Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
DO IT RIGHT The seated head-to-knee stretches the back and hamstring muscles. This exercise is contraindicated for those with back or knee problems. Sit on the floor with your right leg extended in front of you, toes up, knee facing the ceiling. Bend …
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(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 …
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About 71 per cent of pediatric patients attending various specialty clinics at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton used alternative medicine, while the rate of use at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa was 42 per cent. Nearly …
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For the fourth consecutive year, the Army Contracting Command is conducting a contracting readiness exercise for military and civilian personnel. Formerly called Joint Dawn, the Joint Contracting Readiness Exercise or JCRX-13 is scheduled at Fort Bliss …
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| As this year's influenza season continues to take its toll, those procrastinators now hurrying to get a flu shot might wish to know that exercise may amplify the flu vaccine's effect. And for maximal potency, the exercise should be undertaken at the … See all stories on this topic » |
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LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers have criticized the government’s failure to detail a new system for medicines pricing that is due to be introduced next January, saying lack of clarity is creating uncertainty for industry and doctors. The House of Commons Health Committee called on the government on Wednesday to make clear its plans by the end of March 2013. “There has been extensive discussion of the principle of value-based pricing but it remains a source of concern that so little progress has been made on defining this nebulous concept,” the committee said in a report. …
LONDON (Reuters) – MPs have criticised the government's failure to detail a new system for medicines pricing that is due to be introduced next January, saying lack of clarity is creating uncertainty for industry and doctors. The House of Commons Health Committee called on the government on Wednesday to make clear its plans by the end of March 2013. "There has been extensive discussion of the principle of value-based pricing but it remains a source of concern that so little progress has been made on defining this nebulous concept," the committee said in a report. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a matter of days, Hillary Clinton will leave the State Department behind and become a private citizen for the first time in 34 years. But her next big decision will be a very public one: whether to run for U.S. president in 2016. Many factors would weigh in her favor should she decide to run. She leaves her Secretary of State job as the most popular member of Obama's Cabinet and the country's most admired woman – rated far ahead of even first lady Michelle Obama, according to a Gallup poll of Americans. Plus, her party wants her. …
The research by PhD student Amie Steel surveyed 1835 pregnant Australian women and found 49.4 per cent had consulted with an alternative medicine practitioner. About 34 per cent had visited a massage therapist, while 16 per cent consulted a …
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Nautilus Inc. said Monday it has released the Bowflex UpperCut, an exercise device aimed at enabling users to sculpt their upper bodies. The product allows users to "perform unique variations of presses, pikes, dives and fly exercises," the Vancouver …
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A senior exercise program called Sit and Box at Vintage Simi Hills has earned the Assisted Living Innovation in Quality Award from the California Assisted Living Association. "The selection committee found the program to be quite innovative and the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in long-delayed federal disaster aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, but not before Republicans flexed their budget-cutting muscle to strike some spending provisions. The aid package for the storm that ravaged New York and New Jersey coastlines now moves to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it is expected to win swift passage. The legislation had been tied up for weeks in the House amid congressional brawling over U.S. deficit reduction, spending and taxes in the New Year's new fiscal drama. …