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Exercise Ocean Explorer: Navy games in Bass Strait as training for rescue and warfare

03/06/2018 majac Exercise

Bass Strait will resemble a war zone this week as the Royal Australian Navy conducts a large-scale joint training exercise. More than 2,000 servicemen and women from Australia, New Zealand, USA and UK are involved in the training and trials, aimed at improving security operations, humanitarian and …
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CNN's Erin Burnett To Sam Nunberg: I Smell Alcohol On Your Breath

03/05/2018 majac Diets & Weight Loss

President Donald Trump’s former campaign aide Sam Nunberg spent Monday afternoon sitting for a series of interviews on cable news shows, bombastically stating that he would not comply with a subpoena he received to appear before a federal grand jury regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Here’s CNN’s Erin Burnett telling former Trump aide Sam Nunberg that she can smell alcohol on his breath.

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This Chef Lost 50 Pounds And Reversed Pre-Diabetes With A Digital Program

03/05/2018 majac Your Health Matters

People who are diagnosed with pre-diabetes can delay or prevent the disease if they change their lifestyle and lose a significant amount of weight. But here's the challenge: How can people be motivated to eat healthier and move more? Increasingly, the answer might include digital medicine.
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High blood pressure warning: Five activities and exercises bad for hypertension

03/05/2018 majac Exercise

Because symptoms are rarely noticeable, the only way to find out if you have high blood pressure is to have it checked using equipment. It can often be prevented or reduced by eating healthily, maintaining a healthy weight and taking regular exercise. But different kinds of exercise can have different …
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Local Alternative Pain Therapies Could Help Quell the Opioid Crisis

03/05/2018 majac Heart Disease

Earlier last year, The American College of Physicians (ACP), who are the largest medical specialty organization in the United States, recommended in an evidence-based clinical practice guideline published in Annals of Internal Medicine that physicians and patients should treat acute or subacute low …
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State Department Has Spent None Of The $120 Million Allocated To Fight Russian Interference

03/04/2018 majac Diets & Weight Loss

The State Department has spent $0 of $120 million allocated by Congress to combat foreign efforts to influence U.S. elections, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Despite the massive budget, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has done little to thwart a sweeping influence campaign by the Russian government, and an office tasked with countering such efforts has no employees that even speak Russian due to an ongoing hiring freeze. The report comes as American intelligence officials and lawmakers warn that the Kremlin is, once again, working to influence upcoming elections, using a coordinated campaign of social media trolls and disinformation in an attempt to sway voters.

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Florida Billboard Slams NRA As 'Terrorist Organization'

03/04/2018 majac Diets & Weight Loss

The message was funded by the Mad Dog PAC, which sponsors billboards across the nation calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment and attacking the nation’s largest gun lobby and select Republican politicians. The PAC is headed by Claude Taylor, a former staff member in Bill Clinton’s White House. “With the GOP majority in the House and in the Senate, the NRA makes impossible any meaningful, common-sense gun reform.

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Trump Mocks Kushner At Gridiron Dinner: 'Jared Could Not Get Through Security'

03/04/2018 majac Heart Disease

President Donald Trump pulled no punches in his gibe-filled remarks at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington on Saturday, joking about his top aides and opponents alike to the journalists and lawmakers in attendance. The president opened his comments by mocking the recent downgrading of Kushner’s security clearance. “Before I get started, I wanted to apologize for arriving a little bit late,” Trump began, according to pool reporters.

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New Study: This Common Oil May Harm Your Liver

03/04/2018 majac Your Health Matters

Fish oil, derived from the fatty tissues of fish, is a great way to get more omega-3 fatty acids into your diet. The supplement has been shown to help ADHD, Alzheimer's, cardiovascular disease, weight loss and more. But for fish oil, it's possible to get too much of a good thing. In fact, fish oil may increase …
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Folks rejuvenate their spirits at the Southern Hills Holistic Fair

03/03/2018 majac Heart Disease

Nancy Anderson says conventional medicine focuses on eliminating the physical symptoms of an illness, whereas holistic medicine looks at the root cause. Holistic Fair organizer Nancy Anderson says, "Holistic approach to health includes mind, body, and spirit so not only are we taking care of the body …
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Trump's Tariff Can't Start A Trade War Because It Started Years Ago

03/03/2018 majac Diets & Weight Loss

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would place tariffs on steel and aluminum imports has economists cringing. Conservative Republicans are dusting off the principles they learned in Econ 101, liberal Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is warning that Trump will start an economically destructive trade war, and prominent world leaders are vowing to prove Krugman right. On Friday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker threatened to retaliate against “unfair” U.S. tariffs with new levies on American motorcycles, bourbon and blue jeans.

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Why discounting exercise as a mental health aid is short-sighted

03/03/2018 majac Exercise

So, I didn't exercise until I was about 23, when my dodgy mental health well and truly had a grip on me. After finally going to the doctor and getting diagnosed with depression, I came away with…a prescription for Citalopram, a referral to a therapist and that trusty old leaflet on depression and low mood, …
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