Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
Though getting to the gym every day or even making use of exercise equipment at home on a daily basis may not be feasible, that doesn't mean people still can't find ways to incorporate a little exercise into their daily routines. The following are a …
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| … helicopter crew called to airlift a sick baby from a remote peninsula (Royal Navy/MoD). 20 June 2013. What started as a routine Navy exercise turned into a dramatic rescue for a helicopter crew called to airlift a sick baby to hospital from a … See all stories on this topic » |
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| MADRID, Spain — Working with an exercise ball significantly improved muscle strength and ability to walk in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), did not worsen disease activity, and increased well-being, according to a new study. "Although … See all stories on this topic » |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tacking regular exercise on to a diet program for obese kids and teens typically doesn't help them lose any more weight, a new review of past data suggests. "Changing diet, improving diet, reducing calories is enormously …
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A panel of federal judges ordered California on Thursday to ease overcrowding in state prisons by reducing the number of inmates by about 10,000 this year, and criticized what they described as foot-dragging in dealing with the matter. California has been under court orders to reduce the population in its 33-prison system since 2009, when the same three-judge panel ordered it to relieve overcrowding that has caused inadequate medical and mental healthcare. …
By Theopolis Waters (Reuters) – A low-pathogenic strain of avian influenza was found on an Arkansas poultry farm, but was quickly contained and did not appear to be a threat to other poultry farms in the nation’s second largest chicken state, a state poultry official said. “We’re pretty certain this was isolated to just this one farm. USDA is there with us on hand as we work the next few weeks to make sure it’s contained,” said Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission director Preston Scroggin. …
(Reuters) – Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc said it expects a delay in human trials of one of its experimental hepatitis C drugs after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked for additional safety data, sending its shares down 30 percent after the bell. Clinical trials of the drug, codenamed IDX20963, has been put on hold until it provides a satisfactory response to the FDA, Idenix said in a statement. Hepatitis C is an disease that affects the liver and if left untreated can lead to cirrhosis, cancer or need for a transplant. …
(Reuters) – U.S. insurers will pay $500 million in rebates to employers and individuals this summer because of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, about half the amount they paid last year. The law, often called Obamacare, requires companies to refund customers when they spend less than 80 percent of premiums they collect on medical care. The Department of Health and Human Services attributed the decline in rebates to insurers’ adhering more closely to this requirement and to lowering premium rates for their products. The government agency said on Thursday that 8. …
(Reuters) – American Express Co named Jeffrey Campbell as its chief financial officer, replacing Daniel Henry, who will retire later this year. Campbell, 52, was most recently the CFO of healthcare services provider McKesson Corp . He will join American Express next month as executive vice president of finance and will takeover as CFO in early August after the company files its second-quarter results. Campbell, who is an MBA from Harvard University, began his career as a certified public accountant and management consultant. …