Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
But enough children are now using alternative therapies that physicians should be inquiring about it, and parents need to volunteer information about any complementary medicine approaches their children are using to avoid any potential harmful …
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| To test how much exercise really is required, Dr. Kohut and Justus Hallam, a graduate student in her lab, subsequently repeated the study with lab mice. Some of the mice exercised for 90 minutes on a running wheel, while others ran for either half as … See all stories on this topic » |
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Sensors and machine-learning algorithms identify the exercise you're performing, and store the data in the device before uploading it to your mobile device. The tech can discriminate between running on the treadmill, for instance, and exercising on an …
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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, called on Wednesday for a proof of life from ailing President Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen publicly since cancer surgery in Cuba five weeks ago. Chavez's signature appeared in the government's official gazette on Wednesday in a decree naming his new foreign minister – though the document wrongly placed him in Caracas. "If the president of the republic can sign decrees, I call on him to show himself, to talk to Venezuela," Capriles said at his inauguration for a new term as Miranda state governor. …
New smart phone apps that purport to assess patients’ skin lesions as cancer or not are unreliable, according to a new study. Katherine Harmon reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama launched the biggest U.S. gun-control push in generations on Wednesday, urging Congress to approve an assault weapons ban and background checks for all gun buyers to prevent mass shootings like the Newtown school massacre. Rolling out a wide-ranging plan for executive and legislative action to curb gun violence, Obama set up a fierce clash with the powerful U.S. gun lobby and its supporters in Congress, who will resist what they see as an encroachment on constitutionally protected gun rights. …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The young man stumbled into the emergency room late one night after a house party, saying his heart wouldn't stop pounding and he could barely breathe after downing liquor mixed with energy drinks.
That's not to say people need to think about how they're going to exercise off every calorie they put in their mouth. That's not possible or appropriate. But it's smart to know about how many calories your body needs to maintain your weight or to lose …
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| So, you've gotten yourself a flu shot. Good thinking, since this flu season is especially rough. A shot's not always going to save you–even the best batches are only about 70 percent effective–but there's a simple way to improve your odds: exercise. See all stories on this topic » |
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Jan 16 (Reuters) – For children, time spent actually inactive – such as lying on the couch – appears to have less of an impact on how much body fat they have than a lack of exercise does, according to a U.S. study. Researchers, whose study appeared in …
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The Toronto Blue Jays have exercised their club option on left-handed pitcher Darren Oliver for the 2013 season. Oliver, 42, will make $3 million this season, his 20th in the major leagues and second in Toronto. After spending the previous two seasons …
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