Sino-Russian naval exercise aimed at irritating Japan: Duowei
China and Russia chose to mobilize 22 warships, 20 aircraft, 500 marines and 40 amphibious vehicles for the second part of a joint naval exercise …
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Month: August 2015
How 2 SLO residents lost weight — and gained happiness
But sensing his health was in jeopardy, he changed his lifestyle. By 2010, Gomez got his weight down to 210 with constant vigilance of his diet and …
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Edinburgh grandmother loses bid to force NHS to fund homeopathy
The board decided in June 2013 that the money spent on holistic alternatives would be better spent on conventional medicines. A number of medics …
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The Perils of Our ‘On-Call’ Work Culture
In my work as an executive coach and keynote, clients and audience members frequently talk about their lack of “downtime.” Even when they are home, there is rarely a sense of relief from work.In a recent investigation, researchers were curious about how being “on-call” affected various health indicators. Studying a group of shift workers…
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Cancer, transplant patients protest over Venezuela’s medicine shortages
By Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelans with chronic medical conditions such as breast cancer, hemophilia and transplants protested in Caracas on Thursday, the latest demonstration to demand urgent medicines in a country beset with shortages. Around 13,000 people with chronic issues are at risk of severe harm if they do not find chemotherapy or medicines, including those that prevent organ transplants being rejected, according to organizer CodeVida, a non-profit umbrella health group. A combination of currency controls, slumping domestic production and cross-border smuggling have caused acute shortages of medical supplies in socialist-led Venezuela.
Prasarana To Conduct Simulation Exercise For Makkah Metro Starting This Sunday
Beginning this Sunday, 30 August, Prasarana will begin their 24-hour simulation exercise for 15 days straight until 17 September, except for Fridays …
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Study suggests probiotics might boost weight loss in diet-based obesity
Researchers said gut microbes present in a diet with fish oil, once … per se had such large effects on health," study author Robert Caesar said.
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A Cup of Joe: Holistic healers
The couple met while students at Bastyr University in Seattle, one of the world's leading alternative medicine colleges. Both were studying for their …
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FDA wants food companies to hand over their pathogens
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Investigations into foodborne illness are being radically transformed by whole genome sequencing, which federal officials say is enabling them to identify the source of an outbreak far more quickly and prevent additional cases. Previously, samples from sick patients were sent to state and federal labs, where disease detectives ran tests to see if the infections were caused by the same bug. When enough matches emerged, typically a dozen or so, epidemiologists interviewed sick people, looking for a common food that was causing the outbreak.
Eating at The Right Time May Help You Lose Weight
Most studies on eating late at night have been made with animals and people … of the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health and … Spain, said that “eating late impairs the success of weight–loss therapy.
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Why alternative medicine should be integrated into conventional health care
Complementary and alternative medicine has been recognised in South Africa but is not yet fully integrated into the country's health care system.
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Police launch response exercise
A major operational exercise to assess the capabilities of the Police Response Team (PRT) and the Police Maritime Division is currently underway.
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