Month: April 2015

Physical activity isn't enough to overcome a bad diet when it comes to weight loss, argued a … Independently, diet quality predicts health outcomes.
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Boys, the belly has to go — that's what she said, not me. I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but here in New York City, women (especially of the executive class) are demanding that guys get in shape — I mean real true flat belly, rippling arms, kick ass form — as they should. After all, guys, the women are out there each…

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By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations on Friday welcomed the European Union’s plan to triple the size of its naval search mission in the Mediterranean, but said the key test was whether lives were saved and those fleeing war had a chance of gaining asylum. The EU’s assurances meant the operation would have capacity, resources and scope comparable to Italy’s Mare Nostrum, which was ended six months ago, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said. “UNHCR believes they are an important first step toward collective European action – which is the only approach that can work for a problem of such a large and transnational nature,” spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing. Four days after up to 900 desperate people drowned trying to reach Europe from Libya, EU leaders agreed at an emergency summit on Thursday to restore funding for naval search missions to last year’s level.
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Sales of Tecfidera beat the average analyst estimate by about $36 million last quarter. Tecfidera raked in sales of $824.9 million in the first quarter ended March 31, compared with $506 million a year earlier, but missed consensus projections of about $931 million, according to Deutsche Bank.

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The support for legalizing marijuana has grown rapidly over the last decade but the oldest Americans aren't ready to sign off on it yet. Four states and Washington, D.C. have passed measures legalizing marijuana, and today 53 percent of Americans favor legalization and 44 are opposed. In 2006, those numbers stood at 32 percent in favor of…

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LONDON (Reuters) – European regulators have recommended approval of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo, paving the way for it to become the first of a closely watched group of immune system-boosting cancer medicines to go on sale in Europe. The drug, also known as nivolumab, was given a green light on Friday by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of melanoma. It is already approved in the United States for melanoma and lung cancer. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler. Editing by Jane Merriman)
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and confessed our dietary transgressions. … on to every calorie that comes in, which is why losing weight gets tougher each time you diet. … Weight cycling, or yo-yo dieting, is linked to all kinds of health problems, from heart disease …
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E-Factor Diet reviews have been popping up all over the Internet and … trying to lose weight or who want to eat for better health,” reports Stevenson.
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