … See all stories on this topic » |
 Westword (blog) |
From Montreal – A new report published in Current Biology outlines an alternative treatment to lazy eye. Researchers studied a group of 18 adults with amblyopia. Nine participants played the video game Tetris with the weaker eye patched, while the …
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| Hundreds of British and French troops quite literally joined forces today as they took part in an international training exercise, practising parachute jumps and rapid landing in Scotland today. About 1,300 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade, the … See all stories on this topic » |
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Over the past seven years, Morrison has become an expert on safe and effective pre- and post-natal exercise. She developed a program called CoreMama that she will present in a free session Saturday morning at the University of Miami Health System's …
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| Long before First Lady Michelle Obama launched a national conversation on physical fitness, Yancey was talking about the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle and the benefits of exercise, colleagues said. Yancey, known as Toni, died Tuesday at her Los … See all stories on this topic » |
 Los Angeles Times |
| A major international exercise involving up to 30 ships and 75 aircraft from the Royal Navy, RAF, US military and other Nato forces has been taking place around the coast of Scotland. Exercise Joint Warrior is Europe's largest military exercise and is … See all stories on this topic » |
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| What if a fast food restaurant told you it would take two hours of brisk walking to burn off one of their quarter-pound, double cheeseburgers? According to a new study from researchers at Texas Christian University, if diners were told how much … See all stories on this topic » |
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(Reuters) – Biopharmaceutical company Theravance Inc said it plans to split into two publicly traded companies, one of which would independently manage the development of the respiratory drugs it is working on with GlaxoSmithKline Plc. The split plan comes after weeks of speculation that the company could be bought by Glaxo, Theravance’s largest shareholder with a stake of about 27 percent. Theravance shares were up about 10 percent at $33.50 in after-hours trading on Thursday. …
By Andrew M. Seaman New York (Reuters Health) – Restricting the number of hours doctors-in-training are allowed to work without rest hasn’t led to more patient deaths, according to a new study. Researchers found no increase in deaths over the three years following a rules change that restricted resident doctors to working a maximum of 80 hours per week. In fact, the team reports a decline in deaths during the fourth and fifth years. “This study is nice, because it shows that late after the 2003 changes there seems to be an improvement in mortality,” said Dr. …
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thanks to commercials for erectile dysfunction drugs, men know to seek medical attention for “erections lasting more than four hours,” but a new study suggests a blood disorder is the cause of many prolonged erections. While the condition – formally known as priapism – is rare, researchers report in The Journal of Urology that between 14 percent and 30 percent of cases that show up in U.S. emergency rooms are men with sickle-cell disease. …