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Birinder Singh Cheema (University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, Australia) and colleagues evaluated the results of four studies on the effects of acupuncture on the performance of and/or recovery from aerobic exercise. The studies were all small, …
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Pregnant women seek alternative care. Nearly half of all pregnant women in Australia consult a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioner for pregnancy-related health conditions. That's a key finding of the first nationally …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – James Yu, who runs the King of the Pack tobacconist in central Sydney, is indignant about Australia’s stringent anti-tobacco laws making manufactures package cigarettes in drab olive green packs with pictures of ill babies and diseased body parts. The packages, mandatory from Saturday when the laws take effect, make it hard to tell brands apart, complicating deliveries and adding to costs in his cramped, dark booth. The legislation, the most Draconian in the world, strips packs of all branding, bright colors and logos, leaving only the name printed in identical small font. …
PARIS (Reuters) – Australia has reported its first case of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus in 15 years at an egg farm in the New South Wales region, the World animal health body OIE said on Thursday. So far 5,000 poultry have died in the infected farm in Maitland, 160 km (100 miles) north of Sydney, but 50,000 are at risk, a report by the Australian agriculture ministry to the Paris-based OIE said. The virus, detected last week, is different from the deadly H5N1 strain, which was first detected in 1997 in Hong Kong and has since devastated duck and chicken and caused hundreds of deaths. …
MANILA, Philippines – The naval forces of the Philippines and Australia kick off today the Lumbas 2012, an annual military exercise that aims to enhance the troops' maritime security capabilities. The 12th year of the Lumbas maritime training exercise …
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| Soldiers from around the world will test themselves against the harsh terrain of a Welsh mountain range in an extensive Nato training exercise. Troops from around the UK, Pakistan, the US, Australia and Estonia will be among 80 teams taking part in … See all stories on this topic » |
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(Relaxnews)—US researchers have cited that major organizations in three countries—Australia, the UK, and the US—have stated in recent years that three hours of daily exercise is optimal for children under six. Their commentary was published in the …
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Three U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers from VAQ-132 are at Amberley Air Force Base in Queensland for two weeks of exercises with the …
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Telephone therapy may help people dependent on marijuana kick the habit, a new study from Australia suggests. Researchers found that almost twice as many users significantly cut back on marijuana following four hour-long phone counseling sessions compared to those who were put on a treatment waiting list. Knowing therapy may work over the phone could help extend treatment to people in remote areas where in-person therapy is hard to come by, according to Peter Gates, from the University of New South Wales, and his colleagues. …
In it, he describes the disturbing trend of complementary and alternative medicine departments cropping up in institutions of higher learning across Australia, the United Kingdom, and America–including those that teach homeopathy as a …
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Last month at JREF's The Amaz!ng Meeting in Las Vegas, 3 SBM bloggers along with Rachael Dunlop of Australia participated in a panel on 'The Truth About…
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Australia said on Thursday it has no plans to ban smoking after a key court ruling allowing cigarettes to be sold in plain packets, describing the health battle against tobacco as "one step at a time."