Jab, aim, climb: The way of the urban warrior
Gay City News Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:39 PM PST
Lifting weights is weighing you down like a stone. The treadmill is becoming a symbol of your life. Yoga, while arguably calming, is too static and tame. Herewith are three alternate activities to stretch your mind and body in more dynamic ways. |
US video-gaming body slams Singapore addiction study
Straits Times Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:19 PM PST
A STUDY of Singapore students' gaming habits, which suggested that addiction to video games can cause depression and anxiety among children, has drawn fire from a powerful gaming lobby in the United States. The two-year study, which was published last week in the respected American Academy of Paediatrics medical journal, involved 3,000 Singapore students. |
Robins Air Force Base Employees Speak Out on Health Concerns
41 NBC Macon Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:14 PM PST
Metal workers from building 169 say it's typical for new employees to have health issues their first couple of weeks, until their body adapts to the environment. After OSHA found high exposure levels of cancer causing agents like Chromium (VI), Lead and Beryllium on the base, employees are speaking out on their health problems. "The doctor saw something, it was a spot on my lungs and it ... |
Columbia School Molds Mind & Body
WLTX-TV Columbia Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:54 PM PST
Columbia, SC (WLTX) - A Richland District 1 school is going the extra mile to make sure their students are healthy. Inside the halls of Burton-Pack Elementary School, educators are doing more than just molding minds, they're molding lifestyles. |
Courtroom staggered by burned baby photos
Toronto Sun Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:39 PM PST
The tiny burned body of Miguel Fernandes lies naked on the autopsy table, only a ghastly, searing redness where his layer of skin used to be. |
Insurance body to review reduction in VHI plan
The Irish Times Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:24 PM PST
THE HEALTH Insurance Authority is to review the way the VHI has substantially reduced the cover it offers for certain procedures under its most popular family schemes. |
May the force be with you
InsideHousing Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:21 PM PST
‘We will hit them fast and hit them hard.’ It’s 7.30am in an east Glasgow police station and Sergeant Eddie Seery is briefing nine, stoney-faced Strathclyde Police constables clad in dark Kevlar body armour. |
Appeal judges reject killer’s jail term plea
Hunts Post Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:17 PM PST
A FORMER Papworth Hospital worker who strangled his girlfriend and dumped her body at a disused airfield has failed to win a cut in the minimum jail term he must serve for her murder. Shaun Leslie Hilton, 39, of Brooke Street, Soham, was jailed for life a |
Stress takes toll on body and mind
The Trinidad Guardian Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:10 PM PST
When most of us think of the physical effects of stress, our minds jump to common complaints like headaches and upset stomachs. Stress, however, can affect many aspects of physical and mental health, ranging from hair, teeth, and skin, to memory and concentration skills, and even how well we sleep. |
26 million Americans have diabetes, per CDC
New York Daily News Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:55 PM PST
Approximately 1 in 12 Americans have diabetes, a disease in which the body has trouble processing sugar.The new figure marks a 9 percent increase from the 2008 estimate of 23.6 million. |
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